Upupidae / Họ Đầu rìu

戴胜科 Dài-shèng kē * 戴勝科 Dài-shèng kē * ヤツガシラ科 Yatsu-gashira ka

General names

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

The Hoopoe is known as the Đầu rìu 'hatched head' (or 'axed head') due to its distinctive crown.

According to the Vietnamese English dictionary of Bui Phung (1996), another word for 'hoopoe' is Chim rẻ quạt, meaning 'fan-spoke bird', a reference to the bird's distinctive crown. Officially, however, Chim rẻ quạt is applied to the fantails.

Species names

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Upupa                
Upupa epops
link to photo 		Common hoopoe
Eurasian hoopoe
Hoopoe
Huppe fasciée		 Đầu rìu
'hatched head'		   戴胜
dài-shèng
'wear headdress'
Taiwan:
戴勝
dài-shèng
'wear headdress'		 ヤツガシラ
(戴勝)
yatsu-gashira
'eight heads' (but written with the same characters as Chinese)		 นกกะรางหัวขวาน
nók gà-raang hŭa kwăan
'axe-headed ga-raang bird'		 Hupo Tunggal
'solitary hupo' 		Hupo Tunggal
'solitary hupo'
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