Corvidae
Хэрээнийхэн
khereenikheŋ

General names

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 general Мongolian word for 'crow' is Хэрээ kheree.

Rooks are specifically known as Турлиах turliakh or Турлааг turlaag.

Jackdaws have a variety of names: Туу tuu, Алагтуу alagtuu 'motley tuu', Алаг дуу alag duu 'motley duu' and (in Inner Mongolia) Таага taag, Алаг таага alag taag 'motley taag' or Алаг хонг alag khoŋg 'motley khong'.

The Raven is known as the Хон хэрээ khoŋ kheree 'cawing crow' or (in Inner Mongolian dictionaries) Хонг khoŋg.

In addition, Inner Mongolian dictionaries give Алаг таага 'motley taag' for the (extralimital to Mongolia) Collared Crow and Хар таага khar taag 'black taag' for the Carrion Crow.

The Common Magpie is known as Шаазгай shaazgai, which is also extended to other magpies, the Nutcracker, and the European Jay. Alternative forms of the name are Цанцаахай tsantsaakhai and Цагцхай tsagtskhai.

The Jay (Garrulus) is known as the Ятга шаазгай yatag shaazgai 'zither magpie'. In Inner Mongolian dictionaries, the Jay is given as Ид хэрээ id kheree (хэрээ kheree = 'crow') or Ит it.

The Siberian Jay (Perisoreus) is distinguished as Дуудууш duuduush under the official names, although this term is generally not found in dictionaries.

The unique local Ground-jays are known as Жороо joroo, literally 'amble', which appears to refer to the fast ambling stride of a horse. The Chough is known as Жунгаа juŋgaa.

Buryat: The Buryat name for the crow is Хирээ khiree; that for the jackdaw is Алаг туун alag tuun 'motley tuun'; that for the rook is Турлааг turlaag; that for the magpie is Шаазгай shaazgai.

Regularised names:

The 2007 official names regularise the naming of genera as follows:

The regularised names try to match common names to the scientific genera.

• Two genera of Jays and Nutcrackers, previously treated as varieties of Шаазгай shaazgai ('magpie') get compound names. In the case of the genus Cyanopica, an existing alternative name for the Magpie is applied with a narrowed meaning.
• For the Chough, the existing term (Жунгаа juŋgaa) is adopted in place of the previous nondescript Улаан хушуут ulaaŋ khushuut 'red billed'.
• The opposite trend is found with the various members of the genus Corvus, which previously had at least three different names but are now all unified under the name Хэрээ kheree.

