- Updates to Sibagu -

This site is based on the cjvlang subsite, Bird names in East and Southeast Asia. That subsite was principally concerned with recording and comparing the names of birds in Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese. It necessarily focussed on the places in East Asia where those languages are spoken -- China, Taiwan, Japan, and Vietnam.

This site takes the information of cjvlang and repackages it in the following ways:

The language coverage is expanded to include other major East and Central Asian birding languages, namely, Mongolian, Korean, Thai, and Kazakh (Malay/Indonesian now being added).
Apart from Chinese and Japanese, East Asian languages have names only for birds in their own territories, leading to large blanks when the whole of East Asia is covered. In Sibagu, the focus will be on a specific region, country, or province, giving prominence to the language or languages spoken in that region/country/province, as well as languages of neighbouring countries or countries with a particular connection to that country. Lists are thus more focussed and hopefully more relevant.

The earlier history of the site can be found at cjvlang.

The history of this site follows (earlier entries at the bottom):

11 March 2010 (Beijing)

Added Malay and Indonesian names to Alcedinidae, Burhinidae, and Cuculidae (Vietnam)

10 March 2010 (Beijing)

Added Malay and Indonesian names to Alaudidae and Pittidae (plus Thai glosses, pronunciations) and Strigidae (Vietnam).

9 March 2010 (Beijing)

Added Malay and Indonesian to Bucerotidae (Vietnam) and fixed up Thai transliterations and glosses.
Added Thai, Malay and Indonesian to Trogonidae (Vietnam), which through some oversight had not been properly completed when the site went live in April last year.
Added Thai gloss and transliterations, as well as Malay and Indonesian to Ramphastidae (Vietnam).

8 March 2010 (Beijing)

Added Thai gloss and pronunciation and Malay and Indonesian to Ardeidae (Vietnam); added Malay and Indonesian to Scolopacidae (Vietnam).

7 March 2010 (Beijing)

Added Malay and Indonesian to Accipitridae, Rallidae, and Pycnonotidae (Vietnam); added Thai gloss and pronunciation and Malay and Indonesian to Nectariniidae (Vietnam).

6 March 2010 (Beijing)

Added Thai (pronunciation and gloss) and Malay and Indonesian names to Sylviidae, Ciconiidae, Emberizidae, and Fringillidae (Vietnam).

4 March 2010 (Beijing)

Added Malay and Indonesian to Corvidae, Diomedeidae, Fregattidae, and Phaethontidae (Vietnam).

2 March 2010 (Beijing)

Added Malay and Indonesian to Apodidae, Phasianidae, and Anatidae (Vietnam).

28 February 2010 (Beijing)

Added Thai pronunciation and gloss to Gruidae (Vietnam).

25 February 2010 (Beijing)

General housecleaning, including the fixing of a few titles.

24 February 2010 (Beijing)

Added Thai pronunciation and glosses to Phasianidae and Anatidae (Vietnam).
Also started adding นกของเวียดนาม to each page, in the hope that it means 'Birds of Vietnam'.

23 February 2010 (Beijing)

Added Thai pronunciation and glosses to Dicaeidae (Vietnam).

22 February 2010 (Beijing)

Added Thai pronunciation and glosses to Pycnonotidae and Psittacidae (Vietnam).

21 February 2010 (Beijing)

Added Thai pronunciation and glosses to Strigidae and Rallidae (Vietnam).
In previous days also corrected a few errors in code (page titles, page descriptions, etc.)

17 February 2010 (Beijing)

Added Thai pronunciation and glosses (some tentative) to Apodidae, Hirundindae, Scolopacidae, Anhingidae, Bucerotidae, and Cuculidae (Vietnam). Altered Artamidae.

16 February 2010 (Beijing)

Added Thai pronunciation and glosses to Alcedinidae (Vietnam). Slightly rewrote the introduction.
Fixed a few errors. Removed extraneous links to index pages at Taiwanese names.

15 February 2010 (Beijing)

Added pronunciation and glosses to Thai names at Campephagidae, Laniidae, Artamidae, Coraciidae, Burhinidae, Oriolidae, Corvidae, Cisticolidae, and Fregatidae (Vietnam). Also fixed column widths, carried out slight rewriting at Laniidae.
Removed notes from Birds of Mongolia and Birds of Japan.

14 February 2010 (Beijing)

Finished adding Taiwanese family names to titles of Birds of Vietnam.
Added Taiwanese family names to titles of Birds of Japan.
Removed Notes from all Birds of Vietnam pages.
Started adding pronunciation and glosses to Thai names at Chloropseidae, Jacanidae, Cinclidae, Pelecanidae, and Accipitridae (Vietnam) using Thai2English.com.

