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General names

Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections welcome.

All members of the family are known in Chinese as yīng 'warbler', a form which is not likely to be found on its own, especially in speech, where yīng is likely to be understood as 'eagle' ( yīng). The word yīng is historically used for the oriole (Black-naped Oriole). Its use for the sylviids is possibly due to Japanese influence (see How orioles changed into warblers).

The 'common names' used by naturalists have been largely systematised:

蝗鶯
huáng-yīng
'grasshopper-warbler' Locustella
葦鶯
wěi-yīng
'reed-warbler' Acrocephalus
柳鶯
liǔ-yīng
'willow-warbler' Phylloscopus
林鶯
lín-yīng
'forest-warbler' Sylvia

Cettia and Urosphena have not been regularised on Taiwan. On the Mainland, Cettia (which includes Urosphena, previously classed as Cettia) has been renamed 樹鶯 shù-yīng 'tree-warbler'.

Some more common birds have rather colloquial popular names, especially cage birds such as Acrocephalus orientalis.

Species names

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Urosphena                
Latin
English
Chinese (Taiwan)
Chinese (Mainland)
Other Ch
Japanese
Other J
Korean
Vietnamese
Urosphena squameiceps
Cettia squameiceps
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Asian stubtail
Scaly-headed stubtail
Scaly-headed bush warbler
Short-tailed bush warbler
短尾鶯
(短尾莺)
duǎn-wěi yīng
'short-tailed warbler'
(鱗頭樹鶯)
鳞头树莺
lín-tóu shù-yīng
'scale-headed tree-warbler'
  ヤブサメ
(薮雨 ~ 薮鮫)
yabu-same
'yabusame' (written 'bamboo-grove rain' or 'bamboo-grove shark')
シオサザイ
(塩鷦鷯)
shio-sazai
'salt wren' (seems more plausible than 'tidal wren', using the character shio 'tide')
カワリウグイス
(変り鴬)
kawari-uguisu
'variable warbler'
숲새
sup-sae
'forest bird'
Chim Chích Á Châu
'Asian warbler (bird)'
Cettia                
Latin
English
Chinese (Taiwan)
Chinese (Mainland)
Other Ch
Japanese
Other J
Korean
Vietnamese
Cettia diphone
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Japanese bush warbler
Japanese bush-warbler
Singing bush warbler
短翅樹鶯
(短翅树莺)
duǎn-chì shù-yīng
'short-winged tree-warbler'
(日本樹鶯)
日本树莺
rìběn shù-yīng
'Japanese tree-warbler'
Cettia diphone canturians:
遠東樹鶯)
远东树莺
yuǎndōng shù-yīng
'far-eastern tree-warbler'
短翅樹鶯
(短翅树莺)
duǎn-chì shù-yīng
'short-winged tree-warbler' (6)
樹鶯
(树莺)
shù-yīng
'tree-warbler'
告春鳥
(告春鸟)
gào chūn niǎo
'announce spring bird'
ウグイス
()
uguisu
'warbler'
Cettia diphone canturians:
チョウセンウグイス
(朝鮮鴬)
chōsen uguisu
'Korean warbler'
ハルドリ
(春鳥)
haru-dori
'spring bird'
ハルツゲドリ
(春告げ鳥)
haru-tsuge-dori
'spring-announcing bird'
ハナミドリ
(花見鳥)
hana-mi-dori
'flower-viewing bird'
ウタヨミドリ
(歌詠み鳥)
uta-yomi-dori
'poem-writing bird'
キョウヨミドリ
(経詠み鳥)
kyō-yomi-dori
'sutra-reading bird'
ニオイドリ
(匂鳥)
nioi-dori
'fragrant bird'
ヒトクドリ
(人来鳥)
hitoku-dori
'person coming bird'
モモチドリ
(百千鳥)
momochi-dori
'hundred-thousand bird' (means 'many birds')
アタゴドリ
(愛宕鳥)
atago-dori
'Atago (place name) bird'
섬휘파람새
seom-hwiparam-sae
'island whistling bird'
Cettia diphone canturians
큰휘파람새
keun-hwiparam-sae
'small whistling-bird'
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Chim Chích bụi rậm
'thicket warbler (bird)'
Chim Chích ngực hung
'reddish-breasted warbler (bird)' (13)
Cettia fortipes
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Brownish-flanked bush warbler
Brownish-flanked bush-warbler
Strong-footed bush warbler
Mountain bush warbler
小鶯
(小莺)
xiǎo yīng
'small warbler'
(强腳樹鶯)
强脚树莺
qiáng-jiǎo shù-yīng
'strong-footed tree-warbler'
山樹鶯
(山树莺)
shān shù-yīng
'mountain tree-warbler' (6, 7)
タイワンウグイス
(台湾鴬)
taiwan uguisu
'Taiwan warbler'
    Chim Chích chân khỏe
'strong-footed warbler (bird)'
Chim Chích sườn nâu
'brown-flanked warbler (bird)' (13)
Cettia acanthizoides
Cettia robustipes
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Yellowish-bellied bush warbler
Yellowish-bellied bush-warbler
Swinhoe's bush warbler
Yellow-bellied bush warbler
深山鶯
(深山莺)
shēn-shān yīng
'deep mountain warbler'
(黄腹樹鶯)
黄腹树莺
huáng-fù shù-yīng
'yellow-bellied tree-warbler'
黄腹山樹鶯
(黄腹山树莺)
huáng-fù shān shù-yīng
'yellow-bellied mountain tree-warbler' (7)
ミヤマウグイス
(深山鴬)
mi-yama uguisu
'deep-mountain warbler'
     
