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.
Woodpeckers are commonly known in Japanese as キツツキ ki-tsutsuki 'tree-peckers' / 'wood-peckers' (ki = 'tree' or 'wood', tsutsuku = 'to peck'). This would logically be written 木啄, and indeed this is how it is written in the haiku of the great poet Basho in the 17th century, but present-day Japanese writes ki-tsutsuki with the Chinese name, 啄木鳥, which would in the normal course of things be read takuboku-chō.
Scientifically, the word キツツキ ki-tsutsuki is used only in the family name キツツキ科 ki-tsutsuki ka (Picidae) and the common name of Picumnus innominatus (Speckled Piculet).
For most woodpeckers, the literary term ケラ kera (or -gera in combination) is used to form the common name. In Chinese characters, ケラ kera and キツツキ ki-tsutsuki are written exactly the same, i.e., with the Chinese name 啄木鳥.
The White-bellied Woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis) is known as the キタタキ
(木啄)
ki-tataki
'tree/wood tapper'.
The Wryneck is known as the アリスイ ari-sui or 'ant-sucker'.
Other names for the woodpeckers include:
テラツツキ tera-tsutsuki 'temple-pecker', written 寺啄 in characters.
タクボク takuboku 'peck-wood' (Chinese name), written 啄木.
In Japanese haiku, the woodpeckers are a season word for autumn. They are referred to as ki-tsutsuki 'tree/wood pecker' (啄木鳥 or 木突), kera-tsutsuki 'temple pecker' (けら突き), kera (けら), or ki-tataki 'tree/wood tapper' (木たたき).
Species names
| JYNGINAE |
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
JAPANESE |
CHINESE |
KOREAN |
| Jynx |
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Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
Jynx torquilla
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Northern wryneck
Eurasian wryneck
Torcol fourmilier
Wendehals
Вертишейка |
アリスイ
(蟻吸)
ari-sui
'ant-sucker' |
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蚁䴕
(蟻鴷)
yǐ liè
'ant woodpecker'
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(地啄木)
地啄木
dì zhuó-mù
'ground peck-wood' |
蛇皮鸟
(蛇皮鳥)
shé-pí niǎo
'snake skin bird'
蛇头鸟
(蛇頭鳥)
shé-tóu niǎo
'snake-headed bird'
歪脖
(歪脖)
wāi-bó
'crooked neck'
歪脖鸟
(歪脖鳥)
wāi-bó niǎo
'crooked-necked bird' |
개미잡이
gaemijabi
'ant jabi?' |
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| PICINAE |
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
JAPANESE |
CHINESE |
KOREAN |
| Dendrocopos |
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Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
Dendrocopos kizuki
Picoides kizuki
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Japanese pygmy woodpecker
Pygmy woodpecker
Japanese spotted woodpecker
Pigmy woodpecker
Pic kisuki
Kizukispecht
Карликовый дятел |
コゲラ
(小啄木鳥)
ko-gera
'small woodpecker' |
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小星头啄木鸟
(小星頭啄木鳥)
xiǎo xīng-tóu zhuó-mù-niǎo
'small star-headed peck-wood bird' |
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쇠딱다구리
soe-ttakdaguri
'small woodpecker' |
Dendrocopos minor
Picoides minor
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Lesser spotted woodpecker
Lesser pied woodpecker
Pic épeichette
Kleinspecht
Малый дятел |
コアカゲラ
(小赤啄木鳥)
ko aka-gera
'small red woodpecker' |
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小斑啄木鸟
(小斑啄木鳥)
xiǎo bān zhuó-mù-niǎo
'small striped peck-wood bird' |
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쇠오색딱다구리
soe-o-saek-ttakdaguri
'small five-coloured woodpecker' |
Dendrocopos leucotos
Picoides leucotos
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White-backed woodpecker
Pic à dos blanc
Weißrückenspecht
Белоспинный дятел |
オオアカゲラ
(大赤啄木鳥)
ō aka-gera
'large red woodpecker' |
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白背啄木鸟
(白背啄木鳥)
bái-bèi zhuó-mù-niǎo
'white-backed peck-wood bird' |
(大赤啄木)
大赤啄木
dà chì zhuó-mù
'large red peck-wood' |
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큰오색딱다구리
keun o-saek-ttakdaguri
'large five-coloured woodpecker' |
Dendrocopos major
Picoides major
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Great spotted woodpecker
Greater pied woodpecker
Pic épeiche
