Apodidae
Ураацхайнхан
uraatskhainkhan

雨燕科
yǔ-yàn kē

アマツバメ科
ama-tsubame ka

칼새과
kal-sae-gwa

Sağangiller

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General names

This list should be regarded as being 'in beta'. Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Pronunciation still needs fine-tuning. Comments and corrections welcome.

The swifts are called Ураацай uraatsai in Mongolian. This appears to be derived from the name Уран хараацай uran kharaatsai 'deft swallow'. Other terms are Тэмээн хараацай temeen kharaatsai 'camel swallow' and Хурын хараацай khuryn 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 morin-uraatsai 'horse swift' to the genus Hirundapus, despite the fact that the name Морин ураацай morin 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 tsagaan üür 'white nest'.

Species names

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APODINAE
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN
MONGOLIAN
EAST ASIAN
TURKIC
Latin
English/Russian
Mongolian
Former & Other M
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Kazakh
Turkish
Hirundapus                
Hirundapus caudacutus
Hirundapus caudacuta
Chaetura caudacuta
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White-throated needletail
White-throated spine-tailed swift
Spinetail swift
Иглохвостый стриж
Ойн моринураацай
oin morin-uraatsai
'forest horse-swift'
Ойн ураацай
oin uraatsai
'forest swift'
白喉针尾雨燕
bái-hóu zhēn-wěi yǔ-yàn
'white-throated 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 surqarlığaş
 
Apus                
Apus apus
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Common swift
Swift
Eurasian swift
Черный стриж
Хурын ураацай
khuryn uraatsai
'rain swift'
Хурын ураацай
khuryn uraatsai
'rain swift'
普通楼燕
pǔtōng lóu-yàn
'common building swallow' (1, 2, 3, 4)
楼燕
lóu-yàn
'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 surqarlığaş
Karasağan
'black swift'
Apus pacificus
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Fork-tailed swift
or
Pacific swift
Large white-rumped swift
Larger white-rumped swift
Northern white-rumped swift
Белопоясный стриж
Хондлойцагаан ураацай
khondloi-tsagaan uraatsai
white-rumped swift'
Морин ураацай
morin uraatsai
'horse swift'
Алаг морин хараацай
alag morin kharaatsai
'motley horse swallow'
白腰雨燕
bái-yāo yǔ-yàn
'white-rumped rain-swallow'
アマツバメ
(雨燕)
ama-tsubame
'rain-swallow'
칼새
kal-sae
'swift bird'
Ақбел сұрқарлығаш
aq-bel surqarlığaş
 
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