- Phaethontidae - Họ Chim nhiệt đới -

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

The Vietnamese name for the 'tropic bird' is Chim nhiệt đới ('tropic zone bird'), related to the Japanese and Chinese (Taiwan) names.

SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		VIETNAMESE		EAST ASIAN		S. E. ASIAN
Latin	English/French	Vietnamese	Other V	Chinese	Japanese	Thai	Malay	Indonesian
Phaeton
Phaethon aethereus	Red-billed tropicbird Red-billed tropic bird Short-tailed tropic-bird Phaéton à bec rouge	Chim nhiệt đới 'tropic bird'		红嘴鹲 hóng-zuǐ méng 'red-billed meng' (1, 2, 4) 短尾鹲 duǎn-wěi méng 'short-tailed meng' (3, 5. Alternative in 1)	アカハシネッタイチョウ (赤嘴熱帯鳥) aka-hashi nettai-chō 'red-billed tropic bird'		-

Phaethontidae / Họ Chim nhiệt đới