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 name for the Sand Grouse is サケイ sa-kei, written 沙鶏 or 砂鶏, ('sand-fowl/chicken'). Etymologically, this is directly related to the Chinese term. Only Syrrhaptes paradoxus is found in Japan, and then only as a vagrant.
Species names
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
JAPANESE |
CHINESE |
KOREAN |
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Latin |
Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
Syrrhaptes paradoxus
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Pallas's sandgrouse
Syrrhapte paradoxal
Steppenflughuhn
Саджа |
サケイ
(沙鶏 ~ 砂鶏)
sa-kei
'sand-fowl/chicken' |
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毛腿沙鸡
(毛腿沙雞)
máo-tuǐ shā-jī
'hairy-legged sand-fowl/chicken' |
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沙鸡
(沙雞)
shā-jī
'sand-fowl/chicken' (FS)
寇雉
(寇雉)
kòu-zhì
'bandit pheasant' (Erya) (FS)
辍鸠
(輟鳩)
chuò-jiù
'chuo ? dove' (Erya) (FS)
突厥雀
(突厥雀)
tūjué-què
'Tujue (ancient name for Turks) sparrow'(Tangshu) (FS) |
사막꿩
samak-kkwong
'desert pheasant' |
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