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 Chinese word for 'stork' is 鹳 . The adjutants are called 秃鹳 'bald stork'.
Species names
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EAST |
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| Mycteria | ||||||||
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Mongolian |
| Mycteria leucocephala Mycteria leucocephalus  |
Painted stork | 白头鹮鹳 (白頭䴉鸛) 'white-headed ibis-stork' |
彩鹳 (彩鸛) 'coloured stork' (FS) 鹮鹳 (䴉鸛) 'ibis-stork' (FS) 癞头鹳 (癩頭鸛) 'scabies-headed stork' (FS) 涂彩鹳 (塗彩鸛) 'colour-painted stork' (FS) 白头鹳 (白頭鸛) 'white-headed stork' |
インドトキコウ (インド朱鷺鸛) indo toki kō 'Indian ibis-stork' |
Chim Cò Nhạn 'swallow stork (bird)' (cò='stork/heron/ibis') or Cò ốc 'snail stork (bird)' (cò='stork/heron/ibis') |
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| Ciconia nigra |
Black stork | 黑鹳 (黑鸛) 'black stork' |
(黑鹳) 黑鸛 'black stork' |
锅鹳 (鍋鸛) 'pot stork' 乌鹳 (烏鸛) 'dark stork' (FS) |
ナベコウ (鍋鸛) nabe-kō 'pot stork' |
먹황새 meok-hwang-sae 'inky stork-bird' |
Chim Hạc đen 'black hac bird' |
Хар өрөвтас khar örövtas 'black stork' |
| Ciconia ciconia |
European white stork White stork | 白鹳 (白鸛) 'white stork' |
欧洲白鹳 (歐洲白鸛) 'European white stork' (FS) |
シュバシコウ (朱嘴鸛) shu-bashi kō 'red-billed stork' (Wikipedia) |
Hạc trắng 'white hac bird' (13)  Note |
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| Ciconia boyciana |
Oriental white stork Oriental stork |
东方白鹳 (東方白鸛) 'Oriental white stork' |
(东方白鹳) 東方白鸛 'Oriental white stork' |
鹳 (鸛) 'stork' 白鹳 (白鸛) 'white stork' (FS) 老鹳 (老鸛) 'old stork' (FS) 水老鹳 (水老鸛) 'water old stork' (FS) 鹳雀 (鸛雀) 'stork sparrow' 灰鹤 (灰鶴) 'grey crane' (normally refers to Grus grus Common crane) 负釜 (負釜) 'carry pot?' |
コウノトリ (鸛) kōnotori 'stork bird' (Wikipedia) |
황새 hwang-sae 'stork-bird' |
Hạc Nhật Bản 'Japanese hac bird' (from Cites list on Internet) |
Дорнын өрөвтас dorniŋ örövtas 'eastern stork' Former official: Хар хушуут өрөвтас khar khushuut örövtas 'black-billed stork' |
| Leptoptilos | ||||||||
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| Leptoptilos javanicus |
Lesser adjutant Lesser adjutant stork | 秃鹳 (禿鸛) 'bald stork' |
鵚鹙 (鵚鶖) 'bald adjutant' (FS) 秃鹙 (禿鶖) 'bald adjutant' |
コハゲコウ (小禿鸛) ko hage-kō 'small bald stork' |
Chim Già đẩy Java 'Javanese gia day bird' |
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