Bradypterus                
Latin
English
Chinese (Taiwan)
Chinese (Mainland)
Other Ch
Japanese
Other J
Korean
Vietnamese
Bradypterus alishanensis
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Taiwan bush warbler 台灣叢樹鶯
(台湾丛树莺)
táiwān cóng-shù-yīng
'Taiwan bush warbler'
(台灣短翅鶯)
台湾短翅莺
táiwān duǎn-chì-yīng
'Taiwan short-winged warbler'
  タイワンオオセッカ
(台湾大雪加 ~ 台湾大雪下)
taiwan ō sekka
'Taiwan large sekka' (sekka written 'snow add' or 'snow under', purely phonetic function) (See also Cisticola)
     
Locustella                
Latin
English
Chinese (Taiwan)
Chinese (Mainland)
Other Ch
Japanese
Other J
Korean
Vietnamese
Locustella lanceolata
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Lanceolated warbler
Lanceolated grasshopper warbler
茅斑蝗鶯
(茅斑莺)
máo-bān huáng-yīng
'thatch-striped grasshopper-warbler'
(矛斑蝗鶯)
矛斑蝗莺
máo-bān huáng-yīng
'lance-striped grasshopper-warbler'
  マキノセンニュウ
(牧野仙入 ~ 牧野潜入)
makino sennyū
'pasture-land sennyu' (sennyu written 'enter fairy' or 'infiltrate', ateji)
  쥐발귀개개비
jwibalgwi-gaegaebi
'warbler reedwarbler'
Chim Chích đầm lầy nhỏ
'small marsh warbler (bird)'
Locustella certhiola
link to photo
Rusty-rumped warbler
Pallas's grasshopper-warbler
Pallas's grasshopper warbler
小蝗鶯
(小蝗莺)
xiǎo huáng-yīng
'small grasshopper-warbler'
(小蝗鶯)
小蝗莺
xiǎo huáng-yīng
'small grasshopper-warbler'
  シベリアセンニュウ
(シベリア仙入 ~ シベリア潜入)
shiberia sennyū
'Siberian sennyu'
  북방개개비
bukbang-gaegaebi
'northern reedwarbler'
Chim Chích đầm lầy lớn
'large marsh warbler (bird)'
Chim Chích mày đen
'black-eyebrowed warbler (bird)' (13)
Locustella ochotensis
link to photolink to photo
Middendorff's warbler
Middendorff's grasshopper-warbler
Middendorff's grasshopper warbler
北蝗鶯
(北蝗莺)
běi huáng-yīng
'northern grasshopper-warbler'
(北蝗鶯)
北蝗莺
běi huáng-yīng
'northern grasshopper-warbler'
花尾鶯
(花尾莺)
huā-wěi yīng
'flowery-tailed warbler'
シマセンニュウ
(島仙入 ~ 島潜入)
shima sennyū
'island sennyu' (sennyu written 'enter fairy' or 'infiltrate', ateji)
  알락꼬리쥐발귀
allak-kkori-jwibalgwi
'spot-tailed warbler'
 
Locustella pleskei
link to photo
Pleske's warbler
Pleske's grasshopper-warbler
Styan's grasshopper warbler
史氏蝗鶯
(史氏蝗莺)
shǐ-shì huáng-yīng
'Mr Shi's grasshopper-warbler'
(史氏蝗鶯)
史氏蝗莺
shǐ-shì huáng-yīng
'Mr Shi's grasshopper-warbler'
  ウチヤマセンニュウ
(内山仙入 or 内山潜入)
Uchiyama sennyū
'Uchiyama sennyu'
  섬개개비
seom-gaegaebi
'island reedwarbler'
 
