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. It seems likely that the name was borrowed from Japanese.
Species names
SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH |
CHINESE |
JAPANESE |
OTHER |
Latin |
English |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Chinese (Mainland) |
Other Ch |
Japanese |
Other J |
Korean |
Vietnamese |
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| Sula dactylatra |
Masked
booby
Blue-faced booby |
藍臉鰹鳥
lán-liǎn jiān-niǎo
'blue-faced bonito bird' |
藍臉鰹鳥
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-faced bonito bird' |
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푸른얼굴얼가니새
pureun-eolgur-eolgani-sae
'blue-faced fool bird' |
Chim điên mặt xanh
'blue-faced crazy bird' |
Sula sula
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Red-footed booby |
紅腳鰹鳥
hóng-jiǎo jiān-niǎo
'red-legged bonito bird' |
紅腳鰹鳥
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
bái-fù jiān-niǎo
'white-bellied bonito bird' |
褐鰹鳥
hè jiān-niǎo
'brown bonito bird'
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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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