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 bee-eaters are known as Балч шувуу balch shuvuu
'bee-eating bird' or Балч balch
'bee-eater' in Mongolian.
Species names
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
MONGOLIAN |
EAST ASIAN |
TURKIC |
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Latin |
English/Russian |
Mongolian |
Former & Other M |
Chinese (incl. Taiwan) |
Japanese |
Korean |
Kazakh |
Turkish |
Merops apiaster
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European bee-eater
European bee eater
Золотистая щурка |
Шарга балч
sharag balch
'pale-yellow bee-eater' |
Шаргал балч шувуу
shargal balch shuvuu
'golden bee-eating bird' |
黄喉蜂虎
(黃喉蜂虎)
huáng-hóu fēng-hǔ
'yellow-throated bee-tiger' |
ヨーロッパハチクイ
(ヨーロッパ蜂喰)
yōroppa hachi-kui
'European bee-eater' |
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Сарыалқым аражегіш
sarı-alqım ara-jegiş
'yellow-throated bee-devourer' |
Arıkuşu
'bee/wasp bird' |
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