Ardeidae / Дэглийнхэн (Delgiinkhen)

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 general Mongolian word for 'heron' is Дэглий deglii, with variant forms Дэглэй deglei and Тэглэй teglei. The name Цагаан дэглий tsagaan deglii 'white heron' is used in a general sense for white herons or egrets. The term Дэвлээ devlee is used for a kind of small heron described as "similar to the Grey Heron". Зашин zashin is used for the Night Heron.

The Eurasian Bittern is known as Бух шувуу bukh shuvuu or 'bull bird' (Бух bukh = 'bull' for short), a reference to the male's booming call.

Цагаан дэглий tsagaan deglii 'white heron' is the name of a mountain in Western Mongolia.

Regularised names:

The original official list of ardeid names made use of only two names: Бух bukh for Botaurus and one other bittern; Дэглий deglii for all the rest. In an attempt to give each genus a unique name, the 2007 bird list casts the net wider:

In an attempt to distinguish the egrets (including Egretta alba) from the herons, the list adopts Дэглээ deglee, an irregular spelling of Дэглэй deglei, which itself is merely a variant on the term Дэглий deglii. It remains to be seen whether this expedient will result in greater clarity or increased confusion.

Species names

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BOTAURINAE SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN MONGOLIAN EAST ASIA CENTRAL ASIA Latin English/Russian Mongolian Former & Other M Chinese Japanese Korean Kazakh Botaurus               Botaurus stellaris Eurasian bittern Great bittern Bittern Common bittern Выпь, Большая выль Усны бухшувуу usnу bukh-shuvuu 'water bull-bird' Усны бух usnу bukh 'water bull' 大麻鳽 dà má-yán 'large flax bittern' サンカノゴイ (三家五位) sanka no goi 'mountain-house bittern' 알락해오라기 allak-haeoragi 'speckled bittern' Үлкен көлбұқа Ixobrychus               Ixobrychus minutus Little bittern Малая выпь, Малый волчок Бичил одойбух bichil odoi-bukh 'tiny dwarfbull' Одой бух odoi bukh 'dwarf bull' 小苇鳽 xiǎo wěi-yán 'small reed bittern' コヨシゴイ (小葦五位) ko yoshi goi 'small reed bittern'   Кішкене көлбұқа Ixobrychus eurhythmus Shrenck's bittern Schrenck's little bittern Амурский болчок, Выль Бөртөт одойбух börtöt odoi-bukh 'spotted dwarfbull' Бөртөт дэглий börtöt deglii 'spotted heron' 紫背苇鳽 zǐ-bèi wěi-yán 'purple back reed bittern' オオヨシゴイ (大葦五位) ō yoshi goi 'large reed bittern' 큰덤불해오라기 keun-deombul-haeoragi 'large thicket bittern'

ARDEINAE SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH MONGOLIAN EAST ASIAN C. ASIAN Latin English/Russian Mongolian Former & Other M Chinese Japanese Korean Kazakh Nycticorax               Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned night heron Black-crowned night-heron Night heron Кваква, Обыкновенная кваква, Ночная цапля Ногоовор зашин nogoovor zashin 'greenish zashin' Ногоовор дэглий nogoovor deglii 'greenish heron' 夜鹭 yè lù 'night heron' ゴイサギ (五位鷺) goi sagi 'bittern heron' 해오라기 haeoragi 'bittern' Бақылдақ құтан Ardeola               Ardeola bacchus Chinese pond heron Chinese pond-heron Белокрылая цапля Цагаан дэвлээ tsagaan devlee 'white devlee' Цагаан сахлаг дэглий tsagaan sakhlag deglii 'white heavily-feathered heron' Other: Бор дэглий bor deglii 'brown heron' 池鹭 chí-lù 'pond heron' アカガシラサギ (赤頭鷺) aka-gashira sagi 'red-headed heron' 흰날개해오라기 huin-nalgae-haeoragi 'white-winged bittern'   Ardea               Ardea cinerea Grey heron Серая цапля Хөх дэглий khökh deglii 'dark-blue heron' Хөх дэглий khökh deglii 'dark-blue heron' 苍鹭 cāng-lù 'dark-blue heron' アオサギ (青鷺) ao-sagi 'blue heron' 왜가리 waegari 'heron' Көкқұтан Ardea purpurea Purple heron Рыжая цапля Зээрд дэглий zeerd deglii 'chestnut-brown heron' Зээрд дэглий zeerd deglii 'chestnut-brown heron' 草鹭 cǎo-lù 'grass heron' ムラサキサギ (紫鷺) murasaki-sagi 'purple heron' 붉은왜가리 bulgeun-waegari 'red heron' Қошқыл құтан Ardea alba Egretta alba Casmerodius albus Great egret Great white heron Большая белая цапля Цасч дэглээ tsasch deglee 'snowy heron' Цасч дэглий tsasch deglii 'snowy heron' 大白鹭 dà bái-lù 'large white heron' ダイサギ (大鷺) dai-sagi 'large heron' 대대백로 dae-dae-baeng-no 'large large white heron' (Sino-Korean) or 대백로 dae-baeng-no 'large white heron' Note Үлкен аққұтан Egretta               Egretta garzetta Little egret Малая белая цапля, Чепуранужда Хурган дэглээ khurgan deglee 'lamb heron' Хурган цагаан дэглий khurgan tsagaan deglii 'lamb white heron' 白鹭 bái-lù 'white heron' コサギ (小鷺) ko-sagi 'small heron' 쇠백로 soe-baeng-no 'small white heron' (Sino-Korean) Кішкене аққұтан Latin English/Russian Mongolian Former & Other M Chinese Japanese Korean Kazakh

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