General names
The following is based on analysis of dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections are welcome.
Given the remarkable similarity of the bustard quails/button quails to the true quails, it is not surprising that both types of bird are customarily called by the same name. The main point of interest is how ornithologists decide to officially differentiate them.
The Vietnamese word for 'quail' is Cun cút or (Chim) cút. Vietnamese ornithologists assign this name to the buttonquails rather than the true quails. The true quails have been given a new name: Cay, origins unclear but possibly from French caille and seldom listed in ordinary dictionaries.
Species names
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
VIETNAMESE |
EAST ASIAN |
S. E. ASIAN |
Latin |
English/French |
Vietnamese |
Other V |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Japanese |
Thai |
| Turnix |
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Turnix sylvaticus
Turnix sylvatica
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Common buttonquail
Small buttonquail
Little button-quail
Little bustard quail
Turnix mugissant |
Cun cút nhỏ
'small quail' |
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林三趾鹑
lín sān-zhǐ-chún
'forest three-toed quail'
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林三趾鶉
lín sān-zhǐ-chún
'forest three-toed quail' |
ヒメミフウズラ
(姫三斑鶉)
hime mifu uzura
'princess three-striped quail' |
นกคุ่มอืดเล็ก |
Turnix tanki
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Yellow-legged buttonquail
Yellow-legged button-quail
Yellow-legged bustard quail
Burmese button quail
Turnix indien |
Cun cút lưng hung
'reddish-backed quail' |
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黄脚三趾鹑
huáng-jiǎo sān-zhǐ-chún
'yellow-legged three-toed quail'
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黃腳三趾鶉
huáng-jiǎo sān-zhǐ-chún
'yellow-legged three-toed quail' |
チョウセンミフウズラ
(朝鮮三斑鶉)
Chōsen mifu uzura
'Korean three-striped quail' |
นกคุ่มอืดใหญ่ |
| Turnix suscitator |
Barred buttonquail
Bustard quail
Common bustard quail
Turnix combattant |
Cun cút lưng nâu
'brown-backed quail' |
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棕三趾鹑
zōng sān-zhǐ-chún
'reddish-brown three-toed quail'
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棕三趾鶉
zōng sān-zhǐ-chún
'reddish-brown three-toed quail' |
ミフウズラ
(三斑鶉)
mifu uzura
'three-striped quail' |
นกคุ่มอกลาย |
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