Buntspecht
Пестрый дятел |
アカゲラ
(赤啄木鳥)
aka-gera
'red woodpecker' |
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大斑啄木鸟
(大斑啄木鳥)
dà bān zhuó-mù-niǎo
'large striped peck-wood bird'
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斑啄木鸟
(斑啄木鳥)
bān zhuó-mù-niǎo
'striped peck-wood bird' (6, 7)
大斑啄木
(大斑啄木)
dà bān zhuó-mù
'large striped peck-wood'
花啄木
(花啄木)
huā zhuó-mù
'flowery peck-wood'
花锛打木
(花錛打木)
huā bēn-dǎ-mù
'flowery adze-strike-tree' (dialect)
花锛得儿木
(花錛得兒木)
huā bēn-dér-mù
'flowery adze-get-tree' (dialect) |
오색딱다구리
o-saek-ttakdaguri
'five-coloured woodpecker' |
| Picoides |
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Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
Picoides tridactylus
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Three-toed woodpecker
Eurasian three-toed woodpecker
Northern three-toed woodpecker
Pic tridactyle
Dreizehenspecht
Дятел трехпалый |
ミユビゲラ
(三趾啄木鳥)
mi-yubi gera
'three-toed woodpecker' |
エゾミユビゲラ
(蝦夷三趾啄木鳥)
ezo mi-yubi gera
'Hokkaido three-toed woodpecker' (old scientific name) |
三趾啄木鸟
(三趾啄木鳥)
sān-zhǐ zhuó-mù-niǎo
'three-toed peck-wood bird' |
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세가락딱다구리
se-garak-ttakdaguri
'three-toed woodpecker' |
| Dryocopus |
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Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
Dryocopus javensis
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White-bellied woodpecker
White-bellied black woodpecker
Pic à ventre blanc
Weißbauchspecht
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キタタキ
(木啄)
ki-tataki
'tree/wood tapper' (probably extinct) |
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白腹黑啄木鸟
(白腹黑啄木鳥)
bái-fù hēi zhuó-mù-niǎo
'white-bellied black peck-wood bird' |
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크낙새
keun-ak-sae
'large ak bird' |
Dryocopus martius
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Black woodpecker
Pic noir
Schwarzspecht
Желна |
クマゲラ
(熊啄木鳥)
kuma-gera
'bear woodpecker' |
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黑啄木鸟
(黑啄木鳥)
hēi zhuó-mù-niǎo
'black peck-wood bird' |
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까막딱다구리
kkamak-ttakdaguri
'black woodpecker' |
| Picus |
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Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
Picus awokera
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Japanese woodpecker
Wavy-bellied woodpecker
Japanese green woodpecker
Pic awokéra
Japangrünspecht
Японский зелёный дятел |
アオゲラ
(青啄木鳥)
ao-gera
'blue/green woodpecker' |
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日本绿啄木鸟
(日本綠啄木鳥)
rìběn lǜ-zhuó-mù-niǎo
'Japanese green peck-wood bird' |
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Picus canus
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Grey-headed woodpecker or
Grey-faced woodpecker
Black-naped green woodpecker
Pic cendré
Grauspecht
Седой дятел |
ヤマゲラ
(山啄木鳥)
yama-gera
'mountain woodpecker' |
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灰头绿啄木鸟
(灰頭綠啄木鳥)
huī-tóu lǜ-zhuómù-niǎo
'grey-headed green peck-wood bird' (, , , )
灰头啄木鸟
(灰頭啄木鳥)
huī-tóu zhuó-mù-niǎo
'grey-headed peck-wood bird' () |
(绿啄木)
綠啄木
lǜ zhuó-mù
'green peck-wood' |
黑枕绿啄木鸟
(黑枕綠啄木鳥)
hēi-zhěn lǜ-zhuómù-niǎo
'black-naped green peck-wood bird' (6, 7)
绿锛得木
(綠錛得木)
lǜ bēn-dér-mù
'green adze-get-tree' (dialect)
黄啄木
(黄啄木)
huáng zhuó-mù
'yellow peck-wood'
山啄木
(山啄木)
shān zhuó-mù
'mountain peck-wood'
火老鸦
(火老鴉)
huǒ lǎo-yā
'fire crow'
山䴕
(山鴷)
shān liè
'mountain woodpecker' |
청딱다구리
cheong-ttakdaguri
'green woodpecker' |
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Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
Sapheopipo noguchii
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Okinawan woodpecker
Okinawa woodpecker
Preyr's Woodpecker
Pic d'Okinawa
Okinawaspecht
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ノグチゲラ
(野口啄木鳥)
noguchi gera
'Noguchi woodpecker' |
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冲绳啄木鸟
(沖繩啄木鳥)
chōngshéng zhuó-mù-niǎo
'Okinawa peck-wood bird' |
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