Cinclidae / Họ Lội suối

河乌科 Hé-wū kē * 河烏科 Hé-wū kē * カワガラス科 Kawa-garasu ka

Cinclidae in Japan Cinclidae in Taiwan

General names

The following is based on analysis of dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections are welcome.

The Vietnamese name for the Brown Dipper is Lội suối, meaning 'stream wader'. One ordinary English-Vietnamese dictionary gives Chim hét nước ('water thrush bird') as the Vietnamese word for 'dipper'.

Species names

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Cinclus                
Cinclus pallasii
link to photolink to photo		 Brown dipper
Cincle de Pallas		 Lội suối
'stream wader'		 Chim hét nước
'water thrush' (from a bilingual dictionary) 		褐河乌
hè hé-wū
'brown river crow'
Taiwan:
河烏
hé-wū
'river crow'		 カワガラス
(川烏 or 河烏)
kawa-garasu
'river crow'		 นกมุดน้ำ
nók-mút-náam
'duck-in water bird' 		   
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