General names
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections welcome.
The tropic birds are known as 熱帶鳥 in Taiwan. The characters 熱帶 literally mean 'hot zone' or 'torrid band'. The name is a direct translation of the English. Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese all use cognate terms. However, the Mainland has introduced the term 鸏 , which appears to be a revival of an old term (originally a semi-mythical bird), as a replacement for 熱帶鳥 .
Species names
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| Phaeton | ||||||||
Phaethon rubricauda |
Red-tailed tropicbird Red-tailed tropic bird Red-tailed tropic-bird |
紅尾熱帶鳥 'red-tailed tropic bird' |
紅尾鸏 'red-tailed meng' |
アカオネッタイチョウ (赤尾熱帯鳥) aka-o nettai-chō 'red-tailed tropic bird' |
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| Phaethon lepturus |
White-tailed tropicbird White-tailed tropic bird Long-tailed tropic-bird Yellow-billed tropicbird |
白尾熱帶鳥 'white-tailed tropic bird' |
白尾鸏 'white-tailed meng' or 長尾鸏 'long-tailed meng' (Alternative in 1) |
シロオネッタイチョウ (白尾熱帯鳥) shiro-o nettai-chō 'white-tailed tropic bird' |
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Floating Menu by Milonic |
Tool tips by Walter Zorn |
