General names
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The tropic birds are known as 熱帶鳥 'tropic-zone bird' in Taiwan. The characters 熱帶 literally mean 'hot zone' or 'torrid zone'. The name is a direct translation of the English, possibly via Japanese. Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese all use similar terms. However, Mainland ornithologists now prefer the term 鸏 , which appears to be from the name of an old mythical or semi-mythical bird, the 鸏䴀 .
Species names
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Phaethon rubricauda |
Red-tailed tropicbird Red-tailed tropic bird Red-tailed tropic-bird |
紅尾熱帶鳥 (红尾热带鸟) 'red-tailed tropic-zone bird' |
紅尾鸏 (红尾鹲) 'red-tailed meng' (from mythical bird name) |
アカオネッタイチョウ (赤尾熱帯鳥) aka-o nettai-chō 'red-tailed tropic-zone bird' |
| Phaethon lepturus |
White-tailed tropicbird White-tailed tropic bird Long-tailed tropic-bird Yellow-billed tropicbird |
白尾熱帶鳥 (白尾热带鸟) 'white-tailed tropic-zone bird' |
白尾鸏 (白尾鹲) 'white-tailed meng' (from mythical bird name) or 長尾鸏 (长尾鹲) 'long-tailed meng' (from mythical bird name) (Alternative in 1) |
長尾熱帶鳥 (长尾热带鸟) 'long-tailed tropic-zone bird' (FS) |
シロオネッタイチョウ (白尾熱帯鳥) shiro-o nettai-chō 'white-tailed tropic-zone bird' |
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