Monarchidae
カササギヒタキ科
kasasagi-hitaki ka

General

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The paradise flycatcher is represented by one species in Japan, Terpsiphone atrocaudata, which is called サンコウチョウ sankō-chō 'three-lights bird' or just サンコウ sankō 'three lights'. In characters, this is written 三光鳥 or 三光. The name derives from the bird's call, which sounds like 'sun, moon, stars' ('the three lights') in Japanese.

Family name

The Japanese family name is カササギヒタキ科 kasasagi-hitaki ka 'magpie-flycatcher family'. The name is based on the Japanese name of the extralimital Monarcha genus.

Species names

SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		JAPANESE		CHINESE			KOREAN
Terpsiphone
Latin	Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru	Japanese	Other J	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Korean
Terpsiphone atrocaudata	Japanese paradise-flycatcher Black paradise flycatcher Tchitrec du Japon Prinzenparadiesschnäpper Чёрная райская мухоловка	サンコウチョウ (三光鳥) sankōchō 'three-lights bird' (cry sounds like 'tsuki hi hoshi = moon sun stars, i.e., the 'three lights')	サンコウ (三光) sankō 'three lights'	紫寿带 (紫壽帶) zǐ shòu-dài 'purple longevity ribbon' or 紫寿带鸟 (紫壽帶鳥) zǐ shòu-dài niǎo 'purple longevity ribbon bird' (alt in 1)	(紫寿带) 紫壽帶 zǐ shòu-dài 'purple longevity ribbon' Taiwan formerly: (绶带鸟) 綬帶鳥 shòu-dài-niǎo 'coloured-ribbon bird'	黑寿带 (黑壽帶) hēi shòu-dài 'black longevity ribbon'	삼광조 sam-gwang-jo 'three-lights-bird'

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