Upupidae
ヤツガシラ科
yatsu-gashira ka

General

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In Japanese, the Hoopoe is known as ヤツガシラ yatsu-gashira, meaning 'eight-heads'. However, it is written with the characters 戴勝 'wear headdress', from the Chinese.

Species names

SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		JAPANESE		CHINESE			KOREAN
Upupa
Latin	Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru	Japanese	Other J	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Korean
Upupa epops	Common hoopoe Eurasian hoopoe Hoopoe Huppe fasciée Wiedehopf Удод	ヤツガシラ (戴勝) yatsu-gashira 'eight heads' (but written 'wear headdress', from Chinese)		戴胜 (戴勝) dài-shèng 'wear headdress'	(戴胜) 戴勝 dài-shèng 'wear headdress'	呼呼哱 (呼呼哱) hū-hū-bō huhubo (onomatopoeic) 呼哱哱 (呼哱哱) hū-bō-bō hubobo (onomatopoeic) 山和尚 (山和尚) shān héshang 'mountain monk' (also used for the Jay) 臭姑鸪 (臭姑鴣) chòu gū-gū 'smelly gu (aunt) gu (bird)' (31) (cf Harpactes erythrocephalus, Red-headed Trogon) 臭鸪鸪 (臭鴣鴣) chòu gū-gū 'smelly gu (aunt) gu (bird)' 花蒲扇 (花蒲扇) huā pú shàn 'flowery palm fan' (northern) 发伞头鸟 (髮傘頭鳥) fà-sǎn-tóu-niǎo 'hair umbrella head bird' (southern) 鸡冠鸟 (雞冠鳥) jī-guān-niǎo 'coxcomb bird'	후투티 hututi 'hoopoe'

汉蒙名词术语分类词典（自然科学部分） Mongolian (Cyrillic): Хятад Монгол нэр томъёоны зүйл хуваасан толь (байгалийн шинжлэх ухааны бүлэг) (Chinese-Mongolian classified terminological dictionary, natural sciences part) by 《汉蒙名词术语分类词典》编纂委员会 Mongolian (Cyrillic): "Хятад Монгол нэр томъёоны зүйл хуваасан толь" найруулах комисс (Chinese-Mongolian classified terminological dictionary editorial committee), Inner Mongolian People's Press, Hohhot 1990