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.
In Mongolian, the Black-winged Stilt is known as Хилэн жигүүрт khileŋ jigüürt meaning 'velvet-winged'. In the 2007 official list, this is melded into a single-word generic name, Хилэнжигүүр khileŋ-jigüür 'velvet-wing'.
The Avocet is known as Ээтэн eeteŋ, which means 'bent-upwards', referring to the bird's bill.
Species names
ABOUT THIS TABLE (Hover cursor to see) SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
MONGOLIAN |
EAST ASIAN |
TURKIC |
|||||
| Himantopus | ||||||||
Latin |
English/Russian |
Mongolian |
Former & Other M |
Chinese (incl. Taiwan) |
Japanese |
Korean |
Kazakh |
Turkish |
Himantopus himantopus |
Black-winged stilt Ходулочник |
Эгэл хилэнжигүүр egel khileŋ-jigüür 'common velvet-wing' |
Хилэн жигүүрт khileŋ jigüürt 'velvet-winged' |
黑翅长脚鹬 (黑翅長腳鷸) 'black-winged long-legged snipe' Taiwan: (高跷鸻) 高蹺鴴 'high-stilted plover' |
セイタカシギ (背高鷸 ~ 背高鴫) sei-taka shigi 'tall snipe' |
장다리물떼새 jang-dari-mul-tte-sae 'long-legged tide?-bird (=plover)' |
Ұзынсирақ балшықшы uzın-sïraq balşıqşı 'long-legged fisherman' (cf scolopacids) |
Uzunbacak 'long-leg' |
| Recurvirostra | ||||||||
Latin |
English/Russian |
Mongolian |
Former & Other M |
Chinese (incl. Taiwan) |
Japanese |
Korean |
Kazakh |
Turkish |
| Recurvirostra avosetta |
Pied avocet Avocet Шилоклювка |
Алаг ээтэн alag eeteŋ 'motley bent-upwards' |
Ээтэн eeteŋ 'bent-upwards' |
反嘴鹬 (反嘴鷸) 'curved-billed snipe' Taiwan: (反嘴鸻) 反嘴鴴 'recurved-billed plover' |
ソリハシセイタカシギ (反嘴背高鷸 ~ 反嘴背高鴫) sori-hashi sei-taka shigi 'curved-billed tall snipe' |
뒷부리장다리물떼새 dwit-buri-jang-dari-mul-tte-sae 'recurved-billed long-legged tide?-bird (=plover)' |
Бізтұмсық biz-tumsıq 'awl-bill' |
Kılıçgaga 'sword-bill' |
