Monarchidae
王鶲科
wáng-wēng kē

General

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The two genera of Monarchidae are named separately in Chinese.

1. The paradise flycatchers (Terpsiphone) are known as 綬帶鳥 shòu-dài-niǎo 'coloured ribbon bird' or 綬帶 shòu-dài 'coloured ribbon' because of their colourful appearance. Since 'coloured ribbon' can refer to the type of ribbon that is used on a coffin, the more auspicious-sounding 壽帶 shòu-dài 'longevity belt' is more common.

2. The monarch flycatcher is known as 籃鶲 lán wēng 'blue flycatcher', a direct translation of the English name 'blue flycatcher'. On the Mainland, it is known as 王鶲 wáng-wēng 'king flycatcher', which is a calque on English 'monarch flycatcher'.

鶲 wēng is used in Chinese for most species known as 'flycatchers' in English at the time of naming. Aside from the monarch flycatchers, this includes many species in the Muscicapidae and Rhipiduridae (fantails). 鶲 wēng in the sense of 'flycatcher' was taken into Chinese from Japanese, where it is used to write hitaki 'flycatcher'.

Family name

The Mainland name, 王鶲 wáng-wēng 'king flycatcher', is used for the Taiwanese family name in preference to either of the local names.

Species names

SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH		CHINESE			JAPANESE		OTHER
Hypothymis
Latin	English	Chinese (Taiwan)	Chinese (Mainland)	Other Ch	Japanese	Other J	Korean	Vietnamese
Hypothymis azurea	Black-naped monarch Black-naped blue monarch Black-naped monarch flycatcher	黑枕藍鶲 (黑枕蓝鹟) hēi-zhěn lán-wēng 'black-naped blue flycatcher'	(黑枕王鶲) 黑枕王鹟 hēi-zhěn wáng-wēng 'black-naped king flycatcher'		クロエリヒタキ (黒襟鶲) kuro-eri hitaki 'black-collared flycatcher'			Chim Đớp ruồi xanh gáy đen 'black-naped blue/green fly-snapping bird' (12, 13, 34)
Terpsiphone
Latin	English	Chinese (Taiwan)	Chinese (Mainland)	Other Ch	Japanese	Other J	Korean	Vietnamese
Terpsiphone paradisi	Indian Paradise-flycatcher Asian Paradise-flycatcher Asiatic paradise flycatcher Paradise flycatcher	亞洲壽帶 (亚洲寿带) yàzhōu shòu-dài 'Asian longevity ribbon'	(壽帶) 寿带 shòu-dài 'longevity ribbon' or (壽帶鳥) 寿带鸟 shòu-dài-niǎo 'longevity ribbon bird' (alt in 1)	練鵲 (练鹊) liàn què 'silk-ribbon magpie' 練雀 (练雀) liàn què 'silk-ribbon sparrow' 長尾鶲 (长尾鹟) cháng-wěi wēng 'long-tailed flycatcher' (31) 一枝花 (一枝花) yī zhī huā 'one flower' 紫帶子 (紫带子) zǐ dàizi 'purple belt' 白帶子 (白带子) bái dàizi 'white belt' 老白帶子 (老白带子) lǎo bái dàizi 'old white belt' 長尾巴鶇 (长尾巴鸫) cháng-wěiba dōng 'long-tailed thrush' 長尾鶲 (长尾鹟) cháng-wě wēng 'long-tailed flycatcher' 三光鳥 (三光鸟) sānguāng-niǎo 'three lights bird' (probably from Japanese)	カワリサンコウチョウ (変り三光鳥) kawari sankōchō 'variable three-lights bird'		별삼광조 byeol-sam-gwang-jo 'different/ unusual three-lights-bird'	Chim Thiên đường đuôi phướn 'malkoha-tailed paradise bird' (12, 13, 34)
Terpsiphone atrocaudata	Japanese paradise-flycatcher Black paradise flycatcher	紫壽帶 (紫寿带) zǐ shòu-dài 'purple longevity ribbon'	(紫壽帶) 紫寿带 zǐ shòu-dài 'purple longevity ribbon' or (紫壽帶鳥) 紫寿带鸟 zǐ shòu-dài niǎo 'purple longevity ribbon bird' (alt in 1)	Taiwan formerly: 綬帶鳥 (绶带鸟) shòu-dài-niǎo 'coloured-ribbon bird' 黑壽帶 (黑寿带) hēi shòu-dài 'black longevity ribbon'	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'	삼광조 sam-gwang-jo 'three-lights-bird'	Chim Thiên đường đuôi đen 'black-tailed paradise bird' (12, 13, 34)

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

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Birds of the World (Latin, Chinese and English Names) 2nd ed. by Cheng Tso-Hsin et al, Science Press, Beijing 2002

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(Checklist of the Classification of Birds of China 2nd edition by Cheng Tso-Hsin, Science Press, Beijing 1976)

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Chim Việt Nam Nguyễn Cử, Lê Trọng Trải, Karen Phillipps; Nhà Xuất Bản Lao Động - Xã Hội, 2000

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