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Charadriidae
Хиазынхан
khiaziŋkhaŋ

鸻科
héng kē

鴴科
héng kē

チドリ科
chi-dori ka

물떼새과
mul-tte-sae-gwa

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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 lapwings are known in Mongolian as Хавтгаалж khavtgaalj or Хавтгалж khavtgalj, with Хавтгаалжин khavtgaaljin a further related name. Some dictionaries give Заараг шувуу zaarag shuvuu, although this appears to be properly used for birds in the Sylviidae.

The Buryat name is Хабтагаалжан khabtagaaljan or Хабтаалжан khabtaaljan.

In contrast, the plovers do not appear to have a widely used name in Mongolian. Officially they have gone by the names Сүвээ цагаан süvee tsagaaŋ meaning 'side-white', mainly applied to the Pluvialinae, and Хиазат khiazat, with a meaning of 'laced' or 'inlaid', mainly applied to the Charadriinae. These meanings are not found in ordinary dictionaries. The name of the family itself has now become Хиазынхан khiazinkhan meaning 'lace (ones)'.

Inner Monglian dictionaries give Тонгор tongor as the Mongolian word for plover. For the record, Japanese-Mongolian dictionaries give Усны шаазгай usni shaazgai 'water magpie'.

Regularised names:

The 2007 official list tidies up the assignment of names to genera according to the following (genera do not necessarily match Howard and Moore):

Genus Old New
Vanellus (Lapwings) Xавтгаалж
khavtgaalj
Хавтгаалж
khavtgaalj
Microsarcops (Lapwings) Xавтгаалж
khavtgaalj
Зуунхурга
zuuŋhurag
Chettusia (Lapwings) Xавтгаалж
khavtgaalj
Хавтгалж
khavtgalj
Pluvialis (Plovers) Сүвээ цагаан
süvee tsagaaŋ;
Хавтгаалжин
khavtgaaljiŋ
Сүвээцагаан
süvee-tsagaaŋ
Charadrius (Plovers) Хиазат
khiazat;
Сүвээ цагаан
süvee tsagaaŋ
Хиазат
khiazat
Eudromius (Plovers) Сүвээ цагаан
süvee tsagaaŋ
Цагаанхиазат
tsagaaŋ-khiazat

The most striking feature is the use of three names for the lapwings, clearly designed to match the division into three separate genera (which is not recognised in Howard and Moore). Besides the creation of one new name (Зуунхурга zuuŋhurag 'hundred lambs') for one genus, the list attempts to use minor linguistic variation between Xавтгаалж khavtgaalj and Xавтгалж khavtgalj to draw a formal distinction between genera. The traditional script makes no distinction between the two names.

Species names

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VANELLINAE
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN
MONGOLIAN
EAST ASIAN
TURKIC
Vanellus                
Latin
English/Russian
Mongolian
Former & Other M
Chinese (incl. Taiwan)
Japanese
Korean
Kazakh
Turkish
Vanellus vanellus
link to photolink to photo
Northern lapwing
Lapwing
Peewit
Green Plover
Чибис,
Пигалица
Умардын хавтгаалж
ᠣᠮᠠᠷᠠᠲᠣ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠬᠠᠪᠲᠠᠭᠠᠯᠵᠢ
umardiŋ khavtgaalj
'northern lapwing'
Xавтгаалж
ᠬᠠᠪᠲᠠᠭᠠᠯᠵᠢ
khavtgaalj
'lapwing'
凤头麦鸡
(鳳頭麥雞)
fèng-tóu mài-jī
'phoenix-headed wheat fowl'
Taiwan:
(小辫鸻)
小辮鴴
xiǎo biàn héng
'small-pigtailed plover'
タゲリ
(田計里 ~ 田鳧)
ta-geri
'field lapwing'
댕기물떼새
daenggi-mul-tte-sae
'ribboned tide?-bird'
Қызғыш
qızğış
'lapwing' (Қыз = 'girl')
Kızkuşu
'lapwing' (literally 'maid bird')
Vanellus cinereus
Microsarcops cinereus
link to photolink to photo
Grey-headed lapwing
Серый чибис
Саарал зуунхурга
ᠰᠠᠭᠠᠷᠠᠯ ᠵᠠᠭᠣᠨ ᠬᠣᠷᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ
saaral zuuŋhurag
'grey hundred-lamb'
Саарал хавтгаалж
ᠰᠠᠭᠠᠷᠠᠯ ᠬᠠᠪᠲᠠᠭᠠᠯᠵᠢ
saaral khavtgaalj
'grey lapwing'
灰头麦鸡
(灰頭麥雞)
huī-tóu mài-jī
'grey-headed grain fowl'
Taiwan:
(跳鸻)
跳鴴
tiào héng
'jumping plover'
ケリ
(計里 ~ )
keri
'lapwing'
민댕기물떼새
min-daenggi-mul-tte-sae
'min?-ribboned tide?-bird'
   
Vanellus gregarius
Chettusia gregaria
link to photo
Sociable lapwing
Кречетка,
Степная пигалица
Хээрийн хавтгалж
ᠬᠡᠬᠡᠷᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠬᠠᠪᠲᠠᠭᠠᠯᠵᠢ
kheeriŋ khavtgalj
'steppe lapwing (variant)'
  黄颊麦鸡
(黃頰麥雞)
huáng-jiá mài-jī
'yellow-cheeked grain fowl' (2, 4)
长脚麦鸡
(長腳麥雞)
cháng-jiǎo mài-jī
'long-legged grain fowl'