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The woodpeckers are known appropriately enough as 啄木 'peck-wood' (i.e. 'woodpecker') or 啄木鳥 'peck-wood bird' ('woodpecking bird'). With their very distinctive woodpecking habit, woodpeckers have a range of popular and dialect names. These include 鑿木鳥 'wood-drilling bird', 錛打木 'adze-strike-wood', 錛得兒木 'adze-get-wood', 錛啄兒鸟 'adze-peck bird', 打木 'strike-wood' and 噴打木 'jet-strike-wood' (where 'jet' refers to a sudden gushing action).
鴷 is an older, more literary Chinese word for woodpecker, sometimes rendered as 裂 'cut-to-pieces', probably a character usage based on folk etymology. This name is used in some other ornithological names, such as those of the barbets (Ramphastidae).
The Wryneck has a number of popular names referring to its distinctive neck or characteristic coloration.
Species names
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Jynx torquilla |
Northern wryneck or Eurasian wryneck |
地啄木 (地啄木) 'ground wood-pecker' (31) |
(蟻鴷) 蚁䴕 'ant woodpecker' |
蛇皮鳥 (蛇皮鸟) 'snake skin bird' (northern) (FS) 樹皮鳥 (树皮鸟) 'tree-bark bird' (FS) 蛇頭鳥 (蛇头鸟) 'snake-headed bird' 歪脖 (歪脖) 'crooked neck' (FS) 歪脖鳥 (歪脖鸟) 'crooked-necked bird' 地啄必鳥 (地啄必鸟) 'ground pecking bird' (southern) (FS) 鶇頸 (鸫颈) 'thrush neck' (dict) (FS) 鶇鷂 (鸫鹞) 'thrush sparrowhawk' (FS) |
アリスイ (蟻吸) ari-sui 'ant-sucker' |
개미잡이 gaemijabi 'ant jabi?' |
Chim Vẹo cổ 'twisted-necked bird' (12, 13, 34) |
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| Picus canus |
Grey-headed woodpecker Grey-faced woodpecker Black-naped green woodpecker |
綠啄木 (绿啄木) 'green wood-pecker' |
(灰頭綠啄木鳥) 灰头绿啄木鸟 'grey-headed green wood-pecking bird' (1, 2, 3, 4) 灰頭啄木鳥 (灰头啄木鸟) 'grey-headed wood-pecking bird' (5) |
黑枕綠啄木鳥 (黑枕绿啄木鸟) 'black-naped green wood-pecking bird' (6, 7) 綠錛得木 (绿锛得木) 'green adze-get-tree' (dialect) 綠噴打木 (绿喷打木) 'green jet-strike-wood' (dialect) 香噴打木 (香喷打木) 'fragrant jet-strike-wood' (northern) (FS) 黄啄木 (黄啄木) 'yellow wood-pecker' (southern) (FS) 山啄木 (山啄木) 'mountain wood-pecker' (FS) 火老鴉 (火老鸦) 'fire crow' (Materia Medica) (FS) 山鴷 (山䴕) 'mountain woodpecker' 山裂 (山裂) 'mountain cut-into-bits' (dict) (FS) |
ヤマゲラ (山啄木鳥) yama-gera 'mountain woodpecker' |
청딱다구리 cheong-ttakdaguri 'green woodpecker' |
Chim Gõ kiến xanh gáy đen 'black-naped blue/green ant-pecking bird' (12, 13, 34) |
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| Dendrocopos leucotos Picoides leucotos |
White-backed woodpecker | 大赤啄木 (大赤啄木) 'large red wood-pecker' |
(白背啄木鳥) 白背啄木鸟 'white-backed wood-pecking bird' |
オオアカゲラ (大赤啄木鳥) ō aka-gera 'large red woodpecker' |
큰오색딱다구리 keun o-saek-ttakdaguri 'large five-coloured woodpecker' |
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Dendrocopos canicapillus Picoides canicapillus (No 43) |
Grey-capped pygmy woodpecker Grey-capped woodpecker Grey-crowned woodpecker Grey-headed pygmy woodpecker Grey crown pigmy woodpecker |
小啄木 (小啄木) 'small wood-pecker' |
(星頭啄木鳥) 星头啄木鸟 'star-headed wood-pecking bird' |
紅星啄木 (红星啄木) 'red-starred wood-pecker' (FS) 星斑頭啄木鳥 (星斑头啄木鸟) 'star-stripe-headed wood-pecking bird' (FS) 紅星頭噴打木 (红星头喷打木) 'red star-headed jet-strike-wood' (FS) 小噴打木 (小喷打木) 'small jet-strike-wood' (FS) 紅點噴打木 (红点喷打木) 'red-spotted jet-strike-wood' (northern) (FS) 小鴷 (小䴕) 'small woodpecker' 小裂 (小裂) 'small cut-into-bits' (FS) 一點紅 (一点红) 'one spot red' (FS) 北啄木鳥 (北啄木鸟) 'northern wood-pecking bird' (southern) (FS) |
セグロコゲラ (背黒小啄木鳥) se-guro ko-gera 'black-backed small woodpecker' |
아물쇠딱다구리 amul-soe-ttakdaguri 'amul small woodpecker' |
Chim Gõ kiến nhỏ đầu xám 'grey-headed small ant-pecking bird' (12, 13, 34) |
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A Complete Checklist of Species and Subspecies of the Chinese Birds (Revised Edition) by Cheng Tso-Hsin, Science Press, Beijing 2000
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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
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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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