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 Mongolian name for the tits is Хөх бух khökh bukh literally meaning 'blue bull'. In the 2007 bird names, this has been amalgamated into one word, Хөхбух khökh-bukh.
Задуулай zaduulai, Задуулай бялзуухай zaduulai byalzuukhai 'zaduulai finch', and Задууль бялзуухай zaduul' byalzuukhai 'zaduul' finch' originally referred to the tits, but are now applied by ornithologists to the Regulidae.
Some other names for the tits include Хөх цэцгий khökh tsetsgii 'darkblue wagtail' and Хадны бялзуухай khadni byalzuukhai 'stone finch'.
The Russian Buryat name for the tits is Хүхэ буха khükhe bukha, also meaning 'blue bull'.
Species names
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Parus major |
Great Tit Intermediate Tit Большая синица |
Их хөхбух ikh khökh-bukh 'large blue-bull (=tit)' |
Их хөх бух ikh khökh bukh 'large blue bull (=tit)' |
大山雀 (大山雀) 'large mountain-sparrow' Taiwan: (白颊山雀) 白頰山雀 'white-cheeked mountain-sparrow' |
シジュウカラ (四十雀) shijū-kara 'forty tit' |
박새 bak-sae 'bak (gourd?) bird' |
Сарыбауыр шымшық sarı-bawır şımşıq 'yellow-bellied finch' |
Büyük Baştankara 'large tit' |
| Parus bokharensis |
Turkestan tit Туркестанская синица |
Цэнхэр хөхбух tseŋkher khökh-bukh 'lightblue blue-bull (=tit)' |
Цэнхэр хөх бух tseŋkher khökh bukh 'lightblue blue bull (=tit)' |
西域山雀 (西域山雀) 'Western region mountain-sparrow' |
ボハラシジュウカラ (ボハラ四十雀) bohara shijū-kara 'Bokhara forty tit' |
Сұр шымшық sur şımşıq 'grey-sparrow' |
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| Parus cyanus |
Azure tit Белая лазоревка |
Номин хөхбух nomiŋ khökh-bukh 'lapis lazuli blue-bull (=tit)' |
Номин хөх бух nomiŋ khökh bukh 'lapis lazuli blue bull (=tit)' |
灰蓝山雀 (灰藍山雀) 'grey-blue mountain-sparrow' |
ルリガラ (瑠璃雀 ~ 琉璃雀) ruri-gara 'lapis lazuli tit' |
Ақ шымшық aq şımşıq 'white finch' |
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| Parus ater Periparus ater |
Coal tit Московка |
Өдөрч хөхбух ödörch khökh-bukh 'day ?? blue-bull (=tit)' |
Өдөрч хөх бух ödörch khökh bukh 'day ?? blue bull (=tit)' |
煤山雀 (煤山雀) 'coal mountain-sparrow' Taiwan: (煤山雀) 煤山雀 'coal mountain-sparrow' |
ヒガラ (日雀) hi-gara 'sun tit' |
진박새 jin-bak-sae 'true ? bak bird' |
Шөре шымшық şöre şımşıq 'şöre finch' |
Çam Baştankarası 'pine tit' |
| Parus palustris Poecile palustris |
Marsh tit Черноголовая гаичка |
Хартолгой хөхбух khar-tolgoi khökh-bukh 'black-headed blue-bull (=tit)' |
Хар магнайт хөх бух khar magnait khökh bukh 'black-foreheaded blue bull (=tit)' |
沼泽山雀 (沼澤山雀) 'swamp mountain-sparrow' |
ハシブトガラ (嘴太雀) hashi-buto gara 'thick-billed tit' |
쇠박새 soe-bak-sae 'small bak bird' |
Қарабас шөже qara-bas şöje 'black-headed finch' |
Kayın Baştankarası 'beech tit' |
| Parus montanus Poecile montana |
Willow tit Буроголовая гаичка |
Хүрэнтолгойт хөхбух khüren-tolgoit khökh-bukh 'darkbrown-headed blue-bull (=tit)' |
Хүрэн толгойт хөх бух khüreŋ tolgoit khökh bukh 'darkbrown-headed blue bull (=tit)' |
北褐头山雀 (北褐頭山雀) 'northern brown-headed mountain-sparrow' (2) 褐头山雀 (褐頭山雀) 'brown-headed mountain-sparrow' (1, 3, 4, 5) |
コガラ (小雀) ko-gara 'small tit' |
북방쇠박새 bukbang-soe-bak-sae 'northern small bak bird' |
Күренбас шөже küren-bas şöje 'darkbrown-headed fowl/chicken' |
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| Parus cinctus | Siberian Tit Grey-headed Chickadee Сероголовая гаичка |
Шивэр хөхбух shiver khökh-bukh 'Siberian blue-bull (=tit)' |
Лапланд хөх бух lapland khökh bukh 'Lapland blue bull (=tit)' |
灰头山雀 (灰頭山雀) 'grey-headed mountain-sparrow' (4) 西伯利亚山雀 (西伯利亞山雀) 'Siberian mountain-sparrow' (5) |
シベリアコガラ (シベリア小雀) shiberia ko-gara 'Siberian small tit' |
Қыраубас шөже qıraw-bas şöje 'frost-headed fowl/chicken' |
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