Threskiornithidae
䴉科
huán kē

General names

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

The ibises are known in Chinese as 䴉 huán, also read xuán. Due to their resemblance to the herons, several of the ibises have names related to those birds. The Japanese Crested Ibis is also called the 朱鷺 zhū-lù 'vermilion heron' and the spoonbills are known as 琵鷺 pí-lù 'spatula herons'.

Species names

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THRESKIORNITHINAE SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH CHINESE JAPANESE OTHER Threskiornis                 Latin English Chinese (Taiwan) Chinese (Mainland) Other Ch Japanese Other J Korean Vietnamese Threskiornis aethiopicus Sacred ibis 埃及聖䴉 (埃及圣鹮) àijí shèng-huán 'Egyptian sacred ibis' (introduced) (非洲白䴉) 非洲白鹮 fēizhōu bái-huán 'African white ibis' (4) (聖䴉) 圣鹮 shèng-huán 'sacred ibis' (5)   アフリカクロトキ (アフリカ黒朱鷺) afurika kuro-toki 'African black ibis' コシグロトキ (腰黒朱鷺) koshi-guro toki 'black-rumped ibis'     Threskiornis melanocephalus Black-headed ibis White ibis Oriental ibis 黑頭白䴉 (黑头白鹮) hēi-tóu bái-huán 'black-headed white ibis' (黑頭白䴉) 黑头白鹮 hēi-tóu bái-huán 'black-headed white ibis' or (白䴉) 白鹮 bái-huán 'white ibis' (Alternative in 1) Taxonomy   クロトキ (黒朱鷺) kuro-toki 'black ibis'   검은머리흰따오기 geomeun-meori-huin-ttaogi 'black-headed white ibis' Chim Cò quăm đầu đen 'black-headed quam stork (bird)' (cò='stork/heron/ibis') Chim Quắm đầu đen 'black-headed quam bird' (13) Nipponia                 Latin English Chinese (Taiwan) Chinese (Mainland) Other Ch Japanese Other J Korean Vietnamese Nipponia nippon Crested ibis Japanese crested ibis 朱鷺 (朱鹭) zhū-lù 'vermilion heron' (朱䴉) 朱鹮 zhū-huán 'vermilion ibis' 紅鶴 (红鹤) hóng hè 'red crane' (more normally used for the flamingo) 鳳頭䴉 (凤头鹮) fèng-tóu-huán 'phoenix-headed ibis' 朱臉鷺 (朱脸鹭) zhū-liǎn-lù 'vermilion-faced ibis' トキ (朱鷺, 桃花鳥, 鴇, 鵇, 鴾) toki 'ibis' (written 1. 'vermilion heron', 2. 'peach flower bird'. 3-5. are either appropriated or specially created characters)   따오기 ttaogi 'ibis' Cò quăm mào Nhật Bản 'Japanese crested quam stork (bird)' (cò='stork/heron/ibis') (from Internet cites list)

PLATALEINAE SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH CHINESE JAPANESE OTHER Platalea                 Latin English Chinese (Taiwan) Chinese (Mainland) Other Ch Japanese Other J Korean Vietnamese Platalea leucorodia Eurasian spoonbill European spoonbill White spoonbill 白琵鷺 (白琵鹭) bái pí-lù 'white spatula-heron' (白琵鷺) 白琵鹭 bái pí-lù 'white spatula-heron' 琵鷺 (琵鹭) pí-lù 'spatula-heron' 白篦鷺 (白篦鹭) bái bì-lù 'white comb heron' 琵琶嘴鷺 (琵琶嘴鹭) pípá-zuǐ lù 'lute-billed heron' 琵嘴鷺 (琵嘴鹭) pí-zuǐ-lù 'spatula-billed heron' ヘラサギ (篦鷺) hera-sagi 'spatula-heron'     Chim Cò thìa Châu âu 'European spoon-stork (bird)' (cò='stork/heron/ibis') (13) Platalea minor Black-faced spoonbill Lesser spoonbill 黑面琵鷺 (黑面琵鹭) hēi-miàn pí-lù 'black-faced spatula-heron' (黑臉琵鷺) 黑脸琵鹭 hēi-liǎn pí-lù 'black-faced spatula-heron'   クロツラヘラサギ (黒面篦鷺) kuro-tsura hera-sagi 'black-faced spatula-heron'     Chim Cò thìa 'spoon-stork (bird)' (cò='stork/heron/ibis')

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