Haematopodidae
ミヤコドリ科
miyako-dori ka

General

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In Japanese, the oyster-catchers are known as ミヤコドリ miyako-dori, written 都鳥 and having the meaning 'bird of the capital (city)'.

In ancient Japanese literature, the name みやこどり miyako-dori 'capital bird' was used for Larus ridibundis, the Black-headed Gull. The name stirred feelings of longing for Kyoto (the ancient capital of Japan) among those of the aristocracy forced to go and live in or visit the provinces.

Species names

HAEMATOPODINAE
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		JAPANESE		CHINESE			KOREAN
Haematopus
Latin	Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru	Japanese	Other J	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Korean
Haematopus ostralegus	Eurasian oyster-catcher Palaearctic oyster-catcher Oyster-catcher Huîtrier pie Austernfischer Кулик-сорока	ミヤコドリ (都鳥) miyako-dori 'capital bird'	ミヤコシギ (都鷸 ~ 都鴫) miyako-shigi 'capital snipe'	蛎鹬 (蠣鷸) lì-yù 'oyster snipe'	(蛎鸻) 蠣鴴 lì-héng 'oyster plover'		Haematopus (ostrolegus) osculans: 검은머리물떼새 geomeun-meori-mul-tte-sae 'black-headed tide-bird (=plover)'

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