Rostratulidae / Хараалжирынхан (Kharaaljirynkhan)

彩鹬科 Cǎi-yù kē * タマシギ科 Tama-shigi ka * 호사도요과 Hosa-doyo-gwa

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.

In Mongolian, as in many languages, the Painted snipe has been identified as a kind of snipe. In the case of Mongolian, the name used is Хараалж kharaalj, which is otherwise used for birds belonging to the genus Gallinago (snipe) of the Scolopacidae.

In the regularised terminology of 2007, however, the Painted Snipe has been given its own distinct name, Хараалжир kharaaljir, in order to distinguishit terminologically from Gallinago. This term is not found in ordinary Mongolian dictionaries.

Species names

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Цветной бекас
Ѳнгөт хараалжир
öngöt kharaaljir
'coloured kharaaljir'
Ѳнгөт хараалж
öngöt kharaalj
'coloured snipe'
彩鹬
cǎi-yù
'coloured yu (=snipe)'
タマシギ
(玉鷸 or 玉鴫)
tama-shigi
'jewelled shigi (=snipe)'
호사도요
hosa-doyo
'sumptuous doyo (=snipe)'
 
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