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 button quails are known as 三趾鹑 sān-zhǐ-chún 'three-toed quails'. An alternative name is 水鹌鹑 shuǐ ānchun 'water quail'.
2. Species names
SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH |
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English | Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
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Japanese |
Korean |
Vietnamese |
Mongolian |
Turnix sylvaticus
Turnix sylvatica
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Common buttonquail
Small buttonquail
Little button-quail
Little bustard quail
| 林三趾鹑
(林三趾鶉 )
lín sān-zhǐ-chún
'forest three-toed quail'
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(林三趾鹑)
三趾鶉
lín sān-zhǐ-chún
'forest three-toed quail' |
小三趾鹑
(小三趾鶉 )
xiǎo sān-zhǐ-chún
'small three-toed quail' (FS) |
ヒメミフウズラ
(姫三斑鶉)
hime mi-fu uzura
'princess three-striped quail' |
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Chim Cun cút nhỏ
'small quail (bird)' |
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Turnix tanki
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Yellow-legged buttonquail
Yellow-legged button-quail
Yellow-legged bustard quail
Burmese button quail |
黄脚三趾鹑
(黃腳三趾鶉 )
huáng-jiǎo sān-zhǐ-chún
'yellow-legged three-toed quail'
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(黃脚三趾鹑)
黃腳三趾鶉
huáng-jiǎo sān-zhǐ-chún
'yellow-legged three-toed quail' |
水鹌鹑
(水鵪鶉)
shuǐ ānchun
'water quail' (FS) |
チョウセンミフウズラ
(朝鮮三斑鶉)
chōsen mi-fu uzura
'Korean three-striped quail' |
세가락메추라기
se-garang-me-churagi
'three-toed mountain-quail' |
Chim Cun cút lưng hung
'reddish-backed quail (bird)' |
Гурван шивүүрт
gurvaŋ shivüürt
'three-spined' |
Turnix suscitator
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Barred buttonquail
Bustard quail
Common bustard quail
| 棕三趾鹑
(棕三趾鶉 )
zōng sān-zhǐ-chún
'reddishbrown three-toed quail'
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(棕三趾鹑)
棕三趾鶉
zōng sān-zhǐ-chún
'reddishbrown three-toed quail' |
台湾三趾鹑
(台灣三趾鶉)
táiwān sān-zhǐ chún
'Taiwanese three-toed quail' (Taiwan) (FS) |
ミフウズラ
(三斑鶉)
mi-fu uzura
'three-striped quail' |
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Chim Cun cút lưng nâu
'brown-backed quail (bird) |
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