Sibagu is the Classical Mongolian word for 'bird', pronounced shuvuu (or even shuwuu) in modern Mongolian. The site is devoted to bird names in different languages of Asia.
Current content is:
* How to find the Chinese species names of almost all the birds in the world, and find out the pronunciation and meaning as well.
* The convoluted way the Japanese have adapted Chinese characters to writing Japanese bird names.
* How the Chinese word for 'oriole', a staple of classical poetry, has been expanded to unrelated birds under the influence of Japanese.
* Multilingual bird lists for the following countries:
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List of updates is here.
Sources are here.
Links page is here.