13 February 2010 (Beijing)

Added Taiwanese family names to the titles of Birds of Vietnam.
Fixed a few mistaken Taiwanese family names both at Birds of Taiwan and Birds of Japan.

6 February 2010 (Beijing)

Added Fringillidae, Nectariniidae, and Dicaeidae (Taiwan). The Taiwanese list is now complete.
Fixed a few Vietnam pages (missing menus, etc.)
At Taiwan subsite, fixed index pages (which didn't actually reflect the content of the subsite in many cases) and added Vietnamese index page.
Added Taiwan to site home page.

5 February 2010 (Beijing)

Added Estrildidae, Prunellidae, Motacillidae, and Emberizidae (Taiwan).

4 February 2010 (Beijing)

Added Cinclidae and Passeridae (Taiwan).

3 February 2010 (Beijing)

Added Muscicapidae (Taiwan).

31 January 2010 (Beijing)

Added Regulidae, Troglodytidae, Sittidae, Sturnidae, and Turdidae (Taiwan). Corrected a few coding errors at the Japanese versions of these pages.

30 January 2010 (Beijing)

Added Sylviidae, Timaliidae and Zosteropidae (Taiwan).

24 January 2010 (Beijing)

Added Paridae, Remizidae, Hirundinidae, Aegithalidae, Alaudidae, Cisticolidae, and Pycnonotidae (Taiwan).

23 January 2010 (Beijing)

Added Corvidae and Bombycillidae (Taiwan).

17 January 2010 (Beijing)

Added Oriolidae, Dicruridae and Monarchidae (Taiwan).

16 January 2010 (Beijing)

Added Pittidae, Campephagidae, and Laniidae (Taiwan).

13 January 2010 (Beijing)

Added Meropidae, Upupidae, Ramphastidae, Alcidae, and Picidae (Taiwan). Nonpasserines are now complete.
Fixed Index page for Japanese birds (Alcidae was missing).

12 January 2010 (Beijing)

Added Alcedinidae (Taiwan).

11 January 2010 (Beijing)

Added Apodidae and Coraciidae (Taiwan).

10 January 2010 (Beijing)

Added Cuculidae, Tytonidae, Strigidae, and Caprimulgidae (Taiwan).

8 January 2010 (Beijing)

Added Stercorariidae and Columbidae (Taiwan). Added some corrections to Japanese version of Columbidae.
Miscellaneous corrections to Stercorariidae, Columbidae, in Japanese and Mongolian.

7 January 2010 (Beijing)

Added Laridae (Taiwan).
Corrected a couple of errors at Hydrobatidae (Japan and Taiwan).

6 January 2010 (Beijing)

Added Glareolidae (Taiwan).

5 January 2010 (Beijing)

Added Scolopacidae (Taiwan).

27 December 2009 (Beijing)

Rostratulidae and Jacanidae (Taiwan).

26 December 2009 (Beijing)

Added Turnicidae, Haematopodidae, Recurvirostridae, and Charadriidae (Taiwan).

25 December 2009 (Beijing)

Added Gruidae (Taiwan).

24 December 2009 (Beijing)

Added Rallidae (Taiwan).

23 December 2009 (Beijing)

Added Accipitridae (Taiwan).

20 December 2009 (Beijing)

Added Fregatidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, and Falconidae (Taiwan).

19 December 2009 (Beijing)

Added Ardeidae, Phaethontidae, and Pelecanidae (Taiwan). Added note on languages used.
Fixed a few menu problems.
Modified menu access at Vietnamese, Mongolian, and Japanese birds.

18 December 2009 (Beijing)

Made some coding changes to Japanese and Vietnamese bird lists.

14 December 2009 (Beijing)

Made some changes to coding in Mongolian and Taiwanese bird name lists.

13 December 2009 (Beijing)

Added Podicipedidae, Ciconiidae and Threskiornithidae (Taiwan).

12 December 2009 (Beijing)

Added Hydrobatidae (Taiwan).

10 December 2009 (Beijing)

Added Procellariidae (Taiwan).

9 December 2009 (Beijing)

Added Gaviidae and Diomedeidae (Taiwan).
Made a few corrections to Anatidae (Taiwan).

7 December 2009 (Beijing)

Uploaded Anatidae (Taiwan).

6 December 2009 (Beijing)

Added Phasianidae (Taiwan).
Some style changes.

