Sylviidae
鸦雀科
yā-què kē

The name Гургалдай gurgaldai is traditionally applied to a range of birds famous for their song, including orioles, robins, and nightingales. For convenience, the term has here been arbitrarily glossed as 'oriole', but it should be kept in mind that the actual meaning is far broader.

セッカ sekka is used in Japanese for several small warbling birds in the Cisticolidae, Locustellidae, and Phylloscopidae. The etymology is unknown. It is written with the ateji 雪加 (literally 'snow-add') or 雪下 (literally 'snow-below'), characters assigned on the basis of sound only with little or no relation to etymology or meaning.

This is an old name for black or blackish passerines, probably related to харагчин kharagchiŋ, a word used for black-coloured cows. Хар khar means 'black'. Харагчин kharagchiŋ now usually identified as meaning wagtail but can also be found used for the Chinese Hill Warbler and the Dunnock (Prunellidae. It is also found used as a descriptor for the Crested Myna and the Eurasian Crag Martin.

Бор bor as an adjective means either 'grey, brown, dun', or 'stubborn'. It is used in some bird names as a noun, including names for the nightjars, reed warblers, Reed Parrotbill, and leiothrix. The common thread is unclear, and the meaning likely differs according to the bird, with nightjars possibly being regarded as 'stubborn', and others as being 'small brownish birds'.

The name Сүүллэг süülleg means 'large-tailed', related to the word for 'tail' сүүл süül. The name is clearly based on the Chinese name. However, the spelling of the bird name is differentiated from that for 'large-tailed' through doubling of the 'l'.

Харсуун kharsuuŋ or харсун kharsuŋ is found in the names of birds at the Accipitridae, Strigidae, and Sylviidae. The dictionary meaning is 'coarse', 'crude' (e.g. as used of foodstuffs), but in bird naming it appears to have the meaning 'hawk'.

Сонд sond is an old name used for the Yellow-browed Bunting (Schoeniclus chrysophrys).

The name гуждахай gujdakhai is found in our source of 'ornithological names' but is not found in any dictionary. The pronunciation is therefore moot. Judging from the script it should be read gujdakhai, but other pronunciations are possible.

Curruca curruca minula is:
沙白喉林莺
(沙白喉林鶯)
shā bái-hóu lín-yīng
'sand white-throated forest-warbler' (2, 3, 4, 5)
Curruca curruca althaea is:
休氏白喉林莺
(休氏白喉林鶯)
xiū-shì bái-hóu lín-yīng
'Mr Xiu's white-throated forest-warbler' (4)
小白喉林莺
(小白喉林鶯)
xiǎo bái-hóu lín-yīng
'small white-throated forest-warbler' (5)

Curruca curruca minula is:
コハッコウチョウ
(小白喉鳥)
ko-hakkō-chō
'small white-throated bird'
Curruca curruca althaea is:
サバクノドジロムシクイ
(砂漠喉白虫喰)
sabaku nodo-jiro mushi-kui
'desert white-throated insect-eater'

The list gives ᠵᠧᠨᠳᠠ Женда jenda, which appears to be an error for ᠵᠧᠨᠳᠠᠨ Жендан jendan. From Chinese 震旦 zhèndàn 'Sinian (period)'.

Curruca curruca minula is:
沙白喉莺
(沙白喉鶯)
shā bái-hóu yīng
'sand white-throated warbler' (6)

Curruca curruca minula is:
Касагар зэржигэнэ
ᠺᠠᠰᠠᠭᠠᠷ ᠵᠡᠷᠵᠢᠭᠢᠨ
Kasagar zerjigen
'Kashgar (?) sylvia'.

Curruca curruca althaea is:
Уулын зэржигэнэ
uuliŋ zerjigen
'mountain sylvia'

Baoxing is a place in Sichuan.

In its original sense, 雀 què meant 'sparrow' in Chinese, but from a very early stage was also used for the finches. It is also used in the name 山雀 shān-què 'mountain sparrow/finch', the ornithological name for the tits (Paridae). Here, 雀 què is an abbreviation for 山雀 shān-què ('tit'). 雀鹛 què-méi is the Chinese equivalent of English 'tit babbler' and 雅雀 yā-què is the Chinese equivalent of the older English term 'crow tit'.

The term 山雀 shān-què 'mountain finch' (or 'mountain sparrow') is the ornithological name for the tits (Paridae). The name has possibly been influenced by Japanese ヤマガラ yama-gara, written 山雀, which is the name of the Varied Tit (Sittiparus varius). Within the Paridae, Mainland usage now reserves 山雀 for species that at the time belonged to the genus Parus. Other genera use the abbreviated form 雀 què.

The word Họa mi is a borrowing from Chinese 畫眉 huà-méi 'painted-eyebrow', the name of the Hwamei or Melodious Laughing-thrush (Leiothrichidae). In Vietnamese, in addition to the Hwamei itself, it has been applied ornithologically to the Chestnut-capped Babbler and scimitar babblers (Timaliidae) and the Yellow-eyed Babbler (Sylviidae).

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