- Sources of Bird Species Names (Sibagu) -

This glossary primarily draws on these lists of birds:

A Complete Checklist of Species and Subspecies of the Chinese Birds 中国鸟类种和亚种分类名录大全 (1)	By Cheng Tso-Hsin (郑作新)	Science Press 科学出版社	Beijing 2000
	The "gold standard" of Chinese bird names at the turn of the century, although dated due to subsequent splits and featuring some idiosyncratic species assignments. Includes subspecies.
A Checklist on the Classification and Distribution of the Birds of China 中国鸟类分类与分布名录 (2)	Chief Editor Zheng Guangmei (郑光美)	Science Press 科学出版社	Beijing 2005
	Effectively the successor to (1), this up-to-date list includes most of the latest species splits. Eliminates a couple of doubtful Anatidae sightings. Includes subspecies.
A Field Guide to the Birds of China (Chinese translation) 中国鸟类野外手册（中文版） (3)	By John MacKinnon (约翰・马敬能), Karen Phillipps (卡伦・菲利普斯), in collaboration with He Fen-qi (荷芬奇)	湖南教育出版社 (Hunan Jiaoyu Chuban-she)	Changsha 2000
	As a translation from English, lacks the authority of native Chinese bird lists, but highly influential due to its widespread availability and break from the conservatism of (1). Names are based on (1), but often differ from (2) in case of species splits. Can be found online here and here and here.
A Checklist on the Classification and Distribution of the Birds of the World 世界鸟类分类与分布名录 (4)	Chief Editor Zheng Guangmei (郑光美)	Science Press 科学出版社	Beijing 2002
	One of two Chinese lists of world birds. Flawed by a slapdash approach to naming which does not appear to have fully taken into account either domestic bird names or Cheng's list of birds of the world (5).
Birds of the World (Latin, Chinese and English Names) 2nd ed. 世界鸟类名称（拉丁文、汉文、英文对照）第二版 (5)	Cheng Tso-Hsin et al 郑作新等	Science Press 科学出版社	Beijing 2002
	The second edition of Cheng's list of birds of the world; appeared posthumously. I have not seen the first edition, but this list is rather dated in comparison with (4), despite appearing in the same year.
中国鸟类分布名录第二版 (Distribution List of Chinese Birds, 2nd edition) (6)	郑作新 (Cheng Tso Hsin)	科学出版社 (Science Press)	1976
	Authoritative list as of the end of the Cultural Revolution. Useful for checking some earlier official names (which are still used in some later sources).
Birds of Hong Kong and South China (Chinese translation) 香港及華南鳥類尹璉 (7)	Clive Viney (尹璉), Karen Phillipps (費嘉倫), Lin Chaoying (林超英).	Hong Kong Govt. Press.	Hongkong 1994 (Actually revised since 1994 but not shown in the publication details).
	Covers only South China. Useful as it corroborates certain naming variants.
A Field Guide to the Birds of China 中國野鳥圖鑑 (8)	Zheng Guang-mei (鄭光美), Zhao Zheng-jie (趙正階), Yan Zhong-wei (顏重威), Xu Wei-shu (許維樞), Tan Yao-kuang (譚耀匡)	翠鳥文化事業有限公司 (Cuiniao Wenhua Shiye Youxian Gongsi)	Taipei 1996
	Useful as it includes both Mainland and Taiwanese names.
Taiwan Bird Checklist 2008 2008年版台灣鳥類名錄			2008
	The most up-to-date Taiwanese checklist available.
Bird Names of Taiwan (part of the Checklist of the Birds of Taiwan) (9)	Tzung-Su Ding			(No longer available online)
	Absolutely essential in the original creation of this site. Now superseded by the Taiwan Bird Checklist 2008.
Pocket Checklist of the Birds of the Republic of Singapore Senai Jenis-Jenis Burung di Singapura 新加坡野鸟目录 (10)	Lim Kim Seng	Nature Society (Singapore)	1999
	Singapore is a Chinese-speaking community that seems to get left out when it comes to bird naming. Lim follows Cheng, but has a number of variant namings, which I've noted.
A Field Guide to Birds of Japan フィールドガイド　日本の野鳥 (11)	By Shinji Takano (高野伸二) and the Wild Bird Society of Japan	日本野鳥の会 Wild Bird Society of Japan	Tokyo 1994
	The standard guide for Japan, but dated. For more recent names (splits, etc.), it is essential to refer to the Internet.
Checklist of the Birds of Vietnam Danh Lục Chim Việt Nam (12)	By Professors Võ Quý and Nguyễn Cử	Nhà Xuất Bản Nông Nghiệp	Hanoi 1999
	The standard list for Vietnam. Flawed on occasion by the use of the same common name for different species.
Chim Việt Nam (Birds of Vietnam) (13)	Nguyễn Cử, Lê Trọng Trải, Karen Phillipps	Nhà Xuất Bản Lao Động - Xã Hội Published under auspices of the World Conservation Union, the World Bank, and Birdlife International.	2000
	A rather poor effort, with errors, omissions, and whimsical changes to common names. Useful for birds not mentioned in (12), but sometimes fails to rectify 12's problems and actually adds problems of its own.
