General names
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Species list may not be current. Comments and corrections welcome.
The Japanese word for 'ibis' is トキ toki. Used on its own, this name almost invariably refers to the celebrated and highly threatened Japanese Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon). The name トキ toki is also notable for the number of ways it can be written in Chinese characters, including: 朱鷺 ('vermilion heron', from Chinese), 桃花鳥 ('peach flower bird', probably from Chinese) , 鴇 (meaning 'bustard' in Chinese), 鵇 (believed to have been a kind of quail in Chinese), and 鴾 (a character claimed to have been created by the Japanese themselves).
The spoonbills are known as ヘラサギ hera-sagi 'spatula herons', written 篦鷺.
Species names
| THRESKIORNITHINAE |
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KOREAN |
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Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
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Other J |
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Other Ch |
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| Threskiornis |
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Threskiornis melanocephalus
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Black-headed ibis
White ibis
Oriental ibis
Ibis à tête noire
Schwarzhalsibis
Ибис черноголовый |
クロトキ
(黒朱鷺)
kuro-toki
'black ibis' |
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黑头白鹮 (黑頭白䴉)
hēi-tóu bái-huán
'black-headed white ibis'
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白鹮 (白䴉)
bái-huán
'white ibis' (Alternative in 1)
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黑頭白䴉
hēi-tóu bái-huán
'black-headed white ibis' |
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검은머리흰따오기
geomeun-meori-huin-ttaogi
'black-headed white ibis' |
| Nipponia |
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Nipponia nippon
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Crested ibis
Japanese crested ibis
Ibis nippon
Nipponibis
Красноногий ибис |
トキ
(朱鷺, 桃花鳥, 鴇, 鵇, 鴾)
toki
'ibis' (written 1. 'vermilion heron', 2. 'peach flower bird'. 3-5. are either appropriated or specially created characters) |
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朱鹮 (朱䴉)
zhū-huán
'vermilion ibis' |
朱鷺
zhū-lù
'vermilion heron' |
红鹤 (紅鶴)
hóng hè
'red crane' (more normally used for the flamingo)
凤头鹮 (鳳頭䴉)
fèng-tóu-huán
'phoenix-headed ibis'
朱脸鹭 (朱臉鷺)
zhū-liǎn-lù
'vermilion-faced ibis' |
따오기
ttaogi
'ibis' |
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| PLATALEINAE |
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
JAPANESE |
CHINESE |
KOREAN |
Latin |
Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
| Platalea |
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Platalea leucorodia
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Eurasian spoonbill
European spoonbill
White spoonbill
Spatule blanche
Löffler
Колпица,
Обыкновенная колпица |
ヘラサギ
(篦鷺)
hera-sagi
'spatula heron' |
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白琵鹭 (白琵鷺)
bái pí-lù
'white spatula-heron' |
白琵鷺
bái pí-lù
'white spatula-heron' |
琵鹭 (琵鷺)
pí-lù
'spatula-heron'
白篦鹭 (白篦鷺)
bái bì-lù
'white comb heron'
琵琶嘴鹭 (琵琶嘴鷺)
pípá-zuǐ lù
'lute-billed heron'
琵嘴鹭 (琵嘴鷺)
pí-zuǐ-lù
'spatula-billed heron' |
노랑부리저어새
norang-buri-jeoeo-sae
'yellow-billed spoonbill-bird' |
Platalea minor
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Black-faced spoonbill
Lesser spoonbill
Petite Spatule
Schwarzgesichtlöffler
Колпица малая |
クロツラヘラサギ
(黒面篦鷺)
kuro-tsura hera-sagi
'black-faced spatula heron' |
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黑脸琵鹭 (黑臉琵鷺)
hēi-liǎn pí-lù
'black-faced spatula heron' |
黑面琵鷺
hēi-miàn pí-lù
'black-faced spatula heron' |
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저어새
jeoeo-sae
'spoonbill-bird' |
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