Rostratulidae / Họ Nhát hoa

彩鹬科 Cǎi-yù kē * 彩鷸科 Cǎi-yù kē * タマシギ科 Tama-shigi ka

General names

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

In Vietnamese, the painted snipe is called Nhát hoa. The word hoa means 'flowery' while the word Nhát is used in the name of the woodcock (Scolopax rusticola). The painted snipe is thus a kind of 'flowery woodcock'.

Species names

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Rostratula benghalensis
link to photolink to photolink to photo		 Greater painted-snipe
Painted snipe
Rhynchée peinte		 Nhát hoa
'flowery nhat (woodcock)'		   彩鹬
cǎi-yù
'coloured yu (=snipe)'		 彩鷸
cǎi-yù
'coloured yu (=snipe)'		 タマシギ
(玉鷸 or 玉鴫)
tama-shigi
'jewelled shigi (=snipe)'		 นกโป่งวิด
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