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The drongo is called the オウチュウ ōchū, origin unknown. It is written 烏秋, meaning 'black/dark autumn' or 'crow autumn, although these are probably ateji (characters unrelated to the word's etymology that have been chosen in an effort to represent it).
Species names
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Dicrurus macrocercus |
Black drongo Drongo royal Königsdrongo Черный дронго |
オウチュウ (烏秋) ōchū 'drongo' (written 'crow autumn' or 'black autumn') |
黑卷尾 (黑卷尾) 'black curl-tail' |
(大卷尾) 大卷尾 'large curl-tail' |
黑黎鸡 (黑黎雞) 'black dark fowl' (northern) (35) 黑尾捲 (黑尾捲) 'black tail-curl' (southern) (35) 笠鸠 (笠鳩) 'bamboo-hat-pigeon-ping' (35, from Materia Medica) 黎鸟 (黎鳥) 'dark bird' 黑支箭 (黑支箭) 'black split arrow' 黑龙眼燕 (黑龍眼燕) 'black dragon-eye swallow' (cf minivets) 明叫鸟 (明叫鳥) 'light call bird' |
검은바람까마귀 geomeun-baram-kkamagwi 'black wind-crow' |
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
Chinese Birds (A Tentative List of Chinese Birds) 中國鳥類(中國鳥類目錄試編) N. Gist Gee, Lacy I. Moffett, G. D. Wilder (祁天錫, 慕維德, 萬卓志), Peiping, 1927 (reprinted 1948)