Bombycillidae
Энхэтийнхэн
eŋkhtiŋkheŋ

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The Waxwings are known in Mongolian as Энхэт бялзуухай enkhet byalzuukhai 'peace finch'. The word бялзуухай byalzuukhai is a general term for all kinds of small songbirds in Mongolian which we gloss here as finch. The name is an early calque on the Chinese name, 太平鸟 tàipíng-niǎo 'peace bird' that is already found in the Imperial Pentaglot Manchu Mirror of 1805 (37).

In more modern ornithological naming, the two species of waxwing were originally distinguished as Энхэт бялзуухай enkhet byalzuukhai 'peace finch' (unmarked) for Bombycilla garrulus and Хар мөрний энхэт бялзуухай khar mörni enkhet byalzuukhai 'black-shouldered peace finch' for Bombycilla japonicus.

In the 2007 "binomial" list, the base name is combined into one word, Энхэтбялзуухай eŋkhet-byalzuukhai 'peace finch', and Russian / international naming has been selectively adopted to distinguish the two species into the Siberian (Шивэр shiver) and Japanese (Наран naraŋ) Waxwings.

Inner Mongolian

While the Imperial Pentaglot (37) used Энхэт бялзуухай enkhet byalzuukhai 'peace finch' as a general name for the waxwings, it distinguished the two species as Шар энхэт shar enkhet 'yellow peace' (Bombycilla garrulus) and Улаан энхэт ulaan enkhet 'red peace' (Bombycilla japonica) based on the colour of the tips of the tail feathers. Modern Inner Mongolian ornithological naming of waxwing species originally preserved this naming.

However, recent ornithological naming has followed Mongolia in adopting the full name, Энхэт бялзуухай enkhet byalzuukhai 'peace finch', in species names, and has abandoned the traditional red/yellow distinction at Bombycilla japonica, with a choice of names based on international naming ("Japanese Waxwing") and Chinese naming ("Little Waxwing").

Species names

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SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		MONGOLIAN			EAST ASIA			TURKIC
Bombycilla
Latin	English/Russian	Mongolian	Inner M	Other M	Chinese	Japanese	Korean	Kazakh	Turkish
Bombycilla garrulus	Bohemian waxwing Waxwing Свиристель, Обыкновенный свиристель	Шивэр энхэтбялзуухай ᠰᠢᠪᠡᠷ ᠡᠩᠬᠡᠳᠣ ᠪᠢᠯᠵᠣᠣᠬᠠᠢ shiver eŋkhet-byalzuukhai 'Siberian peace finch'	Шар энхэт бялзуухай ᠰᠢᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠡᠩᠬᠡᠲᠦ ᠪᠢᠯᠵᠣᠣᠬᠠᠢ shar eŋkhet byalzuukhai 'yellow peace finch' (33)	Mongolia formerly: Энхэт бялзуухай ᠡᠩᠬᠡᠳᠦ ᠪᠢᠯᠵᠣᠣᠬᠠᠢ eŋkhet byalzuukhai 'peace finch' IM also: Шар Энхэт ᠰᠢᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠡᠩᠬᠡᠲᠦ shar eŋkhet 'yellow peace' (31, 37)	太平鸟 (太平鳥) tàipíng-niǎo 'peace bird' or 十二黄 (十二黄) shí-èr huáng 'twelve yellow' (alt in 1, 5) Taiwan: (黄连雀) 黃連雀 huáng lián-què 'yellow lianque'	キレンジャク (黄連雀) ki-renjaku 'yellow waxwing'	황여새 hwang-yeo-sae 'yellow yeo bird'	Самыр samır 'samır'	İpekkuyruk 'silk-tail'
Bombycilla japonica	Japanese waxwing Амурский свиристель, Японский свиристель	Наран энхэтбялзуухай ᠨᠠᠷᠠᠨ ᠡᠩᠬᠡᠳᠦ ᠪᠢᠯᠵᠣᠣᠬᠠᠢ naraŋ eŋkhet-byalzuukhai 'Japanese peace finch'	Өцүүхэн энхэт бялзуухай ᠦᠴᠦᠬᠡᠨ ᠡᠩᠬᠡᠲᠦ ᠪᠢᠯᠵᠣᠣᠬᠠᠢ ötsüükheŋ eŋkhet byalzuukhai 'little peace finch' or Наран энхэт бялзуухай ᠨᠠᠷᠠᠨ ᠡᠩᠬᠡᠲᠦ ᠪᠢᠯᠵᠣᠣᠬᠠᠢ naraŋ eŋkhet byalzuukhai 'Japanese peace finch'	Mongolia formerly: Хар мөрний энхэт бялзуухай ᠬᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠮᠦᠷᠣᠨ ᠤ ᠡᠩᠬᠡᠳᠦ ᠪᠢᠯᠵᠣᠣᠬᠠᠢ khar mörni eŋkhet byalzuukhai 'black-shouldered ? peace finch' IM also: Улаан Энхэт ᠣᠯᠠᠭᠠᠠ ᠡᠩᠬᠡᠲᠦ ulaaŋ eŋkhet 'red peace' (31, 37)	小太平鸟 (小太平鳥) xiǎo tàipíng-niǎo 'small peace bird' or 十二红 (十二紅) shí-èr hóng 'twelve red' (alt in 1, 5) Taiwan: (朱连雀) 朱連雀 zhū lián-què 'vermilion lianque'	ヒレンジャク (緋連雀) hi-renjaku 'scarlet waxwing'	홍여새 hong-yeo-sae 'red yeo bird'

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