General names
The following is based on analysis of dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections are welcome.
Note on Vietnamese naming: With the exception of ducks and chickens, it is common for Vietnamese bird names to be preceded by the word Chim meaning 'bird', although it is normally omitted in Vietnamese bird lists. All bird names, whether they include chim or not, can be preceded by the classifier con, which is used for living creatures.
The finfoots are known in Vietnamese as Chim chân bơi 'paddle-foot bird'.
Species names
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EAST ASIAN |
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English/French |
Vietnamese |
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Chinese (incl. Taiwan) |
Japanese |
Thai |
Malaysian |
Indonesian |
| Heliopais personatus Heliopais personata  |
Masked finfoot Grébifoulque d'Asie |
Chim Chân bơi 'paddle-foot bird' |
亚洲鳍趾䴘 (亞洲鰭趾鷈) 'Asian fin-footed grebe' (4) 拟鳍趾䴘 (擬鰭趾鷈) 'pseudo fin-footed grebe' (5, 10) |
アジアヒレアシ (アジア鰭足) ajia hire-ashi 'Asian fin-foot' |
นกฟินฟุต nók fin-fút 'finfoot (bird)' (fin-fút from English 'finfoot') |
Burung Pedendang 'finfoot (bird)' (24, 25, 26) |
Burung Pedendang Topeng 'masked finfoot (bird)' |
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