General names
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections welcome.
The woodpeckers are known appropriately enough as 啄木 zhuó-mù (literally 'peck wood') or 啄木鳥 zhuó-mù-niǎo, literally 'peck wood bird'. Sometimes called 凿木鳥 záo-mù-niǎo ('drill wood bird'). 鴷 liè is an older Chinese word for woodpecker.
Species names
| JYNGINAE |
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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Jynx torquilla
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Northern wryneck
Eurasian wryneck |
地啄木
dì zhuó-mù
'ground wood pecker' |
蟻鴷
yǐ liè
'ant woodpecker'
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蛇皮鳥
shé-pí niǎo
'snake skin bird'
歪脖
wāi-bó
'crooked neck'
歪脖鳥
wāi-bó niǎo
'crooked neck bird' |
アリスイ
(蟻吸)
ari-sui
'ant-sucker' |
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개미잡이
gaemijabi
'ant jabi?' |
Vẹo cổ
'twisted neck' |
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| PICINAE |
SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH |
CHINESE |
JAPANESE |
OTHER |
Latin |
English |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Chinese (Mainland) |
Other Ch |
Japanese |
Other J |
Korean |
Vietnamese |
| Dendrocopos |
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Dendrocopos canicapillus
Picoides canicapillus
(No 43) |
Grey-capped pygmy woodpecker
Grey-capped woodpecker
Grey-crowned woodpecker
Grey-headed pygmy woodpecker
Grey crown pigmy woodpecker |
小啄木
xiǎo zhuó-mù
'small wood-pecker' |
星頭啄木鳥
xīng-tóu zhuó-mù-niǎo
'star-headed wood-pecking bird' |
星斑頭啄木鳥
xīng-bān-tóu zhuó-mù-niǎo
'star-stripe-headed wood-pecking bird'
小鴷
xiǎo liè
'small woodpecker'
一点紅
yī diǎn hóng
'one spot red' |
セグロコゲラ
(背黒小啄木鳥)
se-guro ko-gera
'black-backed small kera' |
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아물쇠딱다구리
amul-soe-ttakdaguri
'amul small woodpecker' |
Gõ kiến nhỏ đầu xám
'grey-headed small go kiem' |
Dendrocopos leucotos
Picoides leucotos
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White-backed woodpecker |
大赤啄木
dà chì zhuó-mù
'large red wood-pecker' |
白背啄木鳥
bái-bèi zhuó-mù-niǎo
'white-backed wood-pecking bird' |
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オオアカゲラ
(大赤啄木鳥)
ō aka-gera
'large red kera' |
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큰오색딱다구리
keun o-saek-ttakdaguri
'large five-coloured woodpecker' |
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Picus canus
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Grey-headed woodpecker or
Grey-faced woodpecker
Black-naped green woodpecker |
綠啄木
lǜ zhuó-mù
'green wood-pecker' |
灰頭綠啄木鳥
huī-tóu lǜ-zhuómù-niǎo
'grey-headed green wood-pecking bird' (1, 2, 3, 4)
灰頭啄木鳥
huī-tóu zhuómù-niǎo
'grey-headed wood-pecking bird' (5) |
黑枕綠啄木鳥
hēi-zhěn lǜ-zhuómù-niǎo
'black-naped green wood-pecking bird' (6, 7)
綠錛得木
lǜ bēn-dér-mù
'green adze-get-tree' (dialect)
黄啄木
huáng zhuó-mù
'yellow wood-pecker'
山啄木
shān zhuó-mù
'mountain wood-pecker'
火老鴉
huǒ lǎo-yā
'fire crow'
山鴷
shān liè
'mountain woodpecker' |
ヤマゲラ
(山啄木鳥)
yama-gera
'mountain kera' |
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청딱다구리
cheong-ttakdaguri
'green woodpecker' |
Gõ kiến xanh gáy đen
'black-naped green go kien' |
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