МОНГОЛ ОРНЫ ШУВУУНЫ ЗҮЙЛИЙН НЭРИЙН АРВАН ХЭЛНИЙ ТОЛЬ (Dictionary of Mongolian Bird Names in Ten Languages) (14)	Compiled by A. Bold, N Tseveernmyadag, Sch. Boldbaatar, G. Mainjargal Edited by J. Bayansan, N. Purevjav	Published by: State Nomenclature Council of Mongolia, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Language and Literature Applied Linguistic Sector, Institute of Biology Ornithological Laboratory. Copyright vested in Institute of Biology Ornithological Laboratory	Ulaanbaatar 2007
	A recent listing with extreme regularisation of names (one name per genus). Authoritative in its field, with the official imprimatur of government and academic authorities. Carries both old and new names.
A Dictionary of Vertebrate Animals of Mongolia Монгол орны сээртэн амьтын нэрцийн толь (15)	GOMBOBAATAR Sundev Bodonguud Бодонгууд овогт Сүндэвийн ГОМБОБААТАР		Ulaanbaatar 2009
	A slightly more up-to-date list. The list contains more species than (14).
Birds of Kazakhstan - Kazakh Names (16)	Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана".		Almaty 1999	(No longer available online)
	This list was downloaded from Birds of Kazakhstan
Birds Korea Checklist (17)			2007
	This checklist was downloaded from Birds Korea. It is a modern, authoritative checklist with notes.
Bird Guide of Thailand (18)	Lekagul, Boonsong	Ramin Press	Bangkok 1968
	The first edition version of a guide book to Thai birds, in English with species names in Thai.
Bird Guide of Thailand Second Edition (19)	Lekagul, Boonsong and Edward W. Cronin, Jr.	Kurusapa Ladprao Press	Bangkok 1974
	The second edition version of a guide book to Thai birds, in English with species names in Thai.
A guide to the Birds of Thailand (20)	Lekagul, Boonsong and Philip D. Round	Saha Karn Bhaet Co., Ltd.	Bangkok 1991
	The third edition version of a guide book to Thai birds, in English with species names in Thai.
Check-list of Thai Birds (20a)	Round, Philip D.	Bird Conservation Society of Thailand	Bangkok 2008
	Draft version downloaded from the site of the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand in 2009 but no longer posted there, an expanded update of the species included in Lekagul & Round 1991
นกในเมืองไทย (Birds in Thailand) (21)	รศ. โอภาส ขอบเขตต (Assoc. Prof. Obhas Khobkhet)	Sarakadee Press	Bangkok
	An encyclopedia of Thai birds, in Thai with species names also in English; first published as a series of five separate books from 1998 through 2001, as below.
	เล่ม ๑ (Book 1)		1998
	เล่ม ๒ (Book 2)		1999
	เล่ม ๓ (Book 3)		2000
	เล่ม ๔ (Book 4)		2001
	เล่ม ๕ (Book 5)		2001
นกเมืองไทย (Birds [of] Thailand (22)	จารุจินต์ นภีตะภัฏ, กานต์ เลขะกุล, วัชระ สงวนสมบติ (Jarujin Nabhitabata, Karn Lekagul, Wachara Sanguansombat)	คณะบุคคล นายแพทย์ บุญส่ง เลขะกุล (Dr Boonsong Lekagul Group)	Bangkok 2007
	The fourth edition version of a guide book to Thai birds, in Thai with species names also in English. In Thailand this is referred to as the first Thai edition. The originator of the series Dr Boonsong Lekagul died in 1992 and his work has been continued and published by his family foundation. This version was published in honour of the 2007 centennial of his birth.
นกเมืองไทย (Birds [of] Thailand (23)	จารุจินต์ นภีตะภัฏ, กานต์ เลขะกุล, วัชระ สงวนสมบติ (Jarujin Nabhitabata, Karn Lekagul, Wachara Sanguansombat)	คณะบุคคล นายแพทย์ บุญส่ง เลขะกุล (Dr Boonsong Lekagul Group)	Bangkok 2012
	The fifth edition version of a guide book to Thai birds, in Thai with species names also in English. In Thailand this is referred to as the second Thai edition. The originator of the series Dr Boonsong Lekagul died in 1992 and his work has been continued and published by his family foundation.
Senarai Nama-nama Burung Semenanjung Malaysia dan Asia Tenggara (List of the Names of Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Southeast Asia) (24)	Ismail, Abdul Rahman	Perhilitan (Jabatam Perlindungan Hidupan Liar dan Taman Negara, Semenanjung Malaysia / Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Peninsular Malaysia)	Kuala Lumpur 1981
	Updated version formerly online here (24a).
The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula: Vol. 1 - Non-passerines (25)	Wells, David R.	Academic Press	London 1999
	Includes birds in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, with species names in Thai and Malay.
A Field Guide to the Birds of West Malaysia and Singapore (26)	Jeyarajasingam, Allen and Alan Pearson	Oxford University Press	Oxford 1999

