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 pratincoles are known as 燕鸻 'swallow-plover' in Chinese, which appears to be a calque (translation) from the English 'swallow-plover'. The most common type, Glareola maldivarum, is popularly known as the 土燕 or 土燕子 , both meaning 'earth swallow' or 'dirt swallow'.
Species names
ABOUT THIS TABLE (Hover cursor to see) | GLAREOLINAE | ||||||||
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SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH |
CHINESE |
EAST |
SOUTH | NORTH |
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| Glareola | ||||||||
Latin |
English | Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Japanese |
Korean |
Vietnamese |
Mongolian |
Glareola pratincola |
Pratincole Collared pratincole | 领燕鸻 (領燕鴴) 'collared swallow-plover' |
ニシツバメチドリ (西燕千鳥) nishi tsubame-chidori 'western swallow-plover' |
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| Glareola maldivarum |
Oriental pratincole Eastern collared pratincole Large Indian pratincole Indian pratincole |
普通燕鸻 (普通燕鴴) 'common swallow-plover' |
(燕鸻) 燕鴴 'swallow-plover' |
土燕 (土燕) 'earth swallow' 土燕子 (土燕子) 'earth swallow' 燕千鸟 (燕千鳥) 'swallow thousand-bird' (from Japanese?) |
ツバメチドリ (燕千鳥) tsubame-chidori 'swallow-plover' |
제비물떼새 jebi-mul-tte-sae 'swallow tide? bird (=plover)' |
Chim Dô nách nâu 'brown pratincole (bird)' or Chim Óc cau 'óc cau (bird)' (Southern dialects) |
Ухаа хөгт ukhaa khögt 'reddish pratincole' Former official: Ухаа сугат хөгт ukhaa sugat khögt 'reddish sugat pratincole' |
| Glareola nordmanni | Black-winged Pratincole | 黑翅燕鸻 (黑翅燕鴴) 'black-winged swallow-plover' |
ハグロツバメチドリ (羽黒燕千鳥) ha-guro tsubame-chidori 'black-winged swallow-plover' |
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| Glareola lactea |
Little pratincole Small pratincole Small Indian pratincole |
灰燕鸻 (灰燕鴴) 'grey swallow-plover' |
ヒメツバメチドリ (姫燕千鳥) hime tsubame-chidori 'princess swallow-plover' |
Chim Dô nách xám 'grey pratincole (bird)' |
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