Gruidae
วงศ์นกกระเรียน
woŋ nók krà-rian

General

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The popular and ornithological general name for crane is นกกระเรียน nók krà-rian or นกกะเรียน nók kà-rian 'crane'. This general name is extended from the species-name for Grus antigone, the only native crane in most of mainland Southeast Asia.

Thai นกก(ร)ะเรียน nók k(r)à-rian is etymologically related to the crane names in other regional languages. Its particular shape appears to be a reanalysis of Khmer ក្រៀល kriəl (or kriel), interpreting the initial k- as equivalent to the Thai wildlife prefix กะ- kà- or กระ- krà-.

For the largest wading birds Thai, like most Southeast Asian languages, has a general name which spans several different families. นกกระสา nók krà-săa 'largewader' is popularly used for cranes in the Gruidae, and also for Ardea great-herons (except for egrets) (Ardeidae), storks (Ciconiidae), and ibises (Threskiornithidae). However, in modern ornithological Thai the name has been restricted to the Ardeidae and Ciconiidae. The name also has an old alternate spelling, นกกะสา nók kà-săa; and is found in other regional languages (compare Lao ນົກກະສາ nōk ká-săa and Khmer ក្រសារ krɑsaa).

Species names

GRUINAE
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		THAI		OTHER S. E. ASIAN			EAST ASIAN
Antigone
Latin	English	Thai	Other Th	Malaysian	Indonesian	Vietnamese	Chinese	Japanese
Antigone antigone Grus antigone	Sarus crane	นกกระเรียนไทย nók krà-rian tʰay 'Thai crane (bird)'	นกกระเรียน nók krà-rian 'crane (bird)' (19, 20, 21) นกกะเรียน nók kà-rian 'crane (bird)' (18) นกกาเรียน nók kaa-rian 'crane (bird)'	Grus antigone: Burung Keria 'crane (bird)' (25, 26) Burung Keria Timur 'eastern crane (bird)' (24)		Grus antigone: Chim Sếu cổ trụi 'bare-necked crane (bird)' (12, 34) or Chim Sếu đầu đỏ 'red-headed crane (bird)' (12, 13, 34)	Grus antigone: 赤颈鹤 (赤頸鶴) chì-jǐng hè 'red-necked crane'	Grus antigone: オオヅル (大鶴) ō-zuru 'large crane'
Grus
Latin	English	Thai	Other Th	Malaysian	Indonesian	Vietnamese	Chinese	Japanese
Grus virgo Anthropoides virgo	Demoiselle crane	นกกระเรียนเล็ก nók-krà-rian lék 'small crane (bird)'					Anthropoides virgo: 蓑羽鹤 (蓑羽鶴) suō yǔ hè 'raincoat feather crane' Taiwan: Anthropoides virgo: (蓑羽鹤) 蓑羽鶴 suō yǔ hè 'raincoat feather crane'	Anthropoides virgo: アネハヅル (姉羽鶴) ane-ha-zuru 'big-sister feather crane'
Grus grus	Common crane	นกกระเรียนพันธุ์ยุโรป nók krà-rian pʰan yú-rôop 'European species crane (bird)'	นกกระเรียนธรรมดา nók krà-rian tʰam-ma-daa 'common crane (bird)' (alt in 21)			Chim Sếu cổ trắng 'white-necked crane (bird)' (12, 13, 34)	灰鹤 (灰鶴) huī-hè 'grey crane' Taiwan: (灰鹤) 灰鶴 huī-hè 'grey crane'	クロヅル (黒鶴) kuro-zuru 'black crane'

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