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General names

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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. Mainland China has since adopted a new name for the tropicbirds.

Species names

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SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		JAPANESE		CHINESE			KOREAN
Latin	Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru	Japanese	Other J	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Korean
Phaeton
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 bird'		红尾鹲 (紅尾鸏) hóng-wěi méng 'red-tailed meng'	紅尾熱帶鳥 hóng-wěi rèdài-niǎo 'red-tailed tropic 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 bird'		白尾鹲 (白尾鸏) bái-wěi méng 'white-tailed meng' or 长尾鹲 (長尾鸏) cháng-wěi méng 'long-tailed meng' (Alternative in 1)	白尾熱帶鳥 bái-wěi rèdài-niǎo 'white-tailed tropic bird'

Phaethontidae / ネッタイチョウ科 (Nettai-chō ka)

General names

Species names