The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula: Vol. 2 - Passerines (27)	Wells, David R.	Christopher Helm, A&C Black	London 2007
	A continuation of (24) above.
A Field Guide to the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore (second edition) (28)	Jeyarajasingham, Allen Illustrations by Alan Pearson	Oxford University Press	Oxford 2012
	Second edition of (26)
A Field Guide to the Birds of Java and Bali (second edition) (29)	MacKinnon, John	Gadjah Mada University Press	Yogyakarta 1990

Burung-Nusantara (30)	Burung Nusantara / Birds indonesia site
	Our authority for Indonesian names.
汉蒙名词术语分类词典（自然科学部分） Хятад Монгол нэр томъёоны зүйл хуваасан толь (байгалийн шинжлэх ухааны бүлэг) (31)	Editor: 汉蒙名词术语分类词典编纂委员会《Хятад Монгол нэр томъёоны зүйл хуваасан толь》найруулах комисс	内蒙古人民出版社 Өвөр Монголын ардын хэвлэл	Hohhot 1990
	A dated source for Inner Mongolian ornithological names.
内蒙古动物志 (第三卷鸟纲非雀形目) Fauna Inner Mongolia (Volume 3 Aves Non-Passerines) (32)	Editor: 旭日干 (Xurigan)	内蒙古人大学版社 (Inner Mongolian University Press)	Hohhot 2013
	Text is in Chinese but carries Mongolian names. A more up-to-date source of Inner Mongolian names which we've adopted as standard.
内蒙古动物志 (第四卷鸟纲雀形目) Fauna Inner Mongolia (Volume 4 Aves Passerines) (33)	Editor: 旭日干 (Xurigan)	内蒙古人大学版社 (Inner Mongolian University Press)	Hohhot 2015
	Text is in Chinese but carries Mongolian names. A more up-to-date source of Inner Mongolian names which we've adopted as standard. Unfortunately this volume contains a lnumber of misspellings or misprints.
Danh Lục Các Loài Chim Ở Việt Nam (Latinh - Việt - Pháp - Anh - Hán) (34)	Trần Văn Chánh	Published in Tạp chí Nghiên cứu và Phát triển	2008-09
	An updated list of Vietnamese bird names. Regrettably, it does not resolve some of the issues of older lists, including name conflicts. In four parts. Can be downloaded at the following URLs: 1, 2, 3, 4.
Chinese Birds (A Tentative List of Chinese Birds) 中國鳥類（中國鳥類目錄試編） (35)	By N. Gist Gee, Lacy I. Moffett, G. D. Wilder (祁天錫, 慕維德, 萬卓志)	The Peking Society of Natural History	Peiping 1927 (Second Printing May 1948)
	The first full list of Chinese bird species, with Chinese names. Partly draws on earlier Zoological Nomenclature by Y. T. Tu, T. T. Tu, T. L. Wu, C. H. Ling & C. C. Hsu (eds.) (1923 Commercial Press, Shanghai) and "List of the Birds of the Province of Chihli" by Wlder and Hubbard (1924 Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society)
中国观鸟年报-中国鸟类名录 1.1 The CBR Checklist of Birds of China v1.1 (36)	中国观鸟年报 China Bird Review	chinabirdnet.org	2010
	Relatively up-to-date checklist from the China Bird Review
2014年台灣鳥類名錄 2014 Taiwan Bird Checklist (37)	中華民國野鳥學會鳥類記錄委員會	http://www.bird.org.tw/index.php/works/lists	10 July 2014
	Up-to-date checklist from the Chinese Wild Bird Federation
鸟类网 niaolei.org.cn (38)	Comprehensive site devoted to birds in China and around the world. With photos, descriptions and alternative names.
中国动物志 - 鸟纲 Fauna Sinica - Aves (FS)	Editorial Committee of Fauna Sinica, Chinese Academy of Sciences (each volume has different editors)	科学出版社 Science Press	Beijing 1978 onwards
