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.
Where the Strigidae are popularly called 猫头鹰 māo-tóu-yīng 'cat-headed hawk', the Tytonidae seem to be popularly identified with monkeys, with names like 猴面鹰
hóu-miàn-yīng
'monkey-faced hawk'.
Ornithologists, on the other hand, use direct calques on the English names, including 仓鸮 cāng-xiāo 'barn owl' and 草鸮 cǎo-xiāo 'grass owl'. The term 鸮 xiāo is almost purely a written, not a popular term.
Species names
| TYTONINAE |
SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH |
CHINESE |
EAST |
SOUTH | NORTH |
| Tyto |
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Latin |
English | Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Japanese |
Korean |
Vietnamese |
Mongolian |
Tyto alba
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Barn owl |
仓鸮
(倉鴞)
cāng-xiāo
'barn owl' |
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猴面鹰
(猴面鷹)
hóu-miàn-yīng
'monkey-faced hawk' (Southern usage) (FS)
猴头鹰
(猴頭鷹)
hóu-tóu-yīng
'monkey-headed hawk' (FS) |
メンフクロウ
(面梟)
men-fukurō
'masked owl' |
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Chim Cú lợn lưng xám
'grey-backed pig-owl (bird)'
Chim Cú lợn
'pig-owl (bird)' () |
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Tyto capensis
Tyto longimembris
(T. longimembris) |
Grass owl
Eastern grass-owl
Cape barn owl |
草鸮
(草鴞)
cǎo-xiāo
'grass owl'
 Note |
(草鸮)
草鴞
cǎo-xiāo
'grass owl' |
猴面鹰
(猴面鷹)
hóu-miàn-yīng
'monkey-faced hawk' (Southern usage)
猴子鹰
(猴子鷹)
hóuzi-yīng
'monkey' (FS) |
ミナミメンフクロウ
(南面梟)
minami men-fukurō
'Southern masked owl' |
가면올빼미
gamyeon-olppaemi
'masked owl' |
Chim Cú lợn lưng nâu
'brown-backed pig-owl (bird)' |
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| PHODILINAE |
SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH |
CHINESE |
EAST |
SOUTH | NORTH |
| Phodilus |
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Latin |
English | Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Japanese |
Korean |
Vietnamese |
Mongolian |
Phodilus badius
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Oriental bay owl
Oriental bay-owl
Bay owl
| 栗鸮
(栗鴞)
lì-xiāo
'chestnut owl' |
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ニセメンフクロウ
(偽面梟)
nise-men-fukurō
'false/pseudo masked owl' |
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Chim Cú lợn rừng
'forest pig-owl (bird)' |
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