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Glareolidae
燕鸻科
yàn-héng kē

燕鴴科
yàn-héng kē

ツバメチドリ科
tsubame-chidori ka

제비물떼새과
jebi-mul-tte-sae-gwa

Họ Dô nách

Хөгтийнхөн
khögtiŋkhöŋ
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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 Green lettering at this site hides a tool tip with glosses, further explanations, etc. Hover cursor to reveal. to see additional information.

The pratincoles are known as 燕鸻 yàn-héng 'swallow-plover' in Chinese, which appears to be a calque (translation) from the English 'swallow-plover'. The most common type, Glareola maldivarum, is popularly known as the 土燕 tǔ-yàn or 土燕子 tǔ-yànzi, both meaning 'earth swallow' or 'dirt swallow'.

Species names

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Glareola pratincola
link to photolink to photo		 Pratincole
Collared pratincole		 领燕鸻
(領燕鴴)
lǐng yàn-héng
'collared swallow-plover'		     ニシツバメチドリ
(西燕千鳥)
nishi tsubame-chidori
'western swallow-plover'		      
Glareola maldivarum
link to photolink to photo		 East Asian pratincole
Eastern collared pratincole
Large Indian pratincole
Indian pratincole		 普通燕鸻
(普通燕鴴)
pǔtōng yàn-héng
'common swallow-plover'		 (燕鸻)
燕鴴
yàn-héng
'swallow-plover'		 土燕
(土燕)
tǔ-yàn
'earth swallow'
土燕子
(土燕子)
tǔ-yànzi
'earth swallow'
燕千鸟
(燕千鳥)
yàn-qiān niǎo
'swallow thousand-bird' (from Japanese?)		 ツバメチドリ
(燕千鳥)
tsubame-chidori
'swallow-plover'		 제비물떼새
jebi-mul-tte-sae
'swallow tide-bird (=plover)'		 Chim Dô nách nâu
'brown pratincole (bird)' (12, 13, 34)
or
Chim Óc cau
'óc cau (bird)' (Southern dialects) (12, 13, 34)		 Ухаа хөгт
ᠬᠣᠸᠨ ᠬᠦᠭᠦᠲᠦ
ukhaa khögt
'reddish pratincole'
Inner M:
Цагаалж
ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠯᠵᠢ
tsagaalj
'tsagaalj' (31, 32)
Glareola nordmanni Black-winged Pratincole 黑翅燕鸻
(黑翅燕鴴)
hēi-chì yàn-héng
'black-winged swallow-plover'		     ハグロツバメチドリ
(羽黒燕千鳥)
ha-guro tsubame-chidori
'black-winged swallow-plover'		      
Glareola lactea
link to photo		 Little pratincole
Small pratincole
Small Indian pratincole		 灰燕鸻
(灰燕鴴)
huī yàn-héng
'grey swallow-plover'		     ヒメツバメチドリ
(姫燕千鳥)
hime tsubame-chidori
'princess swallow-plover'		   Chim Dô nách xám
'grey pratincole (bird)' (12)		  

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

内蒙古动物志 (第三卷 鸟纲 非雀形目) Fauna Inner Mongolia (Volume 3 Aves Non-Passerines) 主编：旭日干 (Chief Editor: Xurigan), 内蒙古人大学版社 (Inner Mongolian University Press), Hohhot 2013

Danh Lục Các Loài Chim ở Việt Nam (Latinh, Việt, Pháp, Hán) Trần Văn Chánh 2008-2009