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The frigate birds are known as 军舰鸟 meaning 'warship-bird' in Chinese. This name appears to have come from English (either from 'frigate bird' or the alternative 'man-o'-war bird'), probably via Japanese.
The name 军舰鸟 is used on Taiwan for Fregatta minor in Chinese. On the Mainland, however, it has long the trend among Mainland ornithologiests to call the species 小军舰鸟 'small frigatebird', based on the Latin name Fregata minor. The Latin name came about because the bird was originally named Pelecanus minor (literally 'small pelican') and retained the misleading minor when it was transferred to the genus Fregata.
Fauna Sinica (1997) rather confusingly gives ［小］军舰鸟 '[small] frigatebird', while listing 小军舰鸟 'small frigatebird' as an alternative name. The problem is finally resolved in Zheng Guangmei's world list of birds by naming F. minor 黑腹军舰鸟 'black-bellied frigatebird'.
Species names
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Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Japanese |
Korean |
Vietnamese |
Mongolian |
Fregata ariel |
Lesser frigatebird Lesser frigate bird |
白斑军舰鸟 (白班軍艦鳥) 'white-striped warship-bird' |
(白斑军舰鸟) 白斑軍艦鳥 'white-striped warship-bird' |
コグンカンドリ (小軍艦鳥) ko gunkan-dori 'small warship-bird' |
군함조 gunham-jo 'warship-bird' (군함조=軍艦鳥) |
Chim Cốc biển bé 'little sea-cormorant (bird)' (12, 13) |
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| Fregata minor |
Great frigatebird Great frigate bird |
黑腹军舰鸟 (黑腹軍艦鳥) 'black-bellied warship-bird' (2, 4) 小军舰鸟 (小軍艦鳥) 'small warship-bird' (1, 3, 5) |
(军舰鸟) 軍艦鳥 'warship-bird' |
オオグンカンドリ (大軍艦鳥) ō gunkan-dori 'large warship-bird' |
큰군함조 keun-gunham-jo 'large warship-bird' (군함조=軍艦鳥) |
Chim Cốc biển đen 'black sea-cormorant (bird)' (12, 13, 34) |
Inner M: Бяцхан тонооч шувуу ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠬᠠᠨ ᠲᠣᠨᠣᠭᠠᠴᠢ ᠰᠢᠪᠠᠭᠣ 'little looter bird' (31) |
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| Fregata andrewsi |
Christmas Island frigatebird Christmas Island frigate bird |
白腹军舰鸟 (白腹軍艦鳥) 'white-bellied warship-bird' |
シロハラグンカンドリ (白腹軍艦鳥) shiro-hara gunkan-dori 'white-bellied warship-bird' |
Chim Cốc biển bụng trắng 'white-bellied sea cormorant (bird)' (12, 34) |
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中国鸟类种和亚种分类名录大全（修订版） 郑作新 著 科学出版社 北京 2000年
A Complete Checklist of Species and Subspecies of the Chinese Birds (Revised Edition) by Cheng Tso-Hsin, Science Press, Beijing 2000
中国鸟类分类与分布名录 主编：郑光美 科学出版社 北京 2005年
A Checklist on the Classification and Distribution of the Birds of China Chief editor: Zheng Guangmei, Science Press, Beijing 2005
中国鸟类野外手册（中文版）约翰・马敬能、卡伦・菲利普斯，合作者：荷芬奇，翻译：卢和芬 湖南教育出版社 长沙 2000年
A Field Guide to the Birds of China (Chinese translation) by John MacKinnon, Karen Phillipps, in collaboration with He Fen-qi, translated by Lu Hefen, Hunan Jiaoyu Chubanshe (Hunan Educational Press) Changsha 2000
世界鸟类分类与分布名录 主编：郑光美 科学出版社 北京 2002年
A Checklist on the Classification and Distribution of the Birds of the World Chief editor: Zheng Guangmei, Science Press, Beijing 2002
世界鸟类名称（拉丁文、汉文、英文对照）第二版 郑作新等 科学出版社 北京 2002年
Birds of the World (Latin, Chinese and English Names) 2nd ed. by Cheng Tso-Hsin et al, Science Press, Beijing 2002
Danh Lục Chim Việt Nam (In lần thứ hai) (Checklist of the Birds of Vietnam) Võ Quý, Nguyễn Cử, Nhà Xuất Bản Nông Nghiệp, Hà Nội 1999
Chim Việt Nam Nguyễn Cử, Lê Trọng Trải, Karen Phillipps; Nhà Xuất Bản Lao Động - Xã Hội, 2000
汉蒙名词术语分类词典（自然科学部分） Mongolian (Cyrillic): Хятад Монгол нэр томъёоны зүйл хуваасан толь (байгалийн шинжлэх ухааны бүлэг) (Chinese-Mongolian classified terminological dictionary, natural sciences part) by 《汉蒙名词术语分类词典》编纂委员会 Mongolian (Cyrillic): "Хятад Монгол нэр томъёоны зүйл хуваасан толь" найруулах комисс (Chinese-Mongolian classified terminological dictionary editorial committee), Inner Mongolian People's Press, Hohhot 1990
Chim Việt Nam Nguyễn Cử, Lê Trọng Trải, Karen Phillipps; Nhà Xuất Bản Lao Động - Xã Hội, 2000
Danh Lục Các Loài Chim ở Việt Nam (Latinh, Việt, Pháp, Hán) Trần Văn Chánh 2008-2009
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