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 dippers are officially known as 河乌 'river-crow' in Chinese. The name appears to have been borrowed from Japanese via its written form, i.e., by reading the characters of the Japanese name, 河烏, with Chinese pronunciation. (The Japanese alternative orthographic form using 川 is passed over as it is not the normal Chinese term for 'river').
Species names
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Mongolian |
Cinclus cinclus |
White-throated dipper Dipper | 河乌 (河烏) 'river-crow' or 普通河乌 (普通河烏) 'common river-crow' (Alternative in 5) |
ムナジロカワガラス (胸白川烏 ~ 胸白河烏) muna-jiro kawa-garasu 'white-breasted river-crow' |
Гялааномруут харзлай gyalaaŋ-omruut kharzlai 'shining?-breasted kharzlai' Former official: Гялаан омруут gyalaaŋ omruut 'shining ? breasted' |
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| Cinclus pallasii |
Brown dipper | 褐河乌 (褐河烏) 'brown river-crow' |
(河乌) 河烏 'river-crow' |
水黑老婆 (水黑老婆) 'water black wife' |
カワガラス (川烏 ~ 河烏) kawa-garasu 'river-crow' |
물까마귀 mul-kkamagwi 'water crow' |
Chim Lội suối 'wade-stream bird' |
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