Haematopodidae / ミヤコドリ科 (Miyako-dori ka)

蛎鹬科 Lì-yù kē * 蠣鴴科 Lì-héng kē * 검은머리물떼새과 Geomeun-meori-mul-tte-sae-gwa

General names

Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Species list may not be current. 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
link to photolink to photolink to photo		 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 or 都鴫)
miyako-shigi
'capital shigi'		 蛎鹬 (蠣鷸)
lì-yù
'oyster yu (snipe)'		 蠣鴴
lì-héng
'oyster plover'		   검은머리물떼새
geomeun-meori-mul-tte-sae
'black-headed water tte bird' (=plover)
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