Campephagidae
サンショウクイ科
sanshō-kui ka

General

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The main representative of the Campephagidae in Japan is Pericrocotus divaricatus, the Ashy Minivet, which is known in Japanese as サンショウクイ sanshō-kui or 'pricklyash-eater' (山椒喰 or 山椒食い in Chinese characters). The 山椒 sanshō (Zanthoxylum piperitum) is a small tree, known in English as 'Japanese pepper' or 'Japanese pricklyash', which produces berries that are made into a type of spice. According to Wikipedia, the bird is named not for a predilection for eating pricklyash, but for its call, hi-ri-ri, which sounds in Japanese like the conventional human reaction to eating the spicy peppers.

Ornithological Japanese extends the name サンショウクイ sanshō-kui to the vagrant species Lalage melaschistos Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike, and extralimitally to all other members of the Campephagidae, including the genus Coracina and the flycatcher-shrikes (Hemipus).

The name of the Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike, アサクラサンショウクイ asakura sanshō-kui or 'Asakura pricklyash-eaters', is something of a mystery. Asakura-sanshō is a commercial, thornless variety of the Japanese pricklyash. Given the origin of the name サンショウクイ sanshō-kui, the use of such a name for a species which has only been occasionally observed in Okinawa and Miyazaki is possibly just the result of whimsy.

The Japanese name has been borrowed into Chinese in the form 山椒鳥 shān-jiāo-niǎo 'pricklyash bird'.

Species names

PERICROCOTINAE
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		JAPANESE		CHINESE			KOREAN
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 'pricklyash-eater'	See Hiraizumi for names throughout Japan (Japanese only site)	灰山椒鸟 (灰山椒鳥) huī shān-jiāo-niǎo 'grey pricklyash bird'	(灰山椒鸟) 灰山椒鳥 huī shān-jiāo-niǎo 'grey pricklyash bird'	宾灰燕儿 (賓灰燕兒) bīn huī yànr 'guest grey swallow' (northern) (31)	할미새사촌 halmi-sae-sachon 'grandmother-bird (=wagtail) cousin'
Pericrocotus tegimae	Japanese Minivet or Ryukyu Minivet Minivet de Riukiu Ryukyu-Mennigvogel Островной длиннохвостый личинкоед	リュウキュウサンショウクイ (山椒喰) ryūkyū sanshō-kui 'Ryukyu pricklyash-eater'		琉球山椒鸟 (琉球山椒鳥) liúqiü shān-jiāo-niǎo 'Ryukyu pricklyash bird'	(琉球山椒鸟) 琉球山椒鳥 liúqiü shān-jiāo-niǎo 'Ryukyu pricklyash bird'
CAMPEPHAGINAE
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		JAPANESE		CHINESE			KOREAN
Lalage
Latin	Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru	Japanese	Other J	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Korean
Lalage 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 pricklyash eater'		暗灰鹃鵙 (暗灰鵑鵙) àn-huī juān-jú 'dark grey cuckoo-shrike'	(黑翅山椒鸟) 黑翅山椒鳥 hēi-chì shān-jiāo-niǎo 'black-winged pricklyash bird'	平尾龙眼燕 (平尾龍眼燕) píng-wěi lóng-yǎn yàn 'flat-tailed dragon-eye swallow' (Fuzhou) (cf drongos) 黑翅山椒鸟 (黑翅山椒鳥) hēi-chì shān-jiāo-niǎo 'black-winged prickly-ash bird' (early ornithological) (35)	검은할미새사촌 geomeun-halmi-sae-sachon 'black grandmother-bird (=wagtail) cousin'

Asakura sanshō (朝倉山椒) is a kind of prickly ash.

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