Cinclidae / カワガラス科 (Kawa-garasu ka)

河乌科 Hé-wū kē * 河烏科 Hé-wū kē * 물까마귀과 Mul-kkamagwi-gwa

General names

Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Species list may not be current. Comments and corrections welcome.

The Japanese name for the Dippers (more specifically, the Brown Dipper) is カワガラス kawa-garasu ('river crow'), written either 河烏 or 川烏. The word kawa, meaning 'river', can be written either or in Japanese, the first being used for larger rivers. (In Chinese, these two characters represent two distinct words. Of the two, only normally means 'river' in Chinese.)

Species names

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Cinclus              
Cinclus pallasii
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Brown dipper
Cincle de Pallas
Flußwasseramsel
Бурая оляпка
カワガラス
(川烏 or 河烏)
kawa-garasu
'river crow'
サワガラス
(沢烏)
sawa-garasu
'marsh crow'
クロトリ
(黒鳥)
kuro-dori
'black bird' Also used for Black scoter
褐河乌 (褐河烏)
hè hé-wū
'brown river crow'
河烏
hé-wū
'river crow'
水黑老婆
shuǐ hēi lǎopó
'water black wife'
물까마귀
mul-kkamagwi
'water crow'
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