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 ibises are known in Chinese as 鹮 huán, also read xuán. Due to their resemblance to the herons, several of the ibises have names related to those birds. The Japanese Crested Ibis is also called the 朱鹭 zhū-lù 'vermilion heron' and the spoonbills are known as 琵鹭 pí-lù 'spatula-heron'.
The highly endangered Japanese Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon is a symbol and rallying cry for the environmental movement in Japan and for Sino-Japanese cooperation.
Species names
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| Threskiornis |
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Threskiornis melanocephalus
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Black-headed ibis
White ibis
Oriental ibis |
黑头白鹮
(黑頭白䴉)
hēi-tóu bái-huán
'black-headed white ibis'
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白鹮
(白䴉)
bái-huán
'white ibis' (Alternative in )
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(黑头白鹮)
黑頭白䴉
hēi-tóu bái-huán
'black-headed white ibis' |
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クロトキ
(黒朱鷺)
kuro-toki
'black ibis' |
검은머리흰따오기
geomeun-meori-huin-ttaogi
'black-headed white ibis' |
Chim Cò quăm đầu đen
'black-headed curved[bill] stork (bird)' (cò='stork/heron/ibis')
Chim Quắm đầu đen
'black-headed curved[bill] bird' () |
Хүрэнтүрүүт билүүс
khüren-türuut bilüüs
'darkbrown-headed ibis'
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Pseudibis davisoni
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White-shouldered ibis |
白肩黑鹮
(白肩黑䴉)
bái-jiān hēi-huán
'white-shouldered black ibis' (, , )
东方黑鹮
(東方黑䴉)
dōngfang hēi-huán
'eastern black ibis' ()
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カタジロトキ or カタシロトキ
(肩白朱鷺)
kata-jiro toki or kata-shiro toki
'white-shouldered ibis' (Wikipedia etc.) |
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Chim Cò quăm cánh xanh
'blue/green-winged curved[bill] stork (bird)' (cò='stork/heron/ibis')
Taxonomy
Chim Quắm cánh xanh
'blue/green-winged curved[bill] bird' () |
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Nipponia nippon
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Crested ibis
Japanese crested ibis |
朱鹮
(朱䴉)
zhū-huán
'vermilion ibis' |
(朱鹭)
朱鷺
zhū-lù
'vermilion heron' |
红鹤
(紅鶴)
hóng hè
'red crane' (more normally used for the flamingo)
凤头鹮
(鳳頭䴉)
fèng-tóu-huán
'phoenix-headed ibis'
朱脸鹭
(朱臉鷺)
zhū-liǎn-lù
'vermilion-faced ibis' |
トキ
(朱鷺, 桃花鳥, 鴇, 鵇, 鴾)
toki
'ibis' (written 1. 'vermilion heron', 2. 'peach flower bird'. 3-5. are either appropriated or specially created characters) |
따오기
ttaogi
'ibis' |
Cò quăm mào Nhật Bản
'Japanese crested curved[bill] stork' (cò='stork/heron/ibis')(from Cites list on Internet) |
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Plegadis falcinellus
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Glossy ibis |
彩鹮
(彩䴉)
cǎi-huán
'coloured ibis' |
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ブロンズトキ
(ブロンズ朱鷺)
buronzu toki
'bronze ibis' |
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Chim Quắm đen
'black curved[bill] bird' |
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Platalea leucorodia
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Eurasian spoonbill
European spoonbill
White spoonbill
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(白琵鷺)
bái pí-lù
'white spatula-heron' |
(白琵鹭)
白琵鷺
bái pí-lù
'white spatula-heron' |
琵鹭
(琵鷺)
pí-lù
'spatula-heron'
白篦鹭
(白篦鷺)
bái bì-lù
'white comb heron'
琵琶嘴鹭
(琵琶嘴鷺)
pípá-zuǐ lù
'lute-billed heron'
琵嘴鹭
(琵嘴鷺)
pí-zuǐ-lù
'spatula-billed heron' |
ヘラサギ
(篦鷺)
hera-sagi
'spatula-heron' |
노랑부리저어새
norang-buri-jeoeo-sae
'yellow-billed spoonbill-bird' |
Chim Cò thìa Châu âu
'European spoon-stork (bird)' (cò='stork/heron/ibis') () |
Цагаагчин халбагат
tsagaagchiŋ khalbagt
'white-coloured spooned'
Former official:
Халбаган хушуут
khalbagaŋ khushuut
'spoon billed' |
Platalea minor
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Black-faced spoonbill
Lesser spoonbill |
黑脸琵鹭
(黑臉琵鷺)
hēi-liǎn pí-lù
'black-faced spatula-heron' |
(黑面琵鹭)
黑面琵鷺
hēi-miàn pí-lù
'black-faced spatula-heron' |
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クロツラヘラサギ
(黒面篦鷺)
kuro-tsura hera-sagi
'black-faced spatula-heron' |
저어새
jeoeo-sae
'spoonbill-bird' |
Chim Cò thìa
'spoon-stork (bird)' (cò='stork/heron/ibis') |
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