General
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 Mongolian word for 'nightjar' is Эргүү бор ergüü bor, which appears to have the meaning 'stupid dun'. The 2007 list creates the amalgamated word Эргүүбор ergüü-bor. Other names are Шөнийн хараацай shöniŋ kharaatsai 'night swallow' and (possibly) Нохойн шогшир nokhoiŋ shogshir 'dog kingfisher'.
Species names
| CAPRIMULGINAE | ||||||||
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SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
MONGOLIAN |
EAST ASIAN |
TURKIC |
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| Caprimulgus | ||||||||
Latin |
English/Russian |
Mongolian |
Former & Other M |
Chinese (incl. Taiwan) |
Japanese |
Korean |
Kazakh |
Turkish |
Caprimulgus indicus |
Grey nightjar Jungle nightjar Indian jungle nightjar |
Лагс эргүүбор lags ergüü-bor 'sturdy stupid-dun' |
Лагс эргүү бор lags ergüü bor 'sturdy stupid dun' |
普通夜鹰 (普通夜鶯) 'common night-hawk' Taiwan: (普通夜鹰) 普通夜鷹 'common night-hawk' or (日本夜鹰) 日本夜鷹 'Japanese night-hawk' |
ヨタカ (夜鷹, 蚊母鳥, 怪鴟) yo-taka 'night hawk' (written 1. night hawk, 2. mosquito mother bird, or 3. strange hawk/owl. Latter two from Chinese). |
쏙독새 ssokdok-sae 'ssokdok bird'  Taxonomy |
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| Caprimulgus europaeus |
European nightjar Eurasian nightjar Обыкновенный козодой |
Өрнийн эргүүбор örniŋ ergüü-bor 'western stupid-dun' |
Эргүү бор ergüü bor 'stupid dun' |
欧亚夜鹰 (歐亞夜鶯) 'Eurasian night-hawk' (2, 3, 4) 欧夜鹰 (歐夜鶯) 'European night-hawk' (1, 5) |
ヨーロッパヨタカ (ヨーロッパ夜鷹) yōroppa yo-taka 'European night-hawk' |
Кәдімгі тентекқұс
kädimgi tentek-qus 'true mischievous-bird' |
Çobanaldatan 'shepherd cheat' (related to 'goatsucker' legend?) |
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