	A series of 14 volumes, published gradually. I have only vols 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 11. As of 2006, only vols 3 and 12 remained to be published.
中国动物志 - 鸟纲第一卷 Fauna Sinica - Aves Vol 1 第一部中国鸟纲绪论第二部潜鸟目 pi鹈目鹱形目鹈形目鹳形目 Part 1 Introductory Account of the Class Aves in China Part 2 Gaviiformes, Podicipediformes, Procellariiformes, Pelecaniformes, Ciconiiformes (FS)	郑作新 Cheng Tso-Hsin	科学出版社 Science Press	Beijing 1997
中国动物志 - 鸟纲第二卷 Fauna Sinica - Aves Vol 2 雁形目 Anseriformes (FS)	郑作新 Cheng Tso-Hsin	科学出版社 Science Press	Beijing 1979
中国动物志 - 鸟纲第四卷 Fauna Sinica - Aves Vol 4 鸡形目 Galliformes (FS)	郑作新 Cheng Tso-Hsin	科学出版社 Science Press	Beijing 1978
中国动物志 - 鸟纲第五卷 Fauna Sinica - Aves Vol 5 鹤形目 [行鸟]醒目鸥醒目 Gruiformes, Charadriiformes, Lariformes (FS)	王岐山马鸣高育仁 Wang Qishan	科学出版社 Science Press	Beijing 2005
中国动物志 - 鸟纲第流卷 Fauna Sinica - Aves Vol 6 鸽形目鹦形目鹃形目鴞形目 Columbiformes, Psittaciformes, Cuculiformes, Strigiformes (FS)	郑作新冼耀华关贯勋 Cheng Tso-Hsin, Xian Yaohua, Guan Guanxun	科学出版社 Science Press	Beijing 1991
中国动物志 - 鸟纲第七卷 Fauna Sinica - Aves Vol 7 夜鹰目雨燕目咬鹃目佛法僧目列鸟形目 Caprimulgiformes, Apodiformes, Trogoniformes, Coraciiformes, Piciformes (FS)	谭耀匡关贯勋 Tan Yaokuang, Guan Guanxun	科学出版社 Science Press	Beijing 2003
中国动物志 - 鸟纲第八卷 Fauna Sinica - Aves Vol 8 雀形目（阔嘴科-和平鸟科） Passeriformes (Eurylaimidae - Irenidae) (FS)	郑宝赉 Zheng Baolai et al	科学出版社 Science Press	Beijing 1985
中国动物志 - 鸟纲第十卷 Fauna Sinica - Aves Vol 10 雀形目（鶲科-I 鸫亚科） Passeriformes (Muscicapidae I Turdinae) (FS)	郑作新龙泽虞卢汰春 Cheng Tso-Hsin, Long Zeyu, Lu Taichun	科学出版社 Science Press	Beijing 1995
中国动物志 - 鸟纲第十一卷 Fauna Sinica - Aves Vol 11 雀形目（鶲科-II 画眉亚科） Passeriformes (Muscicapidae I Timaliinae) (FS)	郑作新龙泽虞郑宝赉 Cheng Tso-Hsin, Long Zeyu, Zheng Baolai	科学出版社 Science Press	Beijing 1987
中国动物志 - 鸟纲第十一卷 Fauna Sinica - Aves Vol 11 雀形目（鶲科-II 画眉亚科） Passeriformes (Muscicapidae I Timaliinae) (FS)	郑作新龙泽虞郑宝赉 Cheng Tso-Hsin, Long Zeyu, Zheng Baolai	科学出版社 Science Press	Beijing 1987
The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World (Third Edition)	Editor: Edward C. Dickinson	Princeton University Press	Princeton, New Jersey 2003
	Our earlier standard for taxonomy and naming. Now in the process of conversion to HM4.
The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World (Fourth Edition) Volume 1 Non-Passeriformes	Editors: Edward C. Dickinson and JV Remsen Jr.	Aves Press	Eastbourne 2013
	Our new standard for taxonomy and English naming.
The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World (Fourth Edition) Volume 2 Passeriformes	Editors: Edward C. Dickinson and L Christidis	Aves Press	Eastbourne 2014
	Our new standard for taxonomy and English naming.
Avibase	Denis Lepage's Avibase
	The world's most comprehensive database of bird species, including names from major languages. An amazing database that includes Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Korean, Russian, French, Kazakh names, along with many others, and has not only been an excellent source for the naming of birds, but an invaluable guide to the increasing complexities of avian classification.

