Irenidae
和平鸟科
hépíng-niǎo kē

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

The Asian Fairy-Bluebird is known in Chinese as the 和平鸟 hépíng-niǎo or 'peace bird', an example of inspired modern naming.

For the leafbirds, the earliest ornithological list of Chinese birds using Chinese names (Chinese Birds (35) in 1927) suggested 叶鸟 yè-niǎo 'leaf bird', a direct translation of English 'leafbird'. This has since been changed to 叶鹎 yè-bēi or 'leaf bulbul' to suggest a resemblance to the bulbuls (Pycnonotidae).

Species names

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IRENINAE
SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH		CHINESE			EAST		SOUTH	NORTH
Irena
Latin	English	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Japanese	Korean	Vietnamese	Mongolian
Irena puella	Asian fairy-bluebird Asian blue-backed fairy bluebird Blue-mantled fairy bluebird Blue-backed fairy bluebird	和平鸟 (和平鳥) hépíng-niǎo 'peace bird'		亚洲和平鸟 (亞洲和平鳥) yàzhōu hépíng-niǎo 'Asian peace bird' 仙蓝雀 (仙藍雀) xiān lán què 'fairy blue finch' (from the English)	ルリコノハドリ (瑠璃木の葉鳥 ~ 琉璃木の葉鳥) ruri ko-no-ha dori 'lapis lazuli leaf-bird'	아시아파랑나뭇잎새 asia-parang-namusip-sae 'Asian blue foliage bird' (Wikipedia)	Chim lam 'blue bird' (12, 34)	Тайван шувуу ᠲᠠᠢᠢᠪᠣᠩ ᠰᠢᠪᠠᠭᠣ taivaŋ shuvuu 'peace bird' (Inner Mongolian)
CHLOROPSEINAE
SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH		CHINESE			EAST		SOUTH	NORTH
Chloropsis
Latin	English	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Japanese	Korean	Vietnamese	Mongolian
Chloropsis aurifrons	Golden-fronted leafbird	金额叶鹎 (金額葉鵯) jīn-é yè-bēi 'gold-foreheaded leaf-bulbul'			キビタイコノハドリ (黄額木の葉鳥) ki-bitai ko-no-ha dori 'yellow-foreheaded leaf-bird'		Chim xanh trán vàng 'yellow-foreheaded blue/green bird' (12, 13, 34)
Chloropsis hardwickii Chloropsis hardwickei	Orange-bellied leafbird	橙腹叶鹎 (橙腹葉鵯) chéng-fù yè-bēi 'orange-bellied leaf-bulbul'		橙腹木叶鸟 chéng-fù mù-yè-niǎo 'orange-bellied tree-leaf-bird'	アカハラコノハドリ (赤腹木の葉鳥) aka-hara ko-no-ha dori 'red-bellied leaf-bird'		Chim xanh hông vàng 'yellow-flanked blue/green bird' (12, 13)
Chloropsis cochinchinensis	Blue-winged leafbird	蓝翅叶鹎 (藍翅葉鵯) lán-chì yè-bēi 'blue-winged leaf-bulbul'			アオバネコノハドリ (青羽木の葉鳥) ao-bane ko-no-ha dori 'blue/green-winged leaf-bird'		Chim xanh Nam bộ 'Southern blue/green bird' (12, 34)

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