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ネッタイチョウ科
nettai-chō ka

鹲科
méng kē

熱帶鳥科
rè-dài-niǎo kē

열대조과
yeol-dae-jo-gwa

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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 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

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SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN
JAPANESE
CHINESE
KOREAN
Phaeton              
Latin
Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru
Japanese
Other J
Chinese
Chinese (Taiwan)
Other Ch
Korean
Phaethon rubricauda
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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
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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)' (Alternative 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)
 
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