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.
The minivets and cuckoo shrikes are known in Japanese as サンショウクイ sanshō-kui or 'prickly ash eaters' (山椒喰 or 山椒食い in Chinese characters). The 山椒 sanshō is a kind of plant. The name appears to have been borrowed into Chinese in the form 山椒鳥 'prickly-ash bird'.
Species names
ABOUT THIS TABLE (Hover cursor to see) SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
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CHINESE |
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| Coracina | |||||||
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Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
| Coracina melaschistos | Black-winged cuckoo-shrike Black-winged cuckooshrike Dark-grey cuckoo shrike Lesser cuckoo shrike Échenilleur ardoisé Trauerraupenfänger |
アサクラサンショウクイ (朝倉山椒喰) asakura sanshō-kui 'asakura prickly-ash eater' (asakura sanshō = a kind of prickly ash) |
暗灰鹃鵙 (暗灰鵑鵙) 'dark grey cuckoo-shrike' |
(黑翅山椒鸟) 黑翅山椒鳥 'black-winged prickly-ash bird' |
平尾龙眼燕 (平尾龍眼燕) 'flat-tailed dragon-eye swallow' (Fuzhou) (cf drongoes) |
검은할미새사촌 geomeun-halmi-sae-sachon 'black grandmother-bird (=wagtail) cousin' |
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| Pericrocotus | |||||||
Latin |
Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
Pericrocotus divaricatus |
Ashy minivet Minivet cendré Graumennigvogel Серый личинкоед |
サンショウクイ (山椒喰) sanshō-kui 'prickly-ash eater' |
See Hiraizumi for names throughout Japan (Japanese only site) | 灰山椒鸟 (灰山椒鳥) 'grey prickly-ash bird' |
(灰山椒鸟) 灰山椒鳥 'grey prickly-ash bird' |
宾灰燕儿 (賓灰燕兒) 'guest grey swallow' (north) |
할미새사촌 halmi-sae-sachon 'grandmother-bird (=wagtail) cousin' |
