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 weavers are found only in Yunnan in the far south of China. They are generally called 织布鸟 'weave-cloth bird' in Chinese, which appears to be a calque on the English name.
Zheng Guangmei's world list amends this to 织雀 'weaving sparrow', on the eminently sensible grounds that though these birds may weave their nests, they certainly don't weave cloth!
Species names
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SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH |
CHINESE |
EAST |
SOUTH | NORTH |
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| Ploceus | ||||||||
Latin |
English | Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Japanese |
Korean |
Vietnamese |
Mongolian |
| Ploceus manyar Oloceus manyar  |
Streaked weaver | 纹胸织雀 (紋胸織雀) 'fine-pattern-breasted weaving sparrow' (2) 纹胸织布鸟 (紋胸織布鳥) 'fine-pattern-breasted cloth-weaving bird' (3, 5)  Note |
コウヨウジャク (紅葉雀) kōyō-jaku 'red-leaf sparrow' |
Chim Rồng rộc đen 'black rong roc bird' |
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| Ploceus philippinus |
Baya weaver | 黄胸织雀 (黃胸織雀) 'yellow-breasted weaving sparrow' (2, 4) 黄胸织布鸟 (黃胸織布鳥) 'yellow-breasted cloth-weaving bird' (1, 3, 5) |
キムネコウヨウジャク (黄胸紅葉雀) ki-mune kōyō-jaku 'yellow-breasted red-leaf sparrow' |
Chim Rồng rộc 'rong roc bird' |
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