Mainland Chinese names: Several sources have been followed. These include Cheng Tso-Hsin's 2000 list of birds of China (1), Zheng Guangmei's checklist of birds of China (2), MacKinnon and Phillipps field guide to China (3), Zheng Guangmei's world birdlist (4), and Cheng Tso-Hsin's world birdlist (5).

香港及華南鳥類 (Birds of Hong Kong and South China) by Viney et al (1994) has been used to supply some additional names and for further information on species and splits. Note that all names by Viney have been changed into Simplified Characters.

Lim has been used to add bird names from Singapore. Lim uses Cheng Tso-Hsin's Birds of the World (in Chinese), published by Science Publishing Bureau in 1999 and occasionally differs not only from ZGM but from other sources as well.

Taiwanese names: Both the' Field Guide to the Birds of China' (Taipei 1996) and the 'Bird Names of Taiwan' web site have been used, although some minor differences can be found between them.

Japanese: 'A Field Guide to Birds of Japan' has been used, supplemented by Internet sources. Internet sources are remarkably reliable for Japanese because of the remarkable discipline and order in naming. Very seldom do you encounter people trying to push their own names without consulting with other people.

Vietnamese: Professor Vo Quy's authoritative checklist has been followed, supplemented by Chim Việt Nam (Names from Chim Việt Nam are shown below Professor Vo's standard name, separated by a bar).

Mongolian: The authoritative Dictionary of Mongolian Bird Names in Ten Languages (14) has been used. Further names have been sourced at A Dictionary of Vertebrate Animals of Mongolia (15), although the basis for the addition of quite a few additional species over (14) is not explained. Inner Mongolian names have been derived from 汉蒙名词术语分类词典（自然科学部分）(Хятад Монгол нэр томъёоны зүйл хуваасан толь (байгалийн шинжлэх ухааны бүлэг)) (31) and from Inner Mongolian general dictionaries. Avibase has also been used to check previously current names.

Korean: The Birds Korea checklist (17) has been followed. Romanisation is from thelapan, an excellent online site that will immediately transliterate Korean letters into the recently adopted rr romanisation. Meanings have been checked from the Daum.net, with invaluable help from Wiktionary.

Thai: The Thai names follow the Thai checklist of 2008 (18). For transliteration and glosses, I originally used thai2english, but this has been superseded by the efforts of Michael Nichols.

Kazakh: The Kazakh names follow the list found at the Kazakh Birds site (no longer on line). I have a Kazakh-Mongolian Dictionary that helps with glossing the names.

Malay: The Malay names are derived from a variety of sources (18-29) shown above.

Indonesian: Indonesian names are taken from the Nusantara list (30).

