Otididae
鸨科
bǎo kē

General

Information is from dictionaries and other sources. Pinyin reflects Mandarin pronunciation; for some dialect names, it is no more than a polite fiction. Korean glosses are tentative. Comments and corrections welcome. Hover over Green Lettering Green lettering at this site hides a tool tip with glosses, further explanations, etc. Hover cursor to reveal. to see additional information.

The Otididae are known as 鸨 bǎo in Chinese. Other less common names include 鸿豹 hóng bào (literally 'wild-goose leopard') and 鵏 bǔ.

In China, the bustard was traditionally regarded as a sexually promiscuous bird and its name is found in words describing old whores or lustful old women.

An example of this can be seen in the Journey to the West, a sixteenth-century Chinese novel (as translated by Arthur Waley in Monkey):

Monkey whisked out of the water, and changed himself into a freckled bustard (花鸨 huā-bǎo), standing all alone on the bank. Seeing that he had reached the lowest possible stage in transformation, for the freckled bustard is the lowest and most promiscuous of creatures, mating at hazard with any bird that comes its way, Erh-lang did not deign to close with him.

Species names

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SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH		CHINESE			EAST		SOUTH	NORTH
Tetrax
Latin	English	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Japanese	Korean	Vietnamese	Mongolian
Tetrax tetrax Otis tetrax	Little bustard	小鸨 (小鴇) xiǎo bǎo 'small bustard'		地鸡子 (地雞子) dì jīzi 'ground fowl/chicken' (FS)	ヒメノガン (姫野雁 ~ 姫鴇) hime no-gan 'princess field-goose'			Inner M: Ямаан тоодог ᠢᠮᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠳᠠᠭ yamaaŋ toodog 'goat bustard' (31)
Otis
Latin	English	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Japanese	Korean	Vietnamese	Mongolian
Otis tarda	Great bustard	大鸨 (大鴇) dà bǎo 'large bustard'		地鵏 (地鵏) dì bǔ 'ground bustard' (FS) 野雁 (野雁) yě-yàn 'field goose' (from Japanese) 独豹 (獨豹) dú-bào 'solitary panther' 羊鵏 (羊鵏) yáng bǔ 'sheep/goat bustard' (male) (FS) 鸡鵏 (雞鵏) jī-bǔ 'fowl/chicken bustard' (female) (FS) 青鵏 (青鵏) qīng bǔ 'green/blue bustard'	ノガン (野雁 ~ 鴇) no-gan 'field-goose'	느시 neusi 'bustard'		Хонин тоодог ᠬᠣᠨᠢᠨ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠳᠠᠭorᠬᠣᠨᠢᠨ ᠲᠣᠳᠣᠭ khoniŋ toodog 'sheep bustard' Inner M: Тоодог ᠲᠣᠳᠠᠭorᠲᠣᠭᠣᠳᠠᠭ toodog 'bustard' (31, 32)
Chlamydotis
Latin	English	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Japanese	Korean	Vietnamese	Mongolian
Chlamydotis undulata Otis undulata	Houbara bustard	波斑鸨 (波斑鴇) bō bān bǎo 'wave-striped bustard'			フサエリショウノガン (房襟小野雁 ~ 房襟小鴇) fusa-eri shō no-gan 'tuft-collared small field-goose'			Жороо тоодгой ᠵᠢᠷᠣᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠳᠠᠭᠠᠢ orᠵᠢᠷᠣᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠲᠣᠳᠣᠭᠠᠢ joroo toodgoi 'ambling bustard (variant form)' Inner M: Жороо тоодог ᠵᠢᠷᠣᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠲᠣᠳᠣᠭ orᠵᠢᠷᠣᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠳᠠᠭ joroo toodog 'ambling bustard' (32)

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