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 Mongolian name of the cuckoos is Хөхөө khökhöö. An alternative name is Хүхээ khükhee.
Хөхөө сар khökhöö sar ('cuckoo month') is May.
Species names
| CUCULINAE |
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
MONGOLIAN |
EAST ASIAN |
TURKIC |
Latin |
English/Russian |
Mongolian |
Former & Other M |
Chinese |
Japanese |
Korean |
Kazakh |
Turkish |
| Cuculus |
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Cuculus micropterus
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Indian cuckoo
Short-winged cuckoo
Индийская кукушка |
Жагар хөхөө
jagar khökhöö
'Indian cuckoo' |
Бор шарга хөхөө
bor sharag khökhöö
'brown/grey pale-yellow cuckoo' |
四声杜鹃
sì-shēng dù-juān
'four-voiced cuckoo'
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セグロカッコウ
(背黒郭公)
se-guro kakkō
'black-backed cuckoo' |
검은등뻐꾸기
geomeun-deung-ppeokkugi
'black-backed cuckoo' |
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Cuculus canorus
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Common cuckoo
or
Eurasian cuckoo
Cuckoo
Обыкновенная кукушка |
Эгэл хөхөө
egel khökhöö
'common cuckoo'
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Хөхөө
khökhöö
'cuckoo' |
大杜鹃
dà dùjuān
'large cuckoo'
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カッコウ
(郭公)
kakkō
'cuckoo' (onomatopoeic, characters' meaning = 'city outer wall' + 'public') |
뻐꾸기
ppeokkugi
'cuckoo' |
Кәдімгі көкек
kädimgi kökök |
Guguk
'cuckoo' |
Cuculus saturatus
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Himalayan cuckoo
Oriental cuckoo
Глухая кукушка |
Ханамал хөхөө
khannmal khökhöö
'saturated cuckoo' |
Ханамал хөхөө
khannmal khökhöö
'saturated cuckoo' |
中杜鹃
zhōng dù-juān
'medium cuckoo'
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ツツドリ
(筒鳥)
tsutsu-dori
'tube bird'
(cry resembles sound of hitting a tube or pipe) |
벙어리뻐꾸기
beongeori-ppeokkugi
'mute cuckoo' |
Меңіреу көкек
meñirew kökök |
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Cuculus poliocephalus
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Lesser cuckoo
Small cuckoo
Малая кукушка |
Хурган хөхөө
khurgan khökhöö
'lamb cuckoo' |
Хурган хөхөө
khurgan khökhöö
'lamb cuckoo' |
小杜鹃
xiǎo dù-juān
'small cuckoo'
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ホトトギス
(時鳥, 子規, 杜鵑, 不如帰, 郭公)
hototogisu
'hototogisu'
(written 1. 'time bird, 2. shiki (from Chinese), 3. token, from Chinese, 4. funyoki = better-go-back', 5. kakko, see Cuculus canorus above). |
두견이
dugyeoni
'dugyeoni' |
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