Other bird sources

In addition to the main sources, the following have been referred to, especially in order to provide popular names:

Japanese
Hiraizumi's Japanese bird dictionary		Comprehensive, good for Chinese characters and local names throughout Japan (which, however, are too detailed and numerous to be included in this site).
Search Birds		List of Japanese names for species around the world. I have used it as the standard for non-native birds. This list also has an English version.
Birding		List of Japanese names for species around the world, but can only be looked up if you already know the Japanese name. Useful at times for finding Chinese characters.
Wikipedia lists of birds in: Japan China Tibet Taiwan Vietnam		I have used these in places for newer species where Wikipedia is virtually the only source for Japanese names. I do so with some trepidation as Wikipedia in general can be a mixed bag. Articles on other subjects range from excellent to mediocre to just plain wrong.
English
A Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia by Craig Robson	Princeton 2000	Good for checking South Chinese and Southeast Asian species using Sibley-Monroe names and species. English only.
Search Birdy		Source of English bird names around the world, German names are a plus.
The Graham Pizzey & Frank Knight Field Guide to the Birds of Australia	Angus & Robertson 1999	Useful background.
Japanese
Unofficial checklist of the birds of Japan		Gives bird names in Japanese
Checklist of the birds of Japan		Another checklist of birds in Japan with Japanese names
Malay
A Checklist of the Birds of Malaysia	Bird Conservation Council, Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) Persuatan Pencinta Alam Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 2005
Richard Gregory-Smith's "Birds of Sarawak: A Digital Annotated Checklist"	Richard Gregory-Smith	A list of birds in Sarawak, with species names in Malay.
Nuôi Chim Những Điều Cần Biết by Hồng Anh	Nhà Xuất Bản Mũi Cà Mau 2002	Small book about keeping birds as pets. The names (mainly parrots and similar birds) do not follow the official scientific names at all. Since there is some question that the scientific names represent normal usage in Vietnam, I have included several names from this book.
People's Education Press - Scientific Knowledge Column		Also good selection, somewhat shorter
Rare and endangered species of China - birds
Government cites site		Gives a lot of popular or variant names, although the list is rather disordered and some character usage is cavalier or suspect
Chinese (Taiwan)
Taiwan bird page

