General names
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections welcome.
The pratincoles are known as 燕鴴 yàn-héng ('swallow plovers') in Chinese, which appears to be a translation
from the English 'swallow-plover'.
Species names
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SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH |
CHINESE |
JAPANESE |
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Latin |
English |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Chinese (Mainland) |
Other Ch |
Japanese |
Other J |
Korean |
Vietnamese |
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Glareola maldivarum
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Oriental pratincole
Eastern collared pratincole
Large Indian pratincole
Indian pratincole |
燕鴴
yàn-héng
'swallow plover' |
普通燕鴴
pǔtōng yàn-héng
'common swallow plover' |
土燕
tǔ-yàn
'earth swallow'
土燕子
tǔ-yànzi
'earth swallow'
燕千鳥
yàn-qiān niǎo
'swallow thousand-bird' (from Japanese?) |
ツバメチドリ
(燕千鳥)
tsubame-chidori
'swallow plover' |
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제비물떼새
jebi-mul-tte-sae
'swallow water tte bird (=plover)' |
Dô nách nâu
'brown pratincole'
or
Ó cau
'oc cau' (Southern dialects) |
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