General
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Pinyin readings reflect standard Mandarin usage; for some dialect alternative names it may be of little practical use, especially for South China. Many Korean glosses are highly tentative. Comments and corrections welcome.
The wood swallow is not a particularly familiar bird to most Chinese, occurring in the far south. It is officially known as a 燕
'swallow-shrike', possibly based on the uncommon English name 'swallow-shrike'. (Note: The Simplified character set has 䴗 , based on 鶪, as the character for 'shrike', but ornithologists prefer the non-standard simplification , based on 鵙).
Species names
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Artamus fuscus |
Ashy woodswallow Ashy wood swallow Ashy swallow shrike |
灰燕鵙 (灰燕鵙) 'grey swallow-shrike' |
灰身了我 (灰身了我) 'grey shenliaowo' (meaning and reading unclear) 灰色燕伯劳 (灰色燕伯勞) 'grey-coloured swallow-shrike' 灰伯劳 (灰伯勞) 'grey shrike' |
ハイイロモリツバメ (灰色森燕) hai-iro mori-tsubame 'grey forest-swallow' |
Chim Nhạn rừng 'forest-swallow (bird)' |
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