Dictionaries and reference books

Chinese (Mainland)
辞海 Cihai	上海辞书出版社 Shanghai Cishu Chubanshe 1999	A Chinese encyclopaedia. Gives a greater variety of popular names than the following (Xiandai Han'yu Cidian). I have used it as a standard source of popular names.
现代汉语词典 Xiandai Han'yu Cidian	商务印书馆 Shāngwùyìn Shūguǎn (Commercial Press)	Standard, strong on birds and animals, gives officially accepted popular names. The Revised edition of 1999 is much weaker on birds than the 1993 edition.
中日分類辞典 (Zhong-Ri Fenlei Cidian), Edited by Zhang Hui-Fu, Jin Mu-Zhen, and Guo Ya-Kun	外文出版社 Waiwen Chubanshe 1990	Contains an excellent list of bird name equivalents in C-J, although with a couple of mistakes.
ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese by Axel Schuessler	University of Hawa'i Press Honolulu 2007	Useful for very old Chinese etymologies
Vietnamese
Tư Điển Việt-Anh Vietnamese-English Dictionary (Bùi Phụng) in two volumes	Nhà Xuất Bản Thế Giới 2000	Vietnamese-English dictionary. Generally up to date with the usage of the Checklist of the Birds of Vietnam, but also carries some other names (no clear species identification).
Tư Điển Anh-Việt English-Vietnamese Dictionary Viện Ngôn Ngữ Học	Nhà Xuất Bản Thế TP. Hồ Chí Minh 1995	Gives definitions in both English and Vietnamese
Việt-Anh Tự-Điển Vietnamese English Dictionary 越英辭典 by Nguyễn-Văn-Không	Knowledge Publishing Co., Kowloon	Preface dated 1984 in Saigon
NTC's Vietnamese-English Dictionary by Dinh-hoa Nguyen	NTC Publishing Group Lincolnwood Chicago 1995
Tự-Điển Tiêu-Chuẩn Anh-Việt Standard Pronouncing English-Vietnamese Dictionary by Lê Bá Kông Giáo-sư	Ziên-Hồng	Prefaces dated 1950 in Hanoi, 1968 in Saigon.
The Oxford Modern English Dictionary Từ Điển Anh-Việt English-Vietnamese Dictionary Edited by Nguyển Sanh Phúc	Nhà Xuất Bản Đồng Nai Biên Hòa, Đồng Nai Prov.	Small dictionary
The Little Oxford Dictionary Từ Điển Anh-Việt English-Vietnamese Dictionary Edited by Ning Hùng	Nhà Xuất Bản Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh 1993?	Small dictionary used as backup
汉越词典 Han-Yue Cidian Từ Điển Hán-Việt	商务印书馆 Shāngwùyìn Shūguǎn (Commercial Press) 1997	Chinese-Vietnamese dictionary. Although modern, it is only marginally useful for birds.
Từ Điển Việt Hán Edited byGiáo sư Đinh Gia Khánh	Nhà Xuất Bản Giáo Dục 1996	Vietnamese-Chinese dictionary. Dated but useful for checking the existence of other bird names.
Nhật-Việt Tiễu Tự Điễn 日越小辭典竹内与之助川口健一今井昭夫	Nhà Xuất Bản Tp. Hồ Chí Minh 1984?	Useful at times to check Japanese translation into Vietnamese
越日小辭典 Việt-Nhật Tiễu Tự Điễn 竹内与之助	大学書林東京 1986	Useful to check Japanese translation of Vietnamese terms. My copy appears to be pirated.	(No image available)
Đại từ điển Tiếng Việt Edited by Nguyễn Như Ý	Nhà Xuất Bản Văn Hóa-Thông Tin 1999	General monolingual dictionary of Vietnamese. Marginally useful. Bird explanations very general. Entry for 'penguin' notes that they occur at the north pole.
Từ Điển Tiểng Việt Edited by Hoàng Phê et al.	Nhà Xuất Bản Đà Nẵng Trung Tâm Từ Điển Học 2000	General monolingual dictionary of Vietnamese. Marginally useful. Bird explanations are too general to be of great use.
Từ Điển Đối Chiếu Từ Địa Phương Edited by Nguyễn Như Ý	Nhà Xuất Bản Giáo Dục 2001	Dictionary of Vietnamese dialect terms; useful for checking dialect variation.
Mongolian
Монгол хэлний дэлгэрэнгүй тайлбар толь Монгол улсын шинжлэх ухааны акадэми General Editor: Л. Болд (L. Bold)	Улаанбаатар 2008	Although billed as the largest, most comprehensive dictionary of the Mongolian language, this 5-volume set is marked by many curious lacunae. For bird names, descriptions are sometimes detailed, sometimes vague, but don't spell out the actual species in scientific terms or mark synonymy (alternative names for the same species will read as though they are descirbing separate species). Pictured is volume 1.
五體清文鑑 wǔtǐ qīngwén jiàn Таван зүйлийн үсгээр хавсарсан манж үгний толь бичиг Tavaŋ züiliŋ üsgeer khavsarsaŋ maŋj ügni tol' bichig (In three volumes)	民族出版社 1957	A source of pre-modern names dating to the late 18th century and originally published in 1805. Based on Inner Mongolian usage (Inner Mongolia was the centre of Mongolian culture at the time).
Шинэ Монгол - Хятад толь 新蒙汉词典	商务印书馆 Shāngwùyìn Shūguǎn (Commercial Press) 2007	Indispensible. Carries lots of words not found anywhere else. However, as a dictionary compiled in China it does not reflect the Mongolian standard since it includes many Inner Mongolian terms (not marked as such) and some spellings are suspect. Chinese translations are sometimes idiosyncratic (localised or literary).
