Haematopodidae / Họ Chim mò sò

蛎鹬科 Lì-yù kē * 蠣鴴科 Lì-héng kē * ミヤコドリ科 Miyako-dori ka

General names

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

In Vietnamese, the oystercatchers are known as Chim mò sò 'grope for oyster bird'. (The only source that gives this species as occurring in Vietnam is Nguyen, Le and Phillipps.)

Species names

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Haematopus              
Haematopus ostralegus
link to photolink to photolink to photo		 Eurasian oyster-catcher
Palaearctic oyster-catcher
Oyster-catcher
Huîtrier pie		 Chim mò sò
'grope for oyster bird' (13)		   蛎鹬
lì-yù
'oyster yu'		 蠣鴴
lì-héng
'oyster plover'		 ミヤコドリ
(都鳥)
miyako-dori
'capital bird'		  
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