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The treecreepers are known as 旋木雀 'tree-circling-finch' in Chinese. 雀 in Chinese originally referred to the sparrows (Passeridae) but later came to be used for a broad range of (mainly) passerine birds. In ornithological usage it refers equally to sparrows and finches (Fringillidae).
The name 旋木雀 was used in the first ornithological list containing Chinese bird names, Chinese Birds of 1927 (35), which drew on the earlier work Zoological Nomenclature of 1923.
旋木雀 is not exactly a household name in Chinese; many dictionaries do not carry the word at all.
Species names
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CHINESE |
EAST |
SOUTH | NORTH |
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Vietnamese |
Mongolian |
Certhia tianquanensis |
Sichuan treecreeper | 四川旋木雀 (四川旋木雀) 'Sichuan tree-circling-finch' |
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| Certhia nipalensis |
Rusty-flanked treecreeper Stoliczka's treecreeper Nepal tree creeper |
锈红腹旋木雀 (銹紅腹旋木雀) 'rust-red bellied tree-circling-finch' |
マユキバシリ (眉木走) mayu ki-bashiri 'eyebrowed tree runner' ワキアカキバシリ (脇赤木走) waki-aka ki-bashiri 'red-flanked tree-runner' |
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| Certhia discolor |
Sikkim Treecreeper Brown-throated Treecreeper |
褐喉旋木雀 (褐喉旋木雀) 'brown-throated tree-circling-finch' |
チャバラキバシリ (茶腹木走) cha-bara ki-bashiri 'brown-bellied tree runner' |
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| Certhia manipurensis | Manipur Treecreeper Hume's Treecreeper |
休氏旋木雀 (休氏旋木雀) 'Mr Xiu's tree-circling-finch' (36) |
- | Chim Đuôi cứng 'stiff-tailed bird' (12, 13) |
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| Certhia himalayana |
Bar-tailed treecreeper Himalayan tree creeper |
高山旋木雀 (高山旋木雀) 'high mountain tree-circling-finch' |
ヒマラヤキバシリ (ヒマラヤ木走) himaraya ki-bashiri 'Himalayan tree runner' |
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| Certhia hodgsoni | Hodgson's treecreeper | 霍氏旋木雀 (霍氏旋木雀) 'Mr Huo's tree-circling-finch' (36) |
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| Certhia familiaris |
Eurasian treecreeper Common treecreeper Tree creeper |
旋木雀 (旋木雀) 'tree-circling-finch' |
キバシリ (木走) ki-bashiri 'tree runner' |
나무발발이 namu-balbari 'tree balbari' |
Хөвчийн бялзуумар khövchiŋ byalzuumar ᠬᠦᠪᠴᠢ ᠵᠢᠨ ᠪᠢᠯᠵᠣᠣᠮᠠᠷ 'mountain-range byalzuumar' Inner M: Тойруул шувуухай ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭᠣᠯ ᠰᠢᠪᠠᠣᠬᠠᠢ toiruul shuvuukhai 'circling birdlet' (31, 33) |
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