General names
This list should be regarded as being 'in beta'. Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Many Kazakh, Turkish, and Korean glosses are highly tentative. Comments and corrections welcome.
The halcyonid kingfishers are known as Халуу khaluu, which can also be used for the osprey. The alcedinid kingfishers are known as Шогшор shogshor or Шогшир shogshir, which appears to be onomatopoeic. However, this name is not commonly found in dictionaries, and one dictionary even gives Нохойн шогшор nokhoi shogshor as referring to the nightjar.
An alternative name for the halcyonid kingfishers used in Inner Mongolia is Солонгон шувуу soloŋgoŋ shuvuu 'rainbow bird'.
Species names
| HALCYONINAE |
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
MONGOLIAN |
EAST ASIAN |
TURKIC |
| Halcyon |
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Latin |
English/Russian |
Mongolian |
Former & Other M |
Chinese (incl. Taiwan) |
Japanese |
Korean |
Kazakh |
Turkish |
Halcyon pileata
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Black-capped kingfisher
Ошейниковая альциона |
Хармагнай халуу
khar-magnai khaluu
'black-foreheaded kingfisher' |
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蓝翡翠
(藍翡翠)
lán fěicuì
'blue fěicuì'
Taiwan:
(黑头翡翠)
黑頭翡翠
hēi-tóu fěicuì
'black-headed fěicuì' |
ヤマショウビン
(山翡翠)
yama shōbin
'mountain shōbin' (shōbin written with the Chinese word 翡翠 'kingfisher') |
청호반새
cheong-hoban-sae
'blue lakeside-bird' |
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| ALCEDININAE |
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
MONGOLIAN |
EAST ASIAN |
TURKIC |
Latin |
English/Russian |
Mongolian |
Former & Other M |
Chinese (incl. Taiwan) |
Japanese |
Korean |
Kazakh |
Kazakh |
| Alcedo |
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Latin |
English/Russian |
Mongolian |
Former & Other M |
Chinese (incl. Taiwan) |
Japanese |
Korean |
Kazakh |
Turkish |
Alcedo atthis
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Common kingfisher
River kingfisher
Обыкновенный зимородок |
Номин шогшир
nomiŋ shogshir
'lapis lazuli shogshir' |
Нохой шогшор
nokhoi shogshor
'dog shogshor' |
普通翠鸟
(普通翠鳥)
pǔtōng cuì-niǎo
'common cuì bird'
Taiwan:
(翠鸟)
翠鳥
cuì-niǎo
'cuì bird'
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カワセミ
(翡翠 ~ 川蝉 ~ 魚狗)
kawa-semi
'river kingfisher' (written with 1. the characters 翡翠 hisui 'kingfisher', 2. 'river cicada', or 3. 魚狗 'fish-dog', from Chinese) |
물총새
mul-chong-sae
'water chong bird' |
Зымыран
zımıran
'zımıran' |
Yalıçapkını
'kingfisher' |
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