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 skuas or jaegers have traditionally been known as Хулгайч цахлай khulgaich tsakhlai,
'robber gulls' in Mongolian.
The 2007 official names rather confusingly assign them the new name of Хайлгана khailgan. This term was originally a name for the larger gulls and did not specially refer to the stercorariids at all.
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. Even more confusingly, the name Захлай zakhlai is now generically applied by ornithologists to the Kittiwakes.
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 |
Stercorarius pomarinus
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Pomarine skua
Pomarine jaeger
Средний поморник |
Бэсрэг хайлгана
besreg khailgan
'compact skua'
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Бэсрэг хулгайч цахлай
besreg khulgaich tsakhlai
'compact 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' |
Stercorarius parasiticus
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Parasitic jaeger
or
Arctic skua
or
Arctic jaeger
Short-tailed skua
Короткохвостый поморник |
Годон хайлгана
godoŋ khailgan
'short skua' |
Годон хулгайч цахлай
godoŋ khulgaich tsakhlai
'short 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'
Taiwan former official:
(贼鸥)
賊鷗
zéi-ōu
'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' |
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