Upupidae
Өвөөлжийнхөн
övööljiŋkheŋ

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The Hoopoe is known in Mongolian by a number of variant names, including two almost parallel sets:

• Өвөөлж övöölj and Өвөөлжгөнө övööljgön.
• Бөвөөлж bövöölj, Бөвөөлжин bövööljiŋ, and Бөвөөлжгөнө bövööljgön

The Buryat version of the second name is Бүбөөлжэн bübööljen.

There is also the name Данан бялзуухай danaŋ byalzuukhai, meaning 'danaŋ finch' (where бялзуухай byalzuukhai is a general name for small birds). The Hoopoe also appears to have been known by the name Ит it, which is more commonly used for the jays.

The 2007 Ornithological names combine two of the commonest names into the double-barrelled Бөвөөлжин өвөөлж bövööljiŋ övöölj.

Species names

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SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		MONGOLIAN			EAST ASIAN			TURKIC
Upupa
Latin	English/Russian	Mongolian	Inner M	Other M	Chinese	Japanese	Korean	Kazakh	Turkish
Upupa epops	Common hoopoe Eurasian hoopoe Hoopoe Удод	Бөвөөлжин өвөөлж ᠪᠦᠪᠡᠭᠡᠯᠵᠢᠨ ᠦᠪᠣᠭᠡᠯᠵᠢ bövööljiŋ övöölj 'hoopoe hoopoe'	Бөвөөлжин ᠪᠦᠪᠡᠭᠡᠯᠵᠢᠨ bövööljiŋ 'hoopoe' (31, 32)	Mongolia formerly: Өвөөлж ᠦᠪᠣᠭᠡᠯᠵᠢ övöölj 'hoopoe' Inner M formerly: Өвөөлж ᠦᠪᠣᠭᠡᠯᠵᠢ övöölj 'hoopoe' (alt in 31) Other: Бөвөөлж ᠪᠦᠪᠡᠭᠡᠯᠵᠢ bövöölj 'hoopoe' Бөвөөлжгөнө ᠪᠦᠪᠡᠭᠡᠯᠵᠢᠭᠡᠨ᠎ᠡ bövööljgön 'hoopoe' Өвөөлжгөнө ᠦᠪᠡᠭᠡᠯᠵᠢᠭᠡᠨ᠎ᠡ övööljgön 'hoopoe' Бүвээлжин ᠪᠦᠪᠡᠭᠡᠯᠵᠢᠨ bübeeljin 'hoopoe' Бүбөөлжэн ᠪᠦᠪᠡᠭᠡᠯᠵᠢᠨ bübööljen 'hoopoe' (Buryat)	戴胜 (戴勝) dài-shèng 'wear headdress' Taiwan: (戴胜) 戴勝 dài-shèng 'wear headdress'	ヤツガシラ (戴勝) yatsu-gashira 'eight heads' (but written 'wear headdress', from Chinese)	후투티 hututi 'hoopoe'	Бәбісек bäbisek 'hoopoe'	İbibik 'hoopoe' or Hüthüt 'hoopoe' (alternative name)

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