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.
In Japanese, the Painted Snipe is known as タマシギ tama-shigi 'jewelled snipe', written 玉鷸 or 玉鴫, using two alternative characters for snipe.
Species names
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Rostratula benghalensis |
Greater painted-snipe Painted snipe Rhynchée peinte Goldschnepfe Цветной бекас |
タマシギ (玉鷸 or 玉鴫) tama-shigi 'jewelled snipe' |
彩鹬 (彩鷸) 'coloured snipe' |
(彩鹬) 彩鷸 'coloured snipe' |
画眉 (畫眉  )'painted eyebrow (= hwamei) zhā' |
호사도요 hosa-doyo 'sumptuous snipe (=snipe)' |
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