29 November 2009 (Beijing)

Added Japan index pages for Chinese (Mainland) and Chinese (Taiwan).
Added Google Search for Japan. (Hopefully successfully. Google makes it rather hard to figure out the steps.)
Fixed the index page for Japanese birds.
Updated site index page to include Japanese birds.

28 November 2009 (Beijing)

Added Estrildidae (Japan). Slight changes to Korean in Fringillidae (Japan) and Fringillidae (Mongolia).
The Japanese list is now complete.
Added index pages for English, Japanese, and Korean.

27 November 2009 (Beijing)

Added Emberizidae (Japan). Slight changes to Emberizidae (Mongolia) and Emberizidae (Vietnam).

25 November 2009 (Beijing)

Added Fringillidae (Japan).

23 November 2009 (Beijing)

Added Motacillidae (Japan).

18 November 2009 (Beijing)

Added Prunellidae (Japan).

17 November 2009 (Beijing)

Added Passeridae (Japanese). A few additions to Mongolian names.

16 November 2009 (Beijing)

Added Cinclidae (Japan).

15 November 2009 (Beijing)

Added Muscicapidae (Japan).

11 November 2009 (Beijing)

Added Turdidae (Japan).

9 November 2009 (Beijing)

Added Sturnidae (Japan).

8 November 2009 (Beijing)

Added Regulidae, Troglodytidae, Sittidae, and Certhiidae (Japan).
Updated Japanese indexes: English, Japanese, Chinese (Mainland), Chinese (Taiwan), Korean.

6 November 2009 (Beijing)

Added Timaliidae and Zosteropidae (Japan).
Slight adjustment to Timaliidae (Mongolia).

5 November 2009 (Beijing)

Added Sylviidae (Japan).

3 November 2009 (Beijing)

Added Cisticolidae and Pycnonotidae (Japan).

2 November 2009 (Beijing)

Added Remizidae, Aegithalidae, Hirundinidae, and Alaudidae (Japan).
Updated English and Japanese index pages.

1 November 2009 (Beijing)

Added Bombycillidae and Paridae (Japan).

29 October 2009 (Beijing)

Added Monarchidae to Japanese birds.

28 October 2009 (Beijing)

Added Corvidae to Japanese birds.

26 October 2009 (Beijing)

Added Laniidae, Oriolidae, and Dicruridae to Japanese birds.
Added "Language" pages to Vietnamese and Japanese.
Slight changes to Vietnamese Laniidae.
Added a few Inner Mongolian names and rewrote Anatidae (Mongolian birds).

24 October 2009 (Beijing)

Updated index pages for Japanese bird names to list all non-passerines. Also corrected errors in index pages.
Uploaded Pittidae, Artamidae, Campephagidae (Japanese).
Some rewriting of Languages used (Mongolian).

19 October 2009 (Beijing)

Uploaded Upupidae and Picidae (Japanese). The Non-Passerines are now complete.

15 October 2009 (Beijing)

Uploaded Coraciidae and Meropidae (Japanese).

12 October 2009 (Beijing)

Uploaded Apodidae and Alcedinidae (Japanese).

10 October 2009 (Beijing)

Uploaded Caprimulgidae (Japanese).

8 October 2009 (Beijing)

Uploaded Tytonidae (Japanese).
Slight modifications to Accipitridae and Falconidae (Mongolian).

2 October 2009 (Beijing)

Uploaded Strigidae (Japanese), with major rewriting of the explanation of the characters used.

1 October 2009 (Beijing)

Uploaded Columbidae and Cuculidae (Japanese).

29 September 2009 (Beijing)

Uploaded Pteroclididae (Japanese).

28 September 2009 (Beijing)

Uploaded Stercorariidae and Alcidae (Japanese).

26 September 2009 (Beijing)

Japan: Added proverb to Accipitridae, fixed slight error.
Uploaded Glareolidae and Laridae (Japanese).

7 September 2009 (Beijing)

Added Gruidae, Turnicidae, Haematopodidae, Recurvirostridae, Charadriidae, Rostratulidae, Jacanidae, and Scolopacidae to Japanese bird names.
Fixed a few places in Vietnamese list.

2 September 2009 (Beijing)

Made a few improvements/changes to Vietnamese list, small changes at Mongolian.
Added Otidae and Rallidae to the Japanese list.

27 August 2009 (Beijing)

Added Phalacrocoracidae and Falconidae to Japanese bird names.

26 August 2009 (Beijing)

Added Phaethontidae, Fregatidae, Pelecanidae and Sulidae to Japanese bird names.

