General names
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections welcome.
The pratincoles are known as 燕鴴 'swallow plovers' in Chinese, which appears to be a translation from the English 'swallow-plover'.
Species names
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Glareola maldivarum |
Oriental pratincole Eastern collared pratincole Large Indian pratincole Indian pratincole |
燕鴴 (燕鸻) 'swallow-plover' |
(普通燕鴴) 普通燕鸻 'common swallow-plover' |
土燕 (土燕) 'earth swallow' 土燕子 (土燕子) 'earth swallow' 燕千鳥 (燕千鸟) 'swallow thousand-bird' (from Japanese?) |
ツバメチドリ (燕千鳥) tsubame-chidori 'swallow-plover' |
제비물떼새 jebi-mul-tte-sae 'swallow water-tte bird (=plover)' |
Chim Dô nách nâu 'brown pratincole (bird)' or Chim Óc cau 'óc cau (bird)' (Southern dialects) |
