General
Information is from dictionaries and other sources. Pinyin reflects Mandarin pronunciation; for some dialect names, it is no more than a polite fiction. Korean glosses are tentative. Comments and corrections welcome. Hover over Green Lettering to see additional information.
The Chinese word for 'stork' is 鹳 . The adjutants are called 秃鹳 'bald stork'.
Species names
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Leptoptilos | ||||||||
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Leptoptilos javanicus![]() ![]() |
Lesser adjutant Lesser adjutant stork |
秃鹳 (禿鸛) 'bald stork' |
鵚鹙 (鵚鶖) 'bald adjutant' (37, FS) 秃鹙 (禿鶖) 'bald adjutant' |
コハゲコウ (小禿鸛) ko hage-kō 'small bald stork' |
Chim Già đẩy Java 'Javanese gia day bird' (12, 13, 34) |
Усан тас ᠣᠰᠣᠨ ᠲᠠᠰ usaŋ tas 'water vulture' (37) |
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Mycteria | ||||||||
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Mycteria leucocephala Mycteria leucocephalus ![]() |
Painted stork | 白头鹮鹳 (白頭䴉鸛) 'white-headed ibis-stork' |
彩鹳 (彩鸛) 'coloured stork' (FS) 鹮鹳 (䴉鸛) 'ibis-stork' (FS) 癞头鹳 (癩頭鸛) 'scabies-headed stork' (FS) 涂彩鹳 (塗彩鸛) 'colour-painted stork' (FS) 白头鹳 (白頭鸛) 'white-headed stork' |
インドトキコウ (インド朱鷺鸛) indo toki kō 'Indian ibis-stork' |
Chim Cò lạo Ấn Độ 'Indian lao stork (bird)' (12, 13, 34) or Giang sen 'lotus? giang' (34) |
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Ciconia | ||||||||
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Ciconia nigra![]() ![]() |
Black stork | 黑鹳 (黑鸛) 'black stork' |
(黑鹳) 黑鸛 'black stork' |
锅鹳 (鍋鸛) 'pot stork' 乌鹳 (烏鸛) 'dark stork' (FS) |
ナベコウ (鍋鸛) nabe-kō 'pot stork' |
먹황새 meok-hwang-sae 'inky stork-bird' |
Chim Hạc đen 'black crane (bird)' (12, 13, 34) |
Хар өрөвтас ᠬᠠᠷᠠ ᠦᠷᠪᠢᠲᠡᠰᠦ khar örövtas 'black stork' Inner M: Хар өрви ᠬᠠᠷᠠ ᠣᠷᠪᠢ khar ör'v 'black stork' (31, 32) |
Ciconia ciconia![]() ![]() |
European white stork White stork |
白鹳 (白鸛) 'white stork' |
欧洲白鹳 (歐洲白鸛) 'European white stork' (FS) |
シュバシコウ (朱嘴鸛) shu-bashi kō 'red-billed stork' (Wikipedia) |
Hạc trắng 'white crane (bird)' (13) |
Inner M: Цагаан өрви ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠦᠷᠪᠢ tsagaaŋ ör'v 'white stork' (31) or Өрви ᠦᠷᠪᠢ ör'v 'stork' (alt in 31) (shared with Ciconia boyciana) |
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Ciconia boyciana![]() ![]() |
East Asian white stork East Asian stork |
东方白鹳 (東方白鸛) 'East Asian white stork' |
(东方白鹳) 東方白鸛 'East Asian white stork' |
鹳 (鸛) 'stork' 白鹳 (白鸛) 'white stork' (FS) 老鹳 (老鸛) 'old stork' (FS) 水老鹳 (水老鸛) 'water old stork' (FS) 鹳雀 (鸛雀) 'stork sparrow' 灰鹤 (灰鶴) 'grey crane' (normally refers to Grus grus Common crane) 负釜 (負釜) 'carry pot?' |
コウノトリ (鸛) kōnotori 'stork bird' (Wikipedia) |
황새 hwang-sae 'stork-bird' |
Hạc Nhật Bản 'Japanese crane (bird)' (from Cites list on Internet) |
Дорнын өрөвтас ᠳᠣᠷᠣᠨᠠ ᠵᠢᠨ ᠦᠷᠪᠢᠲᠡᠰᠦ dorniŋ örövtas 'eastern stork' Inner M: Хар хушуут өрөвтас ᠬᠠᠷᠠ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠣᠲᠣ ᠦᠷᠪᠢᠲᠡᠰᠦ khar khushuut örövtas 'black-billed stork' (32) |