22 August 2009 (Beijing)

Fixed a few errors, etc. at Mongolian bird names.

21 August 2009 (Beijing)

Fixed a few errors, etc. at Mongolian bird names.

20 August 2009 (Beijing)

Fixed a few errors, etc. at Mongolian bird names.

15 August 2009 (Beijing)

Uploaded Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Ardeidae (Japanese).

13 August 2009 (Beijing)

Uploaded Podicipedidae (Japanese).

12 August 2009 (Beijing)

Uploaded Hydrobatidae (Japanese).

11 August 2009 (Beijing)

Fixed search results page for root level pages.
Created a rudimentary entry page.

9 August 2009 (Beijing)

Uploaded Phasianidae, Anatidae, Gaviidae, Diomedeidae, and Procellariidae (Japanese). This section can be expected to progress very slowly.

8 August 2009 (Beijing)

Minor changes and corrections at both Vietnamese and Mongolian lists, in particular a rewriting of the Mongolian Accipitridae.

2 August 2009 (Beijing)

Added Certhiidae, Sturnidae , Turdidae, Muscicapidae, Cinclidae , Passeridae, Prunellidae , Motacillidae, Fringillidae, and Emberizidae to Mongolian birds. The Mongolian list is now complete, although it is still in what I describe as 'beta status' because of its many problems and unknowns.

22 July 2009 (Beijing)

Added Regulidae, Troglodytidae , and Sittidae to Mongolian birds.

21 July 2009 (Beijing)

Added Alaudidae, Cisticolidae , Pycnonotidae , Sylviidae and Timaliidae (Paradoxornithidae) to Mongolian birds.

18 July 2009 (Beijing)

Added Paridae, Remizidae, Hirundinidae, and Aegithalidae to Mongolian birds.

16 July 2009 (Beijing)

Added Bombycillidae to Mongolian birds. Also added rough justification for the inclusion of languages.

14 July 2009 (Beijing)

Added Oriolidae, Dicruridae, and Corvidae to Mongolian birds.

12 July 2009 (Beijing)

Added Laniidae to Mongolian birds. Passerines have now begun.

11 July 2009 (Beijing)

Added Cuculidae, Strigidae, Caprimulgidae, Apodidae, Alcedinidae, Meropidae, Upupidae, and Picidae to Mongolian birds. Non-passerines are now complete.

5 July 2009 (Beijing)

Added Turnicidae, Recurvirostridae, Charadriidae, Rostratulidae, Scolopacidae, Glareolidae, Laridae, Stercorariidae, Pteroclididae, and Columbidae to Mongolian birds.
Added Mongolian sources.
Fixed a few errors.

3 July 2009 (Beijing)

Added Gruidae to Mongolian birds.

2 July 2009 (Beijing)

Added Rallidae to Mongolian birds.

1 July 2009 (Beijing)

Decided that "Site Map" is too grand for what is really a "Table of Contents" (or "List of Families") for each language. When a site-wide map is ready, I'll call it a "Site Map".

29 June 2009 (Beijing)

Added Mongolian names for Otidae.

28 June 2009 (Beijing)

Added Mongolian names for Accipitridae.

27 June 2009 (Beijing)

Added Mongolian names for Ardeidae, Pelecanidae, Phalacrocoracidae, and Falconidae.
Fixed some errors, added link to English index page at Mongolian and Vietnamese birds, fixed incorrect formatting at some pages.

25 June 2009 (Beijing)

Added Mongolian names for Phoenicopteridae, Ciconiidae, and Threskiornithidae.

24 June 2009 (Beijing)

Added Mongolian names for Podicipedidae and Gaviidae.

22 June 2009 (Beijing)

Started Birds of Mongolia. Added Mongolian names for Phasianidae and Anatidae.

25 May 2009 (Beijing)

Fixed the header to reflect content (no longer "Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese").
Added sibagu mailbox.

24 May 2009 (Beijing)

Vietnamese: Considerable tweaking of content in the "General names" section of each page. The original content reflected the fragmentary and subordinate nature of Vietnam-related content at cjvlang. I've tried to summarise common Vietnamese usage (as far as I can ascertain it), followed by ornithological usage. A cautionary note has been added along with a welcome for corrections and suggestions.

27 April 2009 (Beijing)

Following indexing by Google, I've fixed up the search function and tracking of page usage.
In the past few days a few errors, etc., have also been fixed.

19 April 2009 (Beijing)

Birds of Vietnam is the first section to be uploaded.

14 January 2009 (Beijing)

Site registered.