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The skuas or jaegers were earlier known as Хулгайч цахлай khulgaich tsakhlai
'robber gull' in Mongolian naming, in common with usage in many languages.
The 2007 official names assigned them the new name of Хайлгана khailgan. This was originally a name for the larger gulls and did not specially refer to the stercorariids.
The family name of the Stercorariidae, Захлайнхан zakhlaiŋkhaŋ, derives from the word Захлай zakhlai, which is a variant of the ordinary word for gull, Цахлай tsakhlai. This is possibly an error and in some sources the family name is given as Хайлгана khailgan.
Species names
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
MONGOLIAN |
EAST ASIAN |
TURKIC |
| Stercorarius |
Latin |
English/Russian |
Mongolian |
Inner M |
Other M |
Chinese |
Japanese |
Korean |
Kazakh |
Turkish |
Stercorarius parasiticus
 |
Arctic Skua
or
Parasitic Jaeger
Arctic jaeger
Short-tailed skua
Короткохвостый поморник |
Годон хайлгана
ᠭᠣᠳᠣᠩ ᠬᠠᠢᠢᠯᠭᠠᠨᠠ
godoŋ khailgan
'short(-tailed) skua' |
|
Mongolia formerly:
Годон хулгайч цахлай
ᠭᠣᠳᠣᠩ ᠬᠣᠯᠠᠭᠠᠢᠢᠴᠢ ᠴᠠᠬᠣᠯᠠᠢ
godoŋ khulgaich tsakhlai
'short(-tailed) robber gull' |
短尾贼鸥
(短尾賊鷗)
duǎn-wěi zéi-ōu
'short-tailed robber gull'
Taiwan:
(短尾贼鸥)
短尾賊鷗
duǎn-wěi zéi-ōu
'short-tailed robber gull' |
クロトウゾクカモメ
(黒盗賊鴎)
kuro tōzoku kamome
'black robber gull' |
북극도둑갈매기
bukgeuk-doduk-galmaegi
'north pole robber gull' |
Қысқақұйрық құрақтұмсық
qısqa-quyrıq quraq-tumsıq
'short-tailed quraq-bill' |
Korsan Martı
'pirate gull' |
Stercorarius pomarinus
|
Pomarine Skua
or
Pomarine Jaeger
Средний поморник |
Бэсрэг хайлгана
besreg khailgan
ᠪᠡᠰᠡᠷᠡᠭ ᠬᠠᠢᠢᠯᠭᠠᠨᠠ
'medium skua'
|
|
Mongolia formerly:
Бэсрэг хулгайч цахлай
ᠪᠡᠰᠡᠷᠡᠭ ᠬᠣᠯᠠᠭᠠᠢᠢᠴᠢ ᠴᠠᠬᠣᠯᠠᠢ
besreg khulgaich tsakhlai
'medium robber gull' |
中贼鸥
(中賊鷗)
zhōng zéi-ōu
'medium robber gull'
Taiwan:
(中贼鸥)
中賊鷗
zhōng zéi-ōu
'medium robber gull' |
トウゾクカモメ
(盗賊鴎)
tōzoku kamome
'robber gull' |
넓적꼬리도둑갈매기
neorp-jeok-kkori-doduk-galmaegi
'flat-broad-tailed robber gull' |
Орта құрақтұмсық
orta quraq-tumsıq
'medium quraq-bill' |
Kütkuyruklu Korsan Martı
'bump?-tailed pirate gull' |
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