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 swifts are called Ураацай uraatsai in Mongolian. This appears to be derived from the name Уран хараацай uraŋ kharaatsai 'deft swallow'. Other terms are Тэмээн хараацай temeeŋ kharaatsai 'camel swallow' and Хурын хараацай khuriŋ kharaatsai 'rain swallow' (the latter being similar to the Japanese and Chinese names). As in other languages, the swifts are linguistically closely allied with the swallows.
The regularised names of 2007 give the double-barrelled name Моринураацай moriŋ-uraatsai 'horse swift' to the genus Hirundapus, despite the fact that the name Морин ураацай moriŋ uraatsai was originally given to the Fork-tailed (or Pacific) Swift.
The nest of the swiftlets eaten as a delicacy is known in Mongolian as цагаан үүр tsagaaŋ üür 'white nest'.
Species names
| APODINAE | ||||||||
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SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
MONGOLIAN |
EAST ASIAN |
TURKIC |
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| Hirundapus | ||||||||
Latin |
English/Russian |
Mongolian |
Former & Other M |
Chinese (incl. Taiwan) |
Japanese |
Korean |
Kazakh |
Turkish |
| Hirundapus caudacutus Hirundapus caudacuta Chaetura caudacuta  |
White-throated needletail White-throated spine-tailed swift Spinetail swift Иглохвостый стриж |
Ойн моринураацай oiŋ moriŋ-uraatsai 'forest horse-swift' |
Ойн ураацай oiŋ uraatsai 'forest swift' |
白喉针尾雨燕 (白喉針尾雨燕) 'white-throated needle-tailed rain-swallow' Taiwan: (白喉针尾雨燕) 白喉針尾雨燕 'white-throated needle-tailed rain-swallow' Taiwan former official: (针尾雨燕) 針尾雨燕 'needle-tailed rain-swallow' |
ハリオアマツバメ (針尾雨燕) hari-o ama-tsubame 'needle-tailed rain-swallow' |
바늘꼬리칼새 baneul-kkori-kal-sae 'needle-tailed swift bird' |
Қылқұйрық сұрқарлығаш qıl-quyrıq sur-qarlığaş 'bristle-tailed grey swallow' |
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| Apus | ||||||||
Latin |
English/Russian |
Mongolian |
Former & Other M |
Chinese (incl. Taiwan) |
Japanese |
Korean |
Kazakh |
Turkish |
| Apus apus |
Common swift Swift Eurasian swift Черный стриж |
Хурын ураацай khurin uraatsai 'rain swift' |
Хурын ураацай khuriŋ uraatsai 'rain swift' |
雨燕 (雨燕) 'rain swallow' (2, 4) 普通楼燕 (普通楼燕) 'common building swallow' (1, 3 楼燕 (楼燕) 'building swallow' (5) |
ヨーロッパアマツバメ (ヨーロッパ雨燕) yōroppa ama-tsubame 'European rain-swallow' |
Қара сұрқарлығаш qara sur-qarlığaş 'black grey-swallow' |
Karasağan 'black swift' |
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| Apus pacificus |
Fork-tailed swift or Pacific swift Large white-rumped swift Larger white-rumped swift Northern white-rumped swift Белопоясный стриж |
Хондлойцагаан ураацай khondloi-tsagaaŋ uraatsai 'rump-white swift' |
Морин ураацай moriŋ uraatsai 'horse swift' Алаг морин хараацай alag moriŋ kharaatsai 'motley horse swallow' |
白腰雨燕 (白腰雨燕) 'white-rumped rain-swallow' Taiwan: (小雨燕) 小雨燕 'small rain-swallow'  Taxonomy |
アマツバメ (雨燕) ama-tsubame 'rain-swallow' |
칼새 kal-sae 'swift bird' |
Ақбел сұрқарлығаш aq-bel sur-qarlığaş 'white-rumped grey-swallow' |
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