General names
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections welcome.
The Taiwanese use 水薙鳥 for the shearwaters and 穴鳥 for the petrels. Both are borrowed from Japanese, but Taiwanese naturalists have expanded 穴鳥 to cover all the 'petrels' in the group. In Japanese, 穴鳥 ana-dori is restricted to Bulwer's Petrel. The Japanese verb 薙ぐ nagu, as found in mizu-nagi-dori, means 'mow' or shear'. The character 薙 is rare enough in Japanese but even less often encountered in Chinese, where it's pronounced . (In the normal written language, this character is usually replaced by the more common character 剃, also read and meaning 'to shave', in Mainland China.)
Taiwanese usage diverges widely from that of the Mainland, which has been regularised based on the term 鹱 , a rare ancient name for a kind of water bird. (Since the traditional character sets on computers lack the character 鹱, in this list we use the simplified form.)
Species names
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| Pterodroma | ||||||||
Pterodroma hypoleuca |
Bonin Islands petrel Bonin petrel |
白腹穴鳥 'white-bellied hole bird' |
白額圓尾鹱 'white-foreheaded round-tailed shearwater' (2, 4, 5) 點額圓尾鹱 'spot-foreheaded round-tailed shearwater' (1, 3) |
圓尾鹱 'round-tailed shearwater' |
シロハラミズナギドリ (白腹水薙鳥) shiro-hara mizu-nagi-dori 'white-bellied water-shearing bird' |
흰배슴새 huin-bae-seum-sae 'white-bellied-seum-bird' |
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| Pseudobulweria | ||||||||
| Pseudobulweria rostrata Pterodroma rostrata |
Tahiti petrel Peale's fulmar |
黑背白腹穴鳥 'black-backed white-bellied hole bird' |
鉤嘴圓尾鹱 'hook-billed round-tailed shearwater' |
セグロシロハラミズナギドリ (背黒白腹水薙鳥) se-guro shiro-hara mizu-nagi-dori 'black-backed white-bellied water-shearing bird' |
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| Calonectris | ||||||||
| Calonectris leucomelas |
Streaked shearwater White-faced shearwater White-fronted shearwater |
大水薙鳥 'large water-shearing bird' |
白額鹱 'white-fronted shearwater' |
オオミズナギドリ (大水薙鳥) ō mizu-nagi-dori 'large water-shearing bird' |
(Numerous regional names) | 슴새 seum-sae 'seum-bird' |
Hải âu mặt trắng 'white-faced shearwater' |
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| Puffinus | ||||||||
| Puffinus pacificus |
Wedge-tailed shearwater | 長尾水薙鳥 'long-tailed water-shearing bird' |
曳尾鹱 'drag-tail shearwater' |
オナガミズナギドリ (尾長水薙鳥) o-naga mizu-nagi-dori 'long-tailed water-shearing bird' |
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| Puffinus griseus |
Sooty shearwater | 灰水薙鳥 'grey water-shearing bird' |
灰鹱 'grey shearwater' |
ハイイロミズナギドリ (灰色水薙鳥) hai-iro mizu-nagi-dori 'grey water-shearing bird' |
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| Puffinus tenuirostris |
Short-tailed shearwater Slender-billed shearwater |
短尾水薙鳥 'short-tailed water-shearing bird' |
短尾鹱 'short-tailed shearwater' |
ハシボソミズナギドリ (嘴細水薙鳥) hashi-boso mizu-nagi-dori 'thin-billed water-shearing bird' |
쇠부리슴새 soe-buri-seum-sae small-billed seum-bird' |
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| Puffinus carneipes |
Flesh-footed shearwater Pale-footed shearwater |
肉足水薙鳥 'flesh-footed water-shearing bird' |
淡足鹱 'pale-footed shearwater' (2, 4) 肉足鹱 'flesh-footed shearwater' (3, 5) |
アカアシミズナギドリ (赤足水薙鳥) aka-ashi mizu-nagi-dori 'red-legged water-shearing bird' |
붉은발슴새 bulgeun-bal-seum-sae 'red-footed seum-bird |
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| Bulweria | ||||||||
| Bulweria bulwerii |
Bulwer's petrel | 穴鳥 'hole bird' |
褐燕鹱 'brown swallow shearwater' (2, 4) 純褐鹱 'pure brown shearwater' (1, 3, 5) |
燕鹱 'swallow shearwater' (6, 7) |
アナドリ (穴鳥) ana-dori 'hole bird' |
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Notes
Under Sibley and Monroe, the Procellariinae (fulmars and shearwaters) are a subfamily of the Procellariiidae. Other subfamilies are the Diomedeinae (albatrosses) and the Hydrobatinae (petrels).
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