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 boobies and gannets are known as 鲣鸟 'bonito birds' in Chinese, based on their habit of flocking above shoals of skipjack tuna (often called bonito). The name was borrowed from Japanese via its written form, i.e., reading the characters of the Japanese name with Chinese readings.
Species names
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EAST |
SOUTH | NORTH |
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Mongolian |
Sula sula![]() |
Red-footed booby | 红脚鲣鸟 (紅腳鰹鳥) 'red-legged skipjacktuna-bird' |
(红脚鲣鸟) 紅腳鰹鳥 'red-legged skipjacktuna-bird' |
アカアシカツオドリ (赤足鰹鳥) aka-ashi katsuo-dori 'red-legged skipjacktuna-bird' |
Chim điên chân đỏ 'red-footed crazy-bird' (12, 13, 34) |
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Sula leucogaster![]() ![]() |
Brown booby | 褐鲣鸟 (褐鰹鳥) 'brown skipjacktuna-bird' |
(白腹鲣鸟) 白腹鰹鳥 'white-bellied skipjacktuna-bird' |
棕色鲣鸟 (棕色鰹鳥) 'reddishbrown skipjacktuna-bird' (FS) |
カツオドリ (鰹鳥) katsuo-dori 'skipjacktuna-bird' |
갈색얼가니새 gal-saeg-eolgani-sae 'brown-coloured fool bird' |
Chim điên bụng trắng 'white-bellied crazy-bird' (12, 13, 34) |
Inner M: Хүрэвтэр сүл шувуу ᠬᠦᠷᠡᠪᠲᠣᠷ ᠰᠦᠯᠡ ᠰᠢᠪᠠᠭᠣ khurevter sül shuvuu 'lightbrown sül bird' (31) |
Chim Việt Nam Nguyễn Cử, Lê Trọng Trải, Karen Phillipps; Nhà Xuất Bản Lao Động - Xã Hội, 2000