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Procellariidae / Họ Hải âu

鹱科 Hù kē * 水薙鳥科 Shuǐ-tì-niǎo kē * ミズナギドリ科 Mizu-nagi-dori ka

General names

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

Apart from the Black-browed albatross, the only member of the Procellariiformes (albatrosses and petrels) found in Vietnamese waters so far is Calonectris leucomelas. Both birds are referred to as Hải âu, derived from the Chinese word for 'seagull' (海鸥 hǎi-ōu).

Species names

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SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN
VIETNAMESE
EAST ASIAN
S. E. ASIAN
Latin
English/French
Vietnamese
Other V
Chinese
Chinese (Taiwan)
Japanese
Thai
Calonectris              
Calonectris leucomelas
link to photo		 Streaked shearwater
White-faced shearwater
White-fronted shearwater
Puffin leucomèle		 Hải âu mặt trắng
'white-faced shearwater'		   白额鹱
bái-é hù
'white-fronted shearwater'		 大水薙鳥
dà shuǐ-tì-niǎo
'large water-shearing bird'		 オオミズナギドリ
(大水薙鳥)
ō mizu-nagi-dori
'large water-shearing bird'		  
Latin
English/French
Vietnamese
Other V
Chinese
Chinese (Taiwan)
Japanese
Thai

Notes

Under Sibley and Monroe, the Procellariinae (fulmars and shearwaters) are a subfamily of the Procellariiidae. Other subfamilies are the Diomedeinae (albatrosses) and the Hydrobatinae (petrels).