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 frogmouths have a confusing variety of names that differ according to the source: 蟆口鸱 'toad-mouthed owl', 蛙口鸱 'frog-mouthed owl', 蛙嘴鸱 'frog-mouthed owl', 蛙嘴夜鸱 'frog-mouthed night-owl', or 蛙嘴夜鹰 'frog-mouthed night-hawk'. 鸱 is a literary Chinese word that originally referred to the goshawks but is now applied to the owls. The frogmouths were originally known as 夜鹰 'night hawks', using the same name as that for the nightjars. The above names were coined, presumably on the basis of English 'frogmouth', in order to distinguish the frogmouths from the nightjars. None of them is a familiar or common name.
Species names
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Batrachostomus hodgsoni |
Hodgson's frogmouth | 黑顶蟆口鸱 (黑頂蟆口鴟) 'black-headed toad-mouthed owl' (2, 3, 4) 黑顶蛙口鸱 (黑頂蛙口鴟) 'black-headed frog-mouthed owl' (1, 5) |
黑顶蛙嘴夜鹰 (黑頂蛙嘴夜鷹) 'black-headed frog-mouthed night-hawk' (6) 黑顶蛙嘴夜鸱 (黑頂蛙嘴夜鴟) 'black-headed frog-mouthed night-owl' |
メスボシガマグチヨタカ (メスボシ蝦蟇口夜鷹) mesuboshi gama-guchi yo-taka '?? toad-mouthed night hawk' (I do not have the characters for mesuboshi) |
Chim Cú muỗi mỏ quặp 'curve-billed mosquito owl (bird)' |
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