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 paradise flycatcher is represented by one species in Japan, Terpsiphone atrocaudata, which is called サンコウチョウ sankō-chō 'three-lights bird' or just サンコウ sankō ('three lights'). In characters, this is written 三光鳥 or 三光. The name derives from the bird's call, which sounds like 'sun, moon, stars' ('the three lights') in Japanese.
Species names
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Terpsiphone atrocaudata |
Japanese paradise-flycatcher Black paradise flycatcher Tchitrec du Japon Prinzenparadiesschnäpper Чёрная райская мухоловка |
サンコウチョウ (三光鳥) sankōchō 'three-lights bird' (cry sounds like 'tsuki hi hoshi = moon sun stars, i.e., the 'three lights') |
サンコウ (三光) sankō 'three lights' |
紫寿带 (紫壽帶) 'purple longevity ribbon' or 紫寿带鸟 (紫壽帶鳥) 'purple longevity ribbon bird' (Alternative in 1) |
(紫寿带) 紫壽帶 'purple longevity ribbon' Former Taiwan official: (绶带鸟) 綬帶鳥 'coloured-ribbon bird' |
黑寿带 (黑壽帶) 'black longevity ribbon' |
삼광조 sam-gwang-jo 'three-lights-bird' |