Species names

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SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		MONGOLIAN		EAST ASIAN			TURKIC
Perisoreus
Latin	English/Russian	Mongolian	Former & Other M	Chinese (incl. Taiwan)	Japanese	Korean	Kazakh	Turkish
Perisoreus infaustus	Siberian jay Кукша, Ронжа	Хөвчийн дуудууш khövchiŋ duuduush 'mountain-range duuduush'	Дуудууш duuduush 'duuduush'	北噪鸦 (北噪鴉) běi zào-yā 'northern noisy crow'	アカオカケス (赤尾懸巣 ~ 赤尾) aka-o kake-su 'red-tailed hang-nest'		Орманқарға orman-qarğa 'forest crow'
Garrulus
Latin	English/Russian	Mongolian	Former & Other M	Chinese (incl. Taiwan)	Japanese	Korean	Kazakh	Turkish
Garrulus glandarius	Eurasian jay Jay Сойка	Цагчаа ятгашаазгай tsagchaa yatag-shaazgai 'wake-up ? zither-magpie'	Ятга шаазгай yatag shaazgai 'zither magpie' Other: Ид хэрээ id kheree 'id crow' (Inner Mongolia)	松鸦 (松鴉) sōng-yā 'pine crow' Taiwan: (松鸦) 松鴉 sōng-yā 'pine crow'	カケス (懸巣 ~ ) kake-su 'hang-nest'	어치 eochi 'jay'	Жорғаторғай jorğa-torğay 'ambling sparrow'	Alakarga 'jay'
Cyanopica
Latin	English/Russian	Mongolian	Former & Other M	Chinese (incl. Taiwan)	Japanese	Korean	Kazakh	Turkish
Cyanopica cyanus Cyanopica cyana	Azure-winged magpie Голубая сорока	Цэнхэр цанцаахай tseŋkher tsaŋtsaakhai 'lightblue magpie (variant)'	Цэнхэр шаазгай tseŋkher shaazgai 'lightblue magpie'	灰喜鹊 (灰喜鵲) huī xǐ-què 'grey magpie'	オナガ (尾長) o-naga 'long-tail'	물까치 mul-kkachi 'water magpie'
Pica
Latin	English/Russian	Mongolian	Former & Other M	Chinese (incl. Taiwan)	Japanese	Korean	Kazakh	Turkish
Pica pica	Common magpie Black-billed magpie Magpie Сорока	Алаг шаазгай alag shaazgai 'motley magpie'	Шаазгай shaazgai 'magpie'	喜鹊 (喜鵲) xǐ-què 'magpie' Taiwan: (喜鹊) 喜鵲 xǐ-què 'magpie'	カササギ (鵲) kasasagi 'magpie'	까치 kkachi 'magpie'	Сауысқан sawısqan 'magpie'	Saksağan 'magpie'
Podoces
Latin	English/Russian	Mongolian	Former & Other M	Chinese (incl. Taiwan)	Japanese	Korean	Kazakh	Turkish
Podoces hendersoni	Mongolian Ground-jay Henderson's ground jay Black-tailed ground jay Henderson's ground chough Монгольская пустынная сойка	Монгол хуланжороо moŋgol khulaŋ-joroo 'Mongolian wild-horse ambler'	Хулан жороо khulaŋ joroo 'wild-horse ambler'	黑尾地鸦 (黑尾地鴉) hēi-wěi dì-yā 'black-tailed ground-crow'	ハシナガサバクガラス (嘴長砂漠烏 ~ 嘴長砂漠鴉) hashi-naga sabaku-garasu 'long-billed desert-crow'		Монғол жорғаторғайы monğol jorğa-torğayı 'Mongolian ambling sparrow'
Nucifraga
Latin	English/Russian	Mongolian	Former & Other M	Chinese (incl. Taiwan)	Japanese	Korean	Kazakh	Turkish
Nucifraga caryocatactes	Eurasian nutcracker Spotted nutcracker Nutcracker Кедровка, Ореховка	Бидэрт самарчшаазгай bidert samarch-shaazgai 'spotted nutting-magpie'	Самарч шаазгай samarch shaazgai 'nutting magpie'	星鸦 (星鴉) xīng yā 'starred crow' Taiwan: (星鸦) 星鴉 xīng yā 'starred crow'	ホシガラス (星烏 ~ 星鴉) hoshi garasu 'starred crow'	잣까마귀 jat-kkamagwi 'pine-nut crow'	Самыркеш samırkeş 'samırkeş'	Köknar Kargası 'fir crow'
