Sturnidae
Тодолынхон
todoliŋkhoŋ

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 starlings are known in Mongolian as Тодол todol.

The mynahs are known as Хартотол khartotol. (This must be distinguished from Хар тодол khar todol, which refers to the Common Starling. Howevr, the distinction between тотол totol and тодол todol appears to be quite artificial). The Hill Mynah (Gracula religiosa), which is extralimital to Mongolia, is known as the Тотимсог totimsog. In addition, Хар тоть khar tot' 'black parrot' is found in some sources as a name for the mynahs. Both names suggest a close connection between parrots and mynahs, for obvious reasons (i.e., ability to talk).

The 2007 official list realigns the names slightly to accord with the scientific genera:

The name Тодлой todloi is not found in dictionaries, but formations with the suffix-ой -oi and similar suffixes are common in Mongolian (cf the Otidae). However, the тодол / тодлой (todol/todloi) distinction is likely to be lost on most Mongolians.

Species names

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STURNINAE
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		MONGOLIAN		EAST ASIAN			TURKIC
Acridotheres
Latin	English/Russian	Mongolian	Former & Other M	Chinese (incl. Taiwan)	Japanese	Korean	Kazakh	Turkish
Acridotheres cristatellus	Crested myna Chinese jungle mynah Черная майна, Хохлатая	Тольт хартотол tol't khartotol 'beautiful black-starling'	Тольт хартотол tol't khartotol 'beautiful black-starling'	八哥 (八哥) bā-gē 'mynah' ('literally eight big-brother', from shape of wing markings) Taiwan: (八哥) 八哥 bā-gē 'mynah' (bage = 'literally eight big-brother', from shape of wing markings)	ハッカチョウ (八哥鳥) hakka-chō 'hakka bird' (from Chinese)
Sturnus
Latin	English/Russian	Mongolian	Former & Other M	Chinese (incl. Taiwan)	Japanese	Korean	Kazakh	Turkish
Sturnus sturninus Sturnia sturnina Agropsar sturninus	Purple-backed starling or Daurian starling Малый скворец, Скворец даурский	Хурган тодлой khurgaŋ todloi 'lamb starling (variant)'	Хурган тодол khurgaŋ todol 'lamb starling'	北椋鸟 (北椋鳥) běi liáng-niǎo 'northern dogwood-bird' Taiwan: (北椋鸟) 北椋鳥 běi liáng-niǎo 'northern dogwood-bird'	シベリアムクドリ (シベリア椋鳥) shiberia muku-dori 'Siberian muku-bird'	북방쇠찌르레기 bukbang-soe-jjireuregi 'northern small starling'
Sturnus roseus Pastor roseus	Rosy starling Rose-coloured starling Розовый скворец	Ягаан тодол yagaaŋ todol 'pink starling'	Ягаан жимсэн yagaaŋ jimseŋ 'pink fruit' Other: Ягаан жимсэн тодол yagaaŋ jimseŋ todol 'pink fruit starling'	粉红椋鸟 (粉紅椋鳥) fěn-hóng liáng-niǎo 'pink dogwood-bird' Taiwan: (粉红椋鸟) 粉紅椋鳥 fěn-hóng liáng-niǎo 'pink dogwood-bird'	バライロムクドリ (薔薇色椋鳥) bara-iro muku-dori 'rose-coloured muku-bird'	분홍찌르레기 bunhong-jjireuregi 'pink starling'	Алаторғай ala-torğay motley sparrow'	Ala Sığırcık 'field starling'
Sturnus cineraceus Spodiopsar cineraceus	White-cheeked starling Grey starling Ashy starling Серый скворец	Бор тодол bor todol 'dun starling'	Бор тодол bor todol 'dun starling' Other: Бор тодол шувуу bor todol shuvuu 'dun starling bird'	灰椋鸟 (灰椋鳥) huī liáng-niǎo 'grey dogwood-bird' Taiwan (灰椋鸟) 灰椋鳥 huī liáng-niǎo 'grey dogwood-bird'	ムクドリ (椋鳥) muku-dori 'muku-bird'	찌르레기 jjireuregi 'starling'
Sturnus vulgaris	European starling Common starling Purple-winged starling Обыкновенный скворец	Хар тодол khar todol 'black starling'	Хар тодол khar todol 'black starling'	紫翅椋鸟 (紫翅椋鳥) zǐ-chì liáng-niǎo 'purple-winged dogwood-bird' Taiwan: (欧洲椋鸟) 歐洲椋鳥 ōuzhōu liáng-niǎo 'European dogwood-bird'	ホシムクドリ (星椋鳥) hoshi muku-dori 'starred muku-bird'	흰점찌르레기 huin-jeom-jjireuregi 'white-spotted starling'	Қараторғай qara-torğay 'black sparrow'	Sığırcık 'starling'

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