General names
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections welcome.
The Chinese term for 'falcon' is 隼 or . An old word for 'falcon' is 鶻 .
Species names
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English |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Chinese (Mainland) |
Other Ch |
Japanese |
Other J |
Korean |
Vietnamese |
Falco tinnunculus |
Common kestrel Eurasian kestrel Kestrel |
紅隼 (红隼) 'red falcon' |
(紅隼) 红隼 'red falcon' |
茶隼 (茶隼) 'tea falcon' 紅鷹 (红鹰) 'red hawk' 黄燕 (黄燕) 'yellow swallow' 紅鷂子 (红鹞子) 'red sparrowhawk' |
チョウゲンボウ (長元坊) chōgenbō 'kestrel' |
マグソダカ (真糞鷹) ma-guso-daka 'true shit hawk' |
황조롱이 hwang-jorongi 'yellow sparrowhawk' |
Chim Cắt lưng hung 'reddish-backed falcon (bird)' |
| Falco amurensis |
Amur falcon Eastern red-footed falcon Manchurian red-footed falcon Red-legged falcon |
紅腳隼 (红脚隼) 'red-footed falcon' |
(紅腳隼) 红脚隼 'red-footed falcon' (1, 2, 4, 5) (阿穆爾隼) 阿穆尔隼 'Amur falcon' (3)  Taxonomy |
黑花鷂 (黑花鹞) 'black flowery sparrowhawk' 螞蚱鷹 (蚂蚱鹰) 'locust (dial.) hawk' (also F. subbuteo) 青鷹 (青鹰) 'green/blue hawk' 青燕子 (青燕子) 'green/blue swallow' 白指甲鷂 (白指甲鹞) 'white nail sparrowhawk' 紅腿鴪隼 (红腿鴪隼) 'red-legged falcon' |
アカアシチョウゲンボウ (赤足長元坊) aka-ashi chōgenbō 'red-legged kestrel' |
비둘기조롱이 bidulgi-jorongi 'pigeon sparrowhawk' |
Chim Cắt Amur 'Amur falcon (bird)' (13) |
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| Falco columbarius |
Merlin | 灰背隼 (灰背隼) 'grey-backed falcon' |
(灰背隼) 灰背隼 'grey-backed falcon' |
コチョウゲンボウ (小長元坊) ko chōgenbō 'small kestrel' |
쇠황조롱이 soe-hwang-jorongi 'small yellow sparrowhawk' |
Chim Cắt lưng xám 'grey-backed falcon (bird)' |
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| Falco subbuteo |
Eurasian hobby Northern hobby Hobby |
燕隼 (燕隼) 'swallow falcon' |
(燕隼) 燕隼 'swallow falcon' |
土鶻 (土鹘) 'dirt falcon' (old name) 兒隼 (儿隼) 'child falcon' 青條子 (青条子) 'green/blue stripe' 蟲鷂 (虫鹞) 'insect sparrowhawk' 螞蚱鷹 (蚂蚱鹰) 'locust (dial.) hawk' |
チゴハヤブサ (稚児隼) chigo hayabusa 'child falcon' |
새홀리기 saeholligi 'saeholligi' |
Chim Cắt Trung Quốc 'Chinese falcon (bird)' |
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| Falco peregrinus |
Peregrine falcon | 遊隼 (游隼) 'roaming falcon' Former alternative name: 隼 (隼) 'falcon' |
(遊隼) 游隼 'roaming falcon' |
鶻 (鹘) 'falcon' (old) 鴨虎 (鸭鹘) 'duck tiger' (old) 鴨鶻 (鸭鹘) 'duck falcon' 花梨鷹 (花梨鹰) 'flowery pear hawk' 黑背花梨鴨 (黑背花梨鸭) 'black-backed flowery pear duck' |
ハヤブサ (隼) hayabusa 'falcon' |
매 mae 'hawk' |
Chim Cắt lớn 'large falcon (bird)' |
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