- Upupidae - 戴勝科 -

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In Chinese, the Hoopoe is known as 戴勝 dài-shèng, literally 'wear headdress'.

SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH		CHINESE			JAPANESE		OTHER
Latin	English	Chinese (Taiwan)	Chinese (Mainland)	Other Ch	Japanese	Other J	Korean	Vietnamese
Upupa
Upupa epops	Common hoopoe Eurasian hoopoe Hoopoe	戴勝 dài-shèng 'wear headdress'	戴勝 dài-shèng 'wear headdress'	呼呼哱 hū-hū-bō huhubo (onomatopoeic) 呼哱哱 hū-bō-bō hubobo (onomatopoeic) 山和尚 shān héshang 'mountain monk' (also used for the Jay) 臭姑鴣 chòu gū-gū 'smelly gu (aunt) gu (bird)' (cf Harpactes erythrocephalus, Red-headed trogon) 花蒲扇 huā pú shàn 'flowery palm fan' (north) 髮傘頭頭 fà-sǎn-tóu-niǎo 'hair umbrella head bird' (south) 雞冠鳥 jī-guàn-niǎo 'coxcomb bird'	ヤツガシラ (戴勝) yatsu-gashira 'eight heads' (but written with the same characters as Chinese)		후투티 hututi 'hoopoe'	Đầu rìu 'hatched head'

Upupidae / 戴勝科 (Dài-shèng kē)