Podicipedidae
カイツブリ科
kaitsuburi ka

General

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The Japanese word for the grebe is カイツブリ kaitsuburi. The name is written 鸊鷉 following the Chinese. カイツムリ kaitsumuri is a variant pronunciation, also written 鸊鷉.

An alternative name for the Little grebe is ニオ nio (written 鳰) or nio-dori (written 鳰鳥). The character 鳰 is a Japanese creation.

Species names

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SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		JAPANESE		CHINESE			KOREAN
Tachybaptus
Latin	Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru	Japanese	Other J	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Korean
Tachybaptus ruficollis Podiceps ruficollis	Little grebe Dabchick Grèbe castagneux Zwergtaucher Малая поганка	カイツブリ (鸊鷉) kaitsuburi 'grebe'	カイツムリ (鸊鷉) kaitsumuri ニオ (鳰) nio 'nio' ニオドリ (鳰鳥) nio-dori 'nio bird' Myriad names around Japan. See Hiraizumi	小䴙䴘 (小鷿鷈) xiǎo pìtī 'small grebe'	(小䴙䴘) 小鷿鷈 xiǎo pìtī 'small grebe'	水葫芦 (水葫蘆) shuǐ húlu 'water hyacinth' 王八鸭子 (王八鴨子) wáng-bā yāzi 'cuckold?/shameless? duck'	논병아리 non-byeongari 'paddy-fowl/chicken'
Podiceps
Latin	Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru	Japanese	Other J	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Korean
Podiceps grisegena	Red-necked grebe Grèbe jougris Rothalstaucher Серощекая поганка	アカエリカイツブリ (赤襟鸊鷉) aka-eri kaitsuburi 'red-collared grebe'		赤颈䴙䴘 (赤頸鷿鷈) chì-jǐng pìtī 'red-necked grebe'			큰논병아리 keun-non-byeongari 'large paddy-fowl/chicken'
Podiceps cristatus	Great crested grebe Grèbe huppé Haubentaucher Большая поганка	カンムリカイツブリ (冠鸊鷉) kanmuri kaitsuburi 'crested grebe'		凤头䴙䴘 (鳳頭鷿鷈) fèng-tóu pìtī 'phoenix-headed grebe'	(冠䴙䴘) 冠鷿鷈 guān pìtī 'crested grebe'	㥽䴙䴘 (㥽䴙䴘) cè pìtī 'cè grebe' (dict) (FS) 浪里白 (浪裡白) làng-lǐ bái 'white in the waves' (FS) 水老呱 (水老呱) shuǐ lǎo-guā 'water old guā' (or 'water crow') (FS) 水驴子 (水驢子) shuǐ lǘzi 'water mule' (FS)	뿔논병아리 ppul-lon-byeongari 'horned paddy-fowl/chicken'
Podiceps auritus	Slavonian grebe or Horned grebe Grèbe esclavon Ohrentaucher Красношейная поганка	ミミカイツブリ (耳鸊鷉) mimi kaitsuburi 'eared grebe''		角䴙䴘 (角鷿鷈) jiǎo pìtī 'horned grebe'	(角䴙䴘) 角鷿鷈 jiǎo pìtī 'horned grebe'		귀뿔논병아리 gwi-ppul-lon-byeongari 'eared horned paddy-fowl/chicken'
Podiceps nigricollis	Black-necked grebe or Eared grebe Grèbe à cou noir Schwarzhalstaucher Черношейная поганка	ハジロカイツブリ (羽白鸊鷉) ha-jiro kaitsuburi 'white-winged grebe'		黑颈䴙䴘 (黑頸鷿鷈) hēi-jǐng pìtī 'black-necked grebe'	(黑頸䴙䴘) 黑頸鷿鷈 hēi-jǐng pìtī 'black-necked grebe'		검은목논병아리 geomeun-mong-non-byeongari 'black-necked paddy-fowl/chicken'

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