Rostratulidae / タマシギ科 (Tama-shigi-ka)

彩鹬科 Cǎi-yù kē * 彩鷸科 Cǎi-yù kē * 호사도요과 Hosa-doyo-gwa

General names

Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Species list may not be current. 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 shigi.

Species names

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Rostratula              
Rostratula benghalensis
link to photolink to photolink to photo		 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)
cǎi-yù
'coloured snipe'		 彩鷸
cǎi-yù
'coloured snipe'		 画眉zha (画眉zha)
huà-méi zhá
'painted eyebrow / hwamei zha'		 호사도요
hosa-doyo
'sumptuous doyo (=snipe)'
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