General names
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Species list may not be current. Comments and corrections welcome.
The shrikes are known in Japanese as モズ mozu. This is written 百舌 ('hundred tongues') or 百舌鳥 ('hundred tongue bird'). Other ways of writing モズ mozu are 鵙, 伯労, and 鴃 or 鴂. All are from Chinese. (The table below uses mainly 鵙 as the favoured term in compound words). Another name for the shrike is モズタカ mozu-taka ('shrike-hawk').
The Japanese take great delight in the mysteries of a writing system that renders the simple word mozu with three Chinese characters meaning 'hundred-tongue bird' (百舌鳥) . The word モズ mozu is native Japanese; the characters 百舌鳥 are obviously a Chinese name with the same meaning that has been borrowed to write モズ mozu. However, Chinese scholars believe that 百舌 ('hundred tongues') actually referred not to the shrikes but to the Blackbird, Turdus merula, on account of its talent at mimicking other birds. While this suggests that the Japanese use of 百舌 to write モズ mozu is erroneous, the traditional Japanese interpretation is supported by the Vietnamese name for the shrikes, Bách thanh, a Sino-Vietnamese word meaning 'hundred voices'.
In Japanese haiku, the shrike (百舌鳥 mozu) is a season word for autumn.
Species names
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Lanius tigrinus |
Tiger shrike Thick-billed shrike Pie-grièche tigrine Tigerwürger Тигровый сорокопут |
チゴモズ (稚児鵙) chigo mozu 'baby shrike' |
虎纹伯劳 (虎紋伯勞) 'tiger-pattern shrike' |
虎紋伯勞 'tiger-pattern shrike' |
虎䴗 (虎鵙) 'tiger shrike' |
칡때까치 chirk-ttaekkachi 'arrowroot (kudzu?) shrike' |
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| Lanius bucephalus | Bull-headed shrike Pie-grièche bucéphale Büffelkopfwürger Японский сорокопут |
モズ (百舌 or 百舌鳥 or 鵙) mozu 'shrike' (written 'hundred tongues', 'hundred tongue bird', or with the old Chinese character for 'shrike'). |
牛头伯劳 (牛頭伯勞) 'ox-headed shrike' |
紅頭伯勞 'red-headed shrike' |
때까치 ttaekkachi 'shrike' |
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| Lanius cristatus |
Brown shrike Red-tailed shrike Pie-grièche brune Braunwürger Сибирский жулан |
アカモズ (赤鵙) aka mozu 'red shrike' |
红尾伯劳 (紅尾伯勞) 'red-tailed shrike' or 褐伯劳 (褐伯勞) 'brown shrike' (Alternative in 1, 5) |
紅尾伯勞 'red-tailed shrike' |
土虎伯劳 (土虎伯勞) 'earth tiger shrike' 花虎伯劳 (花虎伯勞) 'flower tiger shrike' 小伯劳 (小伯勞) 'small shrike' |
노랑때까치 norang-ttaekkachi 'yellow shrike' |
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| Lanius schach |
Long-tailed shrike Black-headed shrike Rufous-backed shrike Pie-grièche schach Schachwürger Длиннохвостый сорокопут |
タカサゴモズ (高砂鵙) takasago mozu 'Taiwan shrike' |
棕背伯劳 (棕背伯勞) 'reddish-brown-backed shrike' |
棕背伯勞 'reddish-brown-backed shrike' |
黄伯劳 (黃伯勞) 'yellow shrike' 桂来姆 (桂來姆) '(literally) laurel come mother' |
긴꼬리때까치 gin-kkori-ttaekkachi 'long-tailed shrike' |
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| Lanius excubitor |
Great grey shrike or Northern shrike Pie-grièche grise Raubwürger Серый сорокопут |
オオモズ (大鵙) ō mozu 'large shrike' |
灰伯劳 (灰伯勞) 'grey shrike' |
寒露儿 (寒露兒) 'cold dew' |
큰재개구마리 keun-jaegaegumari 'large jaegaegumari' |
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| Lanius sphenocercus |
Chinese grey shrike Chinese great grey shrike Long-tailed grey shrike Pie-grièche géante Keilschwanzwürger Клинохвостый сорокопут |
オオカラモズ (大唐鵙) ō kara mozu 'large Chinese shrike' |
楔尾伯劳 (楔尾伯勞) 'wedge-tailed shrike' |
楔尾伯勞 'wedge-tailed shrike' |
长尾伯劳 (長尾伯勞) 'long-tailed shrike' |
물때까치 mul-ttaekkachi 'water shrike' |
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