- Cisticolidae - セッカ科 -

General names

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

The only member found in Japan is Cisticola juncidis (the Zitting Cisticola), which is known as the セッカ sekka. This is written 雪加 'snow add' or 雪下 'under snow' in Chinese characters. The characters appear to be phonetically inspired (i.e., ateji), another case of Chinese characters used on an ad hoc basis in the absence of appropriate characters.

The word セッカ sekka is also used in the names of a number of birds in the Sylviidae, including the Megalurinae.

Species names

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SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		JAPANESE		CHINESE			KOREAN
Latin	Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru	Japanese	Other J	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Korean
Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis	Zitting cisticola or Fantailed cisticola Rufous fantail warbler Fantail warbler Cisticole des joncs Cistensänger Веерохвостая цистикола	セッカ (雪加 or 雪下) sekka 'sekka' (written with ateji 'snow add' or 'snow under')		棕扇尾莺 (棕扇尾鶯) zōng shàn-wěi-yīng 'reddish-brown fan-tail warbler'	棕扇尾鶯 zōng shàn-wěi-yīng 'reddish-brown fan-tail warbler' 錦鴝 jǐn-qú 'brocade robin' (former official name)		개개비사촌 gaegaebi-sachon 'reedwarbler cousin'

Cisticolidae / セッカ科 (Sekka ka)

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