Rostratulidae
Họ Nhát hoa

General names

The following is based on analysis of dictionaries and other sources. Thai names are currently being revised. Comments and corrections are welcome.

Note on Vietnamese naming: With the exception of ducks and chickens, it is normal for Vietnamese bird names to include the word Chim meaning 'bird', even where not indicated in the tables. All bird and animal names can be preceded by the classifier con, which is used for living creatures.

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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SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		VIETNAMESE		EAST ASIAN		S. E. ASIAN
Latin	English/French	Vietnamese	Other V	Chinese	Japanese	Thai	Malay	Indonesian
Rostratula
Rostratula benghalensis	Greater painted-snipe Painted snipe Rhynchée peinte	Nhát hoa 'flowery nhat (woodcock)'		彩鹬 cǎi-yù 'coloured yu (=snipe)' Taiwan: 彩鷸 cǎi-yù 'coloured yu (=snipe)'	タマシギ (玉鷸 or 玉鴫) tama-shigi 'jewelled shigi (=snipe)'	นกโป่งวิด nók-pòoŋ-wít 'poong-wit bird'	Burung Meragi 'meragi'	Berkikkembang Besar 'large flowery snipe'

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