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 Hoopoe is known as ヤツガシラ yatsu-gashira, meaning 'eight-heads'. However, it is written with the characters 戴勝 'wear headdress', from the Chinese.
Species names
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Upupa epops |
Common hoopoe Eurasian hoopoe Hoopoe Huppe fasciée Wiedehopf Удод |
ヤツガシラ (戴勝) yatsu-gashira 'eight heads' (but written 'wear headdress', from Chinese) |
戴胜 (戴勝) 'wear headdress' |
(戴胜) 戴勝 'wear headdress' |
呼呼哱 (呼呼哱) huhubo (onomatopoeic) 呼哱哱 (呼哱哱) hubobo (onomatopoeic) 山和尚 (山和尚) 'mountain monk' (also used for the Jay) 臭姑鸪 (臭姑鴣) 'smelly gu (aunt) gu (bird)' (cf Harpactes erythrocephalus, Red-headed Trogon) 臭鸪鸪 (臭鴣鴣) 'smelly gu (aunt) gu (bird)' 花蒲扇 (花蒲扇) 'flowery palm fan' (north) 发伞头鸟 (髮傘頭鳥) 'hair umbrella head bird' (south) 鸡冠鸟 (雞冠鳥) 'coxcomb bird' |
후투티 hututi 'hoopoe' |
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