General
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Species list may not be current. Korean glosses are only tentative. Comments and corrections welcome.
In Japanese, the oyster-catchers are known as ミヤコドリ miyako-dori, written 都鳥 and having the meaning 'bird of the capital (city)'.
In ancient Japanese literature, the name みやこどり miyako-dori 'capital bird' was used for Larus ridibundis, the Black-headed Gull. The name stirred feelings of longing for Kyoto (the ancient capital of Japan) among those of the aristocracy forced to go and live in or visit the provinces.
Species names
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Haematopus ostralegus |
Eurasian oyster-catcher Palaearctic oyster-catcher Oyster-catcher Huîtrier pie Austernfischer Кулик-сорока |
ミヤコドリ (都鳥) miyako-dori 'capital bird' |
ミヤコシギ (都鷸 ~ 都鴫) miyako-shigi 'capital snipe' |
蛎鹬 (蠣鷸) 'oyster snipe' |
(蛎鸻) 蠣鴴 'oyster plover' |
검은머리물떼새 geomeun-meori-mul-tte-sae 'black-headed water-tte bird' (=plover)  Taxonomy |
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