General names
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections welcome.
The boobies and gannets are known as 'bonito birds' (鰹鳥 jiān-niǎo) in Chinese for their habit of flocking above shoals of bonito.The name was borrowed from Japanese in its written form, i.e., the characters used to write the Japanese name were read in the Chinese way.
Species names
SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH |
CHINESE |
JAPANESE |
OTHER |
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English |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Chinese (Mainland) |
Other Ch |
Japanese |
Other J |
Korean |
Vietnamese |
Sula dactylatra |
Masked
booby
Blue-faced booby |
藍臉鰹鳥
(蓝脸鲣鸟)
lán-liǎn jiān-niǎo
'blue-faced bonito-bird' |
(藍臉鰹鳥)
蓝脸鲣鸟)
lán-liǎn jiān-niǎo
'blue-faced bonito-bird' |
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アオツラカツオドリ
(青面鰹鳥)
ao-tsura katsuo-dori
'blue/green-faced bonito-bird' |
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푸른얼굴얼가니새
pureun-eolgur-eolgani-sae
'blue-faced fool bird' |
Chim điên mặt xanh
'blue/green-faced crazy-bird' |
Sula sula
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Red-footed booby |
紅腳鰹鳥
(红脚鲣鸟)
hóng-jiǎo jiān-niǎo
'red-legged bonito-bird' |
(紅腳鰹鳥)
红脚鲣鸟
hóng-jiǎo jiān-niǎo
'red-legged bonito-bird' |
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アカアシカツオドリ
(赤足鰹鳥)
aka-ashi katsuo-dori
'red-legged bonito-bird' |
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Chim điên chân đỏ
'red-footed crazy-bird' |
Sula leucogaster
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Brown booby |
白腹鰹鳥
(白腹鲣鸟)
bái-fù jiān-niǎo
'white-bellied bonito-bird' |
(褐鰹鳥)
褐鲣鸟
hè jiān-niǎo
'brown bonito-bird'
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棕色鰹鳥
(棕色鲣鸟)
zōng-sè jiān-niǎo
'reddishbrown bonito-bird' (FS) |
カツオドリ
(鰹鳥)
katsuo-dori
'bonito-bird' |
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갈색얼가니새
gal-saeg-eolgani-sae
'brown-coloured fool bird' |
Chim điên bụng trắng
'white-bellied crazy-bird' |
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