Locustella fasciolata
link to photo
Gray's warbler
Gray's grasshopper-warbler
Gray's grasshopper warbler
蒼眉蝗鶯
(苍眉蝗莺)
cāng-méi huáng-yīng
'darkblue-eyebrowed grasshopper-warbler'
(蒼眉蝗鶯)
苍眉蝗莺
cāng-méi huáng-yīng
'darkblue-eyebrowed grasshopper-warbler'
黄眉鶯
(黄眉莺)
huáng-méi yīng
'yellow-eyebrowed warbler'
エゾセンニュウ
(蝦夷仙入 ~ 蝦夷潜入)
ezo sennyū
'Hokkaido sennyu' (sennyu written 'enter fairy' or 'infiltrate', ateji)
  붉은허리개개비
bulgeun-heori-gaegaebi
'red-backed reedwarbler'
 
Acrocephalus                
Latin
English
Chinese (Taiwan)
Chinese (Mainland)
Other Ch
Japanese
Other J
Korean
Vietnamese
Acrocephalus orientalis
link to photo
Oriental reed warbler
Oriental reed-warbler
Oriental great reed warbler
東方大葦鶯
(东方大苇莺)
dōngfāng dà wěi-yīng
'eastern large reed-warbler'
(東方大葦鶯)
东方大苇莺
dōngfāng dà wěi-yīng
'eastern large reed-warbler'
大葦鶯
(大苇莺)
dà wěi-yīng
'large reed-warbler' (6, 7)
葦串兒
(苇串儿)
wěi chuànr
'reed chuar'
大葦zha
(大苇zha)
dà wěi zházi
'large reed zhazi'
大葦扎兒
(大苇扎儿)
dà wěi zhār
'large reed zhar'
蘆稿鳥
(芦稿鸟)
lú-gǎo niǎo
'reed stalk bird'
蘆蟈蟈
(芦蝈蝈)
lú guōguō
'reed katydid'
剖葦鳥
(剖苇鸟)
pōu wěi niǎo
'split reed bird'
剖葦
(剖苇)
pōu wěi
'split reed'
オオヨシキリ
(大葦切り)
ō yoshi-kiri
'large reed-cutter'
ギョウギョウシ
(仰々し ~ 行々し)
gyōgyōshi
'gyogyoshi' (characters are for sound only)
개개비
gaegaebi
'reedwarbler'
Chim Chích đầu nhọn Phương đông
'eastern sharp-headed warbler (bird)'
Chim Chích Phương đông
'eastern warbler (bird)' (13)
Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
link to photo
Black-browed reed warbler
Black-browed reed-warbler
Schrenk's reed warbler
Von Schrenk's reed warbler
雙眉葦鶯
(双眉苇莺)
shuāng-méi wěi-yīng
'double-eyebrowed reed-warbler'
(黑眉葦鶯)
黑眉苇莺
hēi-méi wěi-yīng
'black-eyebrowed reed-warbler'
  コヨシキリ
(小葦切り)
ko yoshi-kiri
'small reed-cutter'
  쇠쇠개개비
soe-soe-gaegaebi
'small small reedwarbler'
Chim Chích đầu nhọn mày đen
'black-eyebrowed sharp-headed warbler (bird)'
Acrocephalus sorghophilus
link to photo
Streaked reed warbler
Streaked reed-warbler
Speckled reed warbler
細紋葦鶯
(细纹苇莺)
xì-wén wěi-yīng
'fine-patterned reed-warbler'
(細紋葦鶯)
细纹苇莺
xì-wén wěi-yīng
'fine-patterned reed-warbler'
  セスジコヨシキリ
(背条小葦切り)
se-suji ko yoshi-kiri
'back line small reed-cutter'
     
Acrocephalus agricola
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Paddyfield warbler 稻田葦鶯
(稻田苇莺)
dàotián wěi-yīng
'paddyfield reed-warbler'
(稻田葦鶯)
稻田苇莺
dàotián wěi-yīng
'paddyfield reed-warbler'
  イナダヨシキリ
(稲田葦切り)
inada yoshi-kiri
'paddy field reed-cutter'
  북방쇠개개비
bukbang-soe-gaegaebi
'northern small reedwarbler'
or
서양쇠개개비
seoyang-soe-gaegaebi
'western small reedwarbler'
 
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