- Campephagidae - サンショウクイ科 -

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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). The 山椒 sanshō is a kind of plant.

SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		JAPANESE		CHINESE			KOREAN
Latin	Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru	Japanese	Other J	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Korean
Coracina
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)		暗灰鹃䴗 (暗灰鵑鵙) àn-huī juān-jú 'dark grey cuckoo shrike'	黑翅山椒鳥 hēi-chì shān-jiāo-niǎo 'black-winged prickly-ash bird'		검은할미새사촌 geomeun-halmi-sae-sachon 'black grandmother-bird (=wagtail) cousin'
Pericrocotus
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) huī shān-jiāo-niǎo 'grey prickly-ash bird'	灰山椒鳥 huī shān-jiāo-niǎo 'grey prickly-ash bird'	宾灰燕 (賓灰燕) bīn huī yàn 'guest grey swallow'	할미새사촌 halmi-sae-sachon 'grandmother-bird (=wagtail) cousin'

Campephagidae
サンショウクイ科
sanshō-kui ka