Threskiornithidae
Họ Cò quăm

General

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 ibises are known as Cò quăm 'curved[bill] stork/heron' or Chim quắm 'curved[bill] bird' in Vietnamese. The word Cò is a name used for herons and similar birds. The words quăm and quắm mean 'crooked, hooked, curved, bent'.

The word for 'spoonbill' is Chim cò thìa 'spoon-stork/heron (bird)'.

Characters used for phasianids in the now obsolete Chu Nom characters include:

Name	Chu Nom Images from the Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation dictionary. (Errors are the sole responsibility of the author of this site)
Cò	, , , , ,
Quắm
Thìa 'spoon'	; ; ; (all possible characters for thìa; whether any were ever historically used in the combination Cò thìa is another question).

Species names

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THRESKIORNITHINAE SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN VIETNAMESE EAST ASIAN S. E. ASIAN Threskiornis                 Latin English/French Vietnamese Other V Chinese (incl. Taiwan) Japanese Thai Malaysian Indonesian Threskiornis melanocephalus Black-headed ibis White ibis Oriental ibis Ibis à tête noire Chim Cò quăm đầu đen 'black-headed curved[bill] stork (bird)' (cò='stork/heron/ibis') Chim Quắm đầu đen 'black-headed curved[bill] bird' (13)   黑头白鹮 (黑頭白䴉) hēi-tóu bái-huán 'black-headed white ibis' or 白鹮 (白䴉) bái-huán 'white ibis' (Alternative in 1) Taxonomy Taiwan: (黑头白鹮) 黑頭白䴉 hēi-tóu bái-huán 'black-headed white ibis' クロトキ (黒朱鷺) kuro-toki 'black ibis' นกช้อนหอยขาว nók cʰóaan-hŏaay kʰăaw 'white mollusc-spoon-bird' or นกกุลา nók kù-laa 'ibis (bird)' Burung Sekendi Kepala Hitam 'black-headed water-carafe bird' (see kendi 'curlew') (24, 25, 26) Burung Ibis Cucuk-besi 'iron-billed ibis (bird)' (ibis from English. Cucuk ~ cocok 'long hairpin' from Javanese, now with secondary meaning 'beak/bill; thorn; etc.') Pseudibis                 Latin English/French Vietnamese Other V Chinese (incl. Taiwan) Japanese Thai Malaysian Indonesian Pseudibis davisoni White-shouldered ibis Ibis de Davison Chim Cò quăm cánh xanh 'blue/green-winged curved[bill] stork (bird)' (cò='stork/heron/ibis') Taxonomy Chim Quắm cánh xanh 'blue/green-winged curved[bill] bird' (13)   白肩黑鹮 (白肩黑䴉) bái-jiān hēi-huán 'white-shouldered black ibis' (2, 3, 4) 东方黑鹮 (東方黑䴉) dōngfang hēi-huán 'eastern black ibis' (5) Taxonomy カタジロトキ or カタシロトキ (肩白朱鷺) kata-jiro toki or kata-shiro toki 'white-shouldered ibis' (Wikipedia etc.) นกช้อนหอยดำ nók cʰóaan-hŏaay dam 'black mollusc-spoon bird' Burung Sekendi Bahu Putih 'white-shouldered water-carafe bird)' (see kendi 'curlew') (25) Burung Ibis Karau 'blotched ibis (bird)' (ibis from English) Pseudibis gigantea Thaumatibis gigantea Giant ibis Ibis géant Chim Cò quăm lớn 'large curved[bill] stork (bird)' (cò='stork/heron/ibis') Chim Quắm lớn 'large curved[bill] bird' (13)   巨鹮 (巨䴉) jù-huán 'giant ibis' (4) 巨黑鹮 (巨黑䴉) jù-hēi huán 'giant black ibis' (5) オニアカアシトキ (鬼赤足朱鷺) oni aka-ashi toki 'ogre red-legged ibis' นกช้อนหอยใหญ่ nók cʰóaan-hŏaay yày 'large mollusc-spoon-bird' Burung Sekendi Besar 'large water-carafe bird' (see kendi 'curlew') (25)   Plegadis                 Latin English/French Vietnamese Other V Chinese (incl. Taiwan) Japanese Thai Malaysian Indonesian Plegadis falcinellus Glossy ibis Ibis falcinelle Chim Quắm đen 'black curved[bill] bird'   彩鹮 (彩䴉) cǎi-huán 'coloured ibis' ブロンズトキ (ブロンズ朱鷺) buronzu toki 'bronze ibis' นกช้อนหอยดำเหลือบ nók cʰóaan-hŏaay dam-lèuap 'glossy black mollusc-spoon-bird' Burung Sekendi Kilat 'glossy water-carafe bird' (see kendi 'curlew') Burung Ibis Rokoroko 'glossyibis ibis (bird)' (ibis from English)

PLATALEINAE SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN VIETNAMESE EAST ASIAN S. E. ASIAN Platalea                 Latin English/French Vietnamese Other V Chinese (incl. Taiwan) Japanese Thai Malaysian Indonesian Platalea leucorodia Eurasian spoonbill European spoonbill White spoonbill Spatule blanche Chim Cò thìa Châu âu 'European spoon-stork (bird)' (cò='stork/heron/ibis') (13)   白琵鹭 (白琵鷺) bái pí-lù 'white spatula-heron' Taiwan: (白琵鹭) 白琵鷺 bái pí-lù 'white spatula-heron' ヘラサギ (篦鷺) hera-sagi 'spatula-heron' นกปากช้อนหน้าขาว nók pàak-cʰóaan nâa-kʰăaw 'white-faced spoon-bill bird'     Platalea minor Black-faced spoonbill Lesser spoonbill Petite Spatule Chim Cò thìa 'spoon-stork (bird)' (cò='stork/heron/ibis')   黑脸琵鹭 (黑臉琵鷺) hēi-liǎn pí-lù 'black-faced spatula-heron' Taiwan: (黑面琵鹭) 黑面琵鷺 hēi-miàn pí-lù 'black-faced spatula-heron' クロツラヘラサギ (黒面篦鷺) kuro-tsura hera-sagi 'black-faced spatula-heron' นกปากช้อนหน้าดำ nók pàak-cʰóaan nâa-dam 'black-faced spoon-bill bird' Burung Sekendi Sudu Muka Hitam 'black-faced spoon water-carafe bird' (25)

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