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.
In Mainland China, the oyster catchers are known as 蛎鹬 , or 'oyster snipe' (see Scolopacidae). In Taiwan they are called 蛎鸻 , or 'oyster plovers'.
Species names
SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH |
CHINESE |
EAST |
SOUTH | NORTH |
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Latin |
English | Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Japanese |
Korean |
Vietnamese |
Mongolian |
Haematopus ostralegus |
Eurasian oyster-catcher Palaearctic oyster-catcher Oyster-catcher | 蛎鹬 (蠣鷸) 'oyster snipe' |
(蛎鸻) 蠣鴴 'oyster plover' |
ミヤコドリ (都鳥) miyako-dori 'capital bird' |
검은머리물떼새 geomeun-meori-mul-tte-sae 'black-headed tide?-bird (=plover)'  Taxonomy |
Chim mò sò 'grope for oyster bird' (13) |
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