Fregatidae
グンカンドリ科
gunkan-dori ka

General

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The Japanese word for 'frigate bird' is グンカンドリ gunkan-dori, meaning 'warship-bird' and written 軍艦鳥 in Chinese characters. The name is probably modelled on Western usage, either 'frigate bird' or 'man o'war bird'. グンカン 軍艦 gunkan 'warship' is a modern-era Chinese-style compound (on-yomi), with the native word トリ tori (鳥) ‘bird' added. The Japanese name has spread to both Korean and Chinese usage.

Species names

SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		JAPANESE		CHINESE			KOREAN
Fregata
Latin	Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru	Japanese	Other J	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Korean
Fregata ariel	Lesser frigatebird Lesser frigate bird Frégate ariel Arielfregattvogel Фрегат малый	コグンカンドリ (小軍艦鳥) ko gunkan-dori 'small warship-bird'		白斑军舰鸟 (白班軍艦鳥) bái-bān jūnjiàn-niǎo 'white-striped warship-bird'	(白斑军舰鸟) 白斑軍艦鳥 bái-bān jūnjiàn-niǎo 'white-striped warship-bird'		군함조 gunham-jo 'warship-bird' (군함조=軍艦鳥)
Fregata minor	Great frigatebird Great frigate bird Frégate du Pacifique Bindenfregattvogel Фрегат большой	オオグンカンドリ (大軍艦鳥) ō gunkan-dori 'large warship-bird'		黑腹军舰鸟 (黑腹軍艦鳥) hēi-fù jūnjiàn-niǎo 'black-bellied warship-bird' (2, 4) 小军舰鸟 (小軍艦鳥) xiǎo jūnjiàn-niǎo 'small warship-bird' (1, 3, 5)	(军舰鸟) 軍艦鳥 jūnjiàn-niǎo 'warship-bird'		큰군함조 keun-gunham-jo 'large warship-bird' (군함조=軍艦鳥)

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