General names
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Species list may not be current. Korean glosses are only tentative. Comments and corrections welcome.
Larks in Japanese are known as ヒバリ , written with the Chinese characters 雲雀 'cloud sparrow' (from the Chinese name). This is the usual name in popular usage.
Much less well known is the borrowed term コウテンシ meaning 'tell heaven', written 告天子 in Chinese characters. In technical usage, コウテンシ is confined to Melanocorypha and one species of Calandrella.
Cultural:
In haiku, the 雲雀 hibari is a season word for spring.
Species names
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
JAPANESE |
CHINESE |
KOREAN |
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| Melanocorypha | |||||||
Latin |
Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
Melanocorypha
bimaculata![]() |
Bimaculated lark Eastern calandra lark Alouette monticole Bergkalanderlerche Двупятнистый жаворонок |
クビワコウテンシ (首輪告天子) kubi-wa kōtenshi 'neck-ringed tell-heaven' |
二斑百灵 (二斑百靈) 'two-striped hundred-spirit' |
큰부리종다리 keun-buri-jongdari 'large-billed lark' |
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| Calandrella | |||||||
Latin |
Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
Calandrella brachydactyla![]() |
Greater short-toed lark Alouette calandrelle Kurzzehenlerche Малый жаворонок |
ヒメコウテンシ (姫告天子) hime kōtenshi 'princess tell-heaven' |
大短趾百灵 (大短趾百靈) 'large short-toed hundred-spirit' (2, 3, 4) 短趾百灵 (短趾百靈) 'short-toed hundred-spirit' (1, 5. Alternative in 3) Taxonomy![]() |
(大短趾百灵) 大短趾百靈 'large short-toed hundred-spirit' |
短趾沙百灵 (短趾沙百靈) 'short-toed sand hundred-spirit' (6, 7) 白眉 'white eyebrow' |
쇠종다리 soe-jongdari 'small lark' |
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| Calandrella cheleensis |
Asian short-toed lark Mongolian short-toed lark Salt-marsh lark Alouette de Swinhoe Tschililerche Солончаковый жаворонок |
アジアコヒバリ (アジア小雲雀) ajia ko-hibari 'Asian small lark' (hibari written 'cloud sparrow') |
コヒバリ (小雲雀) ko-hibari 'small lark' (hibari written 'cloud sparrow') Taxonomy![]() |
短趾百灵 (短趾百靈) 'short-toed hundred-spirit' (1, 2, 3, 4) 亚洲短趾百灵 (亞洲短趾百靈) 'Asian short-toed hundred-spirit' (5. Alternative in 1, 3) |
(亚洲短趾百灵) 亞洲短趾百靈 'Asian short-toed hundred-spirit' |
북방쇠종다리 bukbang-soe-jongdari 'northern small lark' |
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| Galerida | |||||||
Latin |
Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
Galerida cristata![]() |
Crested lark Cochevis huppé Haubenlerche Хохлатый жаворонок |
カンムリヒバリ (冠雲雀) kanmuri hibari 'crested lark' (hibari written 'cloud sparrow') |
凤头百灵 (鳳頭百靈) 'phoenix-headed hundred-spirit' |
阿兰 (阿蘭) 'a-lan' 大阿勒 'large a-le' 风头 'phoenix-head' |
뿔종다리 ppul-jongdari 'horned lark' |
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| Alauda | |||||||
Latin |
Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
| Alauda
arvensis |
Eurasian skylark Skylark Northern skylark Alouette des champs Feldlerche Жаворонок полевой |
ヒバリ (雲雀) hibari 'lark' written 'cloud sparrow' Taxonomy![]() |
云雀 (雲雀) 'cloud sparrow' |
(欧亚云雀) 歐亞雲雀 'Eurasian cloud sparrow' |
鱼鳞燕 (魚鱗燕) 'fish-scaled swallow' |
종다리 jongdari 'lark' |
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| Alauda arvensis japonica Alauda japonica ![]() |
Japanese skylark Alouette du Japon Feldlerche-japonica Японский жаворонок |
ヒバリ (雲雀) hibari 'lark' written 'cloud sparrow' or ニホンヒバリ (日本雲雀) nihon hibari 'Japanese lark' (hibari written 'cloud sparrow') (Internet sources) |
日本云雀 (日本雲雀) 'Japanese cloud sparrow' (2, 3, 4) Taxonomy![]() |
극동종다리 geuk-dong-jongdari 'far-eastern lark' |
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| Eremophila | |||||||
Latin |
Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
| Eremophila alpestris |
Horned lark or Shore lark Alouette hausse-col Ohrenlerche Жаворонок рогатый |
ハマヒバリ (浜雲雀) hama hibari 'shore lark' (hibari written 'cloud sparrow') |
角百灵 (角百靈) 'horned hundred-spirit' |
陆地百灵 (陸地百靈) 'land hundred-spirit' 土画眉 'earth/vulgar hwamei' (also Garrulax perspicillatus Masked Laughing-thrush) |
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