General names
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Species list may not be current. Korean glosses are only tentative. Comments and corrections welcome.
The bee-eaters are known as ハチクイ hachi-kui, or 'bee-eaters', written in characters (kanji) as 蜂喰 ('bee-eater') The only bee-eater that has been found in Japan is Merops ornatus, with one specimen collected in Miyako-jima in the far south in 1904.
Species names
ABOUT THIS TABLE (Hover cursor to see) SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
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CHINESE |
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Latin |
Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
Merops ornatus |
Rainbow bee-eater Australian bee-eater Rainbow bee eater |
ハチクイ (蜂喰) hachi-kui 'bee-eater' |
彩虹蜂虎 (彩虹蜂虎) 'rainbow bee-tiger' (4) 虹彩蜂虎 (虹彩蜂虎) 'rainbow bee-tiger' (5) |
(彩虹蜂虎) 彩虹蜂虎 'rainbow bee-tiger' |
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