蒙汉词典增订本 Монгол Хятад толь нэмэн засахсан дэвтэр	內蒙古大学出版社 / Өвөрмөнголын их сургалийн хэвлэлийн хороо 1999	Standard Mongolian-Chinese dictionary in China. Inner Mongolian standard.
多功能新蒙汉词典 Олон чадвартай Шинэ Монгол Хятад толь Edited by 特沫若	辽宁民族出版社 2003	Takes a less purist approach to Mongolian vocabulary.
汉蒙词典第三版 Хятад Монгол толь гуравдугаар хэвлэл	民族出版社 2005	Authoritative for Inner Mongolian
A Modern Mongolian-English Dictionary Editor: Gombojab Hangin et al	Indiana University Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies 1986	A relatively early dictionary with careful definitions.
Mongolian-English Dictionary 4th edition by Ch. Ganhuyag (Chief Editor)	2012	Despite its claim to comprehensive coverage, this dictionary is very heavily slanted towards modern vocabulary and is very poor on traditional vocabulary or that related to the natural world.
English-Mongolian Dictionary by Ch. Ganhuyag (Chief Editor)	2010	Similar problem to the Mongolian-English dictionary (above).
Англи Монгол толь (English-Mongolian Dictionary) Э. Чинбат (E. Chinbat)	Ulaanbaatar 2011	Fairly large dictionary
Oxford Monsudar English-Mongolian Dictionary Оксфорд-Mонсудар Англи-Монгол толь Editor: Amarsanaa Luvsandorj	Ulaanbaatar 2006	Good idiomatic dictionary but lacks many words
Монгольско-русский словарь (Монгол орос толь) А. Лувсандандэва	Государственное Издатэльство Иностранных и национальных словарей Moscow 1957	Mongolian-Russian dictionary
Орос Монгол толь (Русско-Монгольский словарь) Ш. Лувсанвандан	Улсын хэвлэлэйн газар Ulaanbaatar 1982	Standard cookie-cutter Russian-Mongolian dictionary
Ород=Бурят-Монгол словарь (Русско=Byрят-Монгольский словарь) Ц. Б. цыдендамбаевай	Хари ба национальна словарьнуудай гүрэнэй хэблэл Moscow 1954	Standard cookie-cutter Russian-Buryat dictionary
和蒙辞典増訂2版 Wa-mō jiten Япон-Монгол толь бичиг Нэмж засварласан хоёр дахь хэвлэл Санжийн Дэмбэрэл	Admon Ulaanbaatar 2010	Fairly large new Japanese-Mongolian dictionary
現代モンゴル語辞典　改定増補版 Орчин үеийн Монгол-Япон хэлний товч толь Edited by 小沢重男 (Озава шигэо)	大学書林 My copies are Mongolian reproductions.	Mongolian-Japanese dictionary, contains traditional orthography in romanised form.
Монгол Англи Япон толь 現代蒙英日辞典 A Modern Mongolian-English-Japanese Dictionary	開明書院 From about 1977; my copy appears to be a Mongolian reproduction	Useful at times for checking names and meanings, although not very comprehensive and uses idiosyncratic Mongolian spelling.
English
Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary	Merriam-Webster 1983	Because I haven't got anything newer.
Chinese
最新實用漢英辭典（梁實秋主編） A New Practical Chinese-English Dictionary edited by Liang Shi-Qiu	遠東圖書公司 Far Eastern Publishing	Good for Taiwanese and pre-1949 usages.
汉英词典（修订版） Chinese-English Dictionary, revised edition.	外语教学与研究出版社 Waiyu Jiaoyu yu Yanjiu Chubanshe 1995	Reliable, comprehensive accurate. A must-have dictionary.
岩波日中辞典 Iwanami's Japanese-Chinese Dictionary Edited by Kuraishi Takeshiro 倉石武四郎, reprinted for the Chinese market.	商务印书馆 Shāngwùyìn Shūguǎn (Commercial Press) 1997	Tries to steer clear of literal renderings, unlike some other J-C dictionaries, but vocabulary is rather limited.
日中辞典 Ri-Zhong Cidian (J-C)	小学館 Shogakkan 1987	Japanese-Chinese dictionary. Sometimes useful, but a tendency to literally translate from the Japanese means that it is often off course.
中日辞典 Zhong-Ri Cidian (C-J)	小学館 Shogakkan 1992	Chinese-Japanese dictionary. Closely follows the 现代汉语词典 Xiandai Han'yu Cidian.
中日大辞典（増訂第二版） Chunichi Dai Jiten (C-J), 2nd expanded edition	大修館 Taishukan 1987	Chinese-Japanese dictionary. Accurate scientifically and extremely good for popular Chinese variants. Definitions are careful to avoid the literal translation trap, synonyms are marked conscientiously. Leaves the others for dead in the size of its vocabulary.
大辞泉 Daijisen, edited by Matsumura Akira et al.	小学館 Shogakkan 1995	Strong on animal and bird names, good for Chinese characters and common alternative names. I have used this as the standard source of variant names.
Kenkyusha's English-Japanese Dictionary for the General Reader Edited by T. Matsuda	Kenkyusha 1984	Slightly dated but good.
日语汉和词典（旺文社漢和中辞典） Obunsha's Kan'wa Jiten, reprinted for the Chinese market.	世界图书出版社 Shijie Tushu Chubanshe 1997	Japanese dictionary of Chinese characters. Useful for looking at the Classical Chinese roots of Japanese character usage.
A Malay-English Dictionary (Romanised) by R.J. Wilkinson C.M.G	Mytilene (Greece) 1932
A Comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary: Second Edition by Alan M. Stevens and A. Ed. Schmidgall-Tellings	Ohio University Press 2010	As the name implies, a large and comprehensive Indonesian-English dictionary.

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