Phaethontidae
ネッタイチョウ科
nettai-chō ka

General

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The Japanese word for 'tropic bird' is ネッタイチョウ nettai-chō ('tropic zone bird'), written 熱帯鳥. The Japanese name is clearly based on the English and has also been adopted in Korean, Chinese, and Vietnamese usage. However, Mainland Chinese ornithologists have since adopted a new name for the tropicbirds.

Species names

SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		JAPANESE		CHINESE			KOREAN
Phaeton
Latin	Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru	Japanese	Other J	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Korean
Phaethon rubricauda	Red-tailed tropicbird Red-tailed tropic bird Red-tailed Tropic-bird Phaéton à brins rouges Rotschwanz-Tropikvogel Краснохвостый фаэтон	アカオネッタイチョウ (赤尾熱帯鳥) aka-o nettai-chō 'red-tailed tropic-zone bird'		红尾鹲 (紅尾鸏) hóng-wěi méng 'red-tailed meng'	(红尾热带鸟) 紅尾熱帶鳥 hóng-wěi rèdài-niǎo 'red-tailed tropic-zone bird'
Phaethon lepturus	White-tailed tropicbird White-tailed Tropic Bird Long-tailed Tropic-bird Yellow-billed Tropicbird Phaéton à bec jaune Weißschwanz-Tropikvogel Белохвостый фаэтон	シロオネッタイチョウ (白尾熱帯鳥) shiro-o nettai-chō 'white-tailed tropic-zone bird'		白尾鹲 (白尾鸏) bái-wěi méng 'white-tailed meng' (from mythical bird name) or 长尾鹲 (長尾鸏) cháng-wěi méng 'long-tailed meng (from mythical bird name)' (alt in 1)	(白尾热带鸟) 白尾熱帶鳥 bái-wěi rèdài-niǎo 'white-tailed tropic-zone bird'	长尾热带鸟 (長尾熱帶鳥) cháng-wěi rèdài-niǎo 'long-tailed tropic-zone bird' (FS)

中国鸟类种和亚种分类名录大全（修订版） 郑作新 著 科学出版社 北京 2000年
A Complete Checklist of Species and Subspecies of the Chinese Birds (Revised Edition) by Cheng Tso-Hsin, Science Press, Beijing 2000