Pyrrhocorax
Latin	English/Russian	Mongolian	Former & Other M	Chinese (incl. Taiwan)	Japanese	Korean	Kazakh	Turkish
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	Red-billed chough Клушица, Красноклювая апьлийская галка	Улаанхушуут жунгаа ulaaŋ-khushuut juŋgaa 'red-billed chough'	Улаан хушуут ulaaŋ khushuut 'red bill'	红嘴山鸦 (紅嘴山鴉) hóng-zuǐ shān-yā 'red-billed mountain crow'	ベニバシガラス (紅嘴烏 ~ 紅嘴鴉) beni-bashi garasu 'crimson-billed crow'	붉은부리까마귀 bulgeun-buri-kkamagwi 'red-billed crow'	Қызылтұмсық шауқарға qızıl-tumsıq şaw-qarğa 'red-billed sluggish-crow'	Kızılgagalı Dağkargası 'red-billed mountain crow'
Corvus
Latin	English/Russian	Mongolian	Former & Other M	Chinese (incl. Taiwan)	Japanese	Korean	Kazakh	Turkish
Corvus monedula	Eurasian jackdaw Jackdaw Галка	Харлаг хэрээ kharlag kheree 'black-patterned crow'	Хар алагтуу khar alagtuu 'black motley jackdaw'	寒鸦 (寒鴉) hán-yā 'cold crow'	ニシコクマルガラス (西黒丸烏 ~ 西黒丸鴉) nishi koku-maru garasu 'western black circle crow'		Шауқарға şaw-qarğa 'sluggish-crow'	Küçük Karga 'small crow'
Corvus dauuricus	Daurian jackdaw Даурская галка, Пегая	Алагтуу хэрээ alagtuu kheree 'motley jackdaw crow'	Алагтуу alagtuu 'motley jackdaw' Other: Туу tuu 'jackdaw' Алаг дуу alag duu 'motley jackdaw' Таага taag 'taag' (Inner Mongolia) Алаг таага alag taag 'motley taag' (Inner Mongolia) Алаг хонг alag khoŋg 'motley raven' (Inner Mongolia)	达乌里寒鸦 (達烏里寒鴉) dáwūlǐ hán-yā 'Daurian cold crow' Taiwan: (东方寒鸦) 東方寒鴉 dōngfāng hán-yā 'eastern cold crow' Taiwan former official: (寒鸦) 寒鴉 hán-yā 'cold crow'	コクマルガラス (黒丸烏 ~ 黒丸鴉) koku-maru garasu 'black circle crow'	갈까마귀 gal-kkamagwi 'autumn ? crow'	Даур шауқарға dawr şaw-qarğa 'Daurian sluggish-crow'
Corvus frugilegus	Rook Грач	Турлиах хэрээ turliakh kheree 'rook crow'	Турлиах turliakh 'rook' Other: Турлааг turlaag 'rook'	秃鼻乌鸦 (禿鼻烏鴉) tū bí wū-yā 'bald-nosed crow' Taiwan: (秃鼻鸦) 禿鼻鴉 tū bí yā 'bald-nosed crow'	ミヤマガラス (深山烏 ~ 深山鴉) mi-yama garasu 'deep mountain crow'	떼까마귀 tte-kkamagwi 'flock ? crow'	Таған tağan 'rook'	Ekin Kargası 'corn crow'
Corvus corone	Carrion crow Черная ворона	Хар хэрээ khar kheree 'black crow' Taxonomy	Хар хэрээ khar kheree 'black crow' Other: Хар таага khar taag 'black taag' (Inner Mongolia)	小嘴乌鸦 (小嘴烏鴉) xiǎo-zuǐ wū-yā 'small-billed crow' Taxonomy Taiwan: (小嘴乌鸦) 小嘴烏鴉 xiǎo-zuǐ wū-yā 'small-billed crow'	ハシボソガラス (嘴細烏 ~ 嘴細鴉) hashi-boso garasu 'slender-billed crow'	까마귀 kkamagwi 'crow'	Қара қарға qara qarğа 'black crow'	Leş Kargası 'carrion crow'
Corvus corax	Common raven Raven Ворон	Хон хэрээ khoŋ kheree 'cawing crow'	Хон хэрээ khoŋ kheree 'cawing crow' Other: Хонг khoŋg 'raven' (onomat.) (Inner Mongolia)	渡鸦 (渡鴉) dù yā 'passage crow'	ワタリガラス (渡り烏 ~ 渡り鴉) watari-garasu 'passage crow'	큰까마귀 keun-kkamagwi 'large crow'	Құзғын quzğın 'raven'	Kuzgun 'raven'

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