Meropidae
ハチクイ科
hachi-kui ka

General

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The bee-eaters are known as ハチクイ hachi-kui, or 'bee-eaters', written in characters (kanji) as 蜂喰 ('bee-eater') The only bee-eater that has been found in Japan is Merops ornatus, with one specimen collected in Miyako-jima in the far south in 1904.

Species names

SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		JAPANESE		CHINESE			KOREAN
Merops
Latin	Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru	Japanese	Other J	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Korean
Merops ornatus	Rainbow Bee-eater Australian Bee-eater Rainbow Bee eater	ハチクイ (蜂喰) hachi-kui 'bee-eater'		彩虹蜂虎 (彩虹蜂虎) cǎihóng fēng-hǔ 'rainbow bee-tiger' (4) 虹彩蜂虎 (虹彩蜂虎) hóngcǎi fēng-hǔ 'rainbow bee-tiger' (5)	(彩虹蜂虎) 彩虹蜂虎 cǎihóng fēng-hǔ 'rainbow bee-tiger'

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