General
Information is from dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections welcome. All Malaysian and Indonesian names in the process of conversion into modernised spelling only. Hover over Green Lettering to see additional information.
Pre-ornithologically there were no names particular to the Burhinidae, and these birds were among the many shorebirds called burung kedidi 'bobber (bird)'.
This complex of names is discussed more fully at the Scolopacidae.
All of the names used here are modern ornithological constructs based on:
kedidi 'bobber'
pasir 'sand'
sisir 'comb' (from the verb sisir 'to comb, to glean along the ground (as in '[beach-]comber')', but usually misunderstood as the noun sisir 'comb')
wili-wili (onomat) from the cry of Esacus recurvirostris, but extended to all Burhinidae species in ornithological Indonesian.
Species names
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
MALAY |
OTHER S. E. ASIAN |
EAST ASIAN |
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Burhinus | ||||||||
Latin |
English |
Malaysian | Other M |
Indonesian |
Thai |
Vietnamese |
Chinese |
Japanese |
Burhinus oedicnemus![]() |
Eurasian Thick-knee or Eurasian Stone-curlew Stone curlew |
Burung Pasir Padang 'field sand-bird' (25) Burung Sisir Batu 'rock comber (bird)' (24) |
นกกระแตผีเล็ก nók krà-taee-pʰĭi lék 'small spirit-lapwing (bird)' |
Chim Burin 'burin bird' (from burhinus) (12, 34) |
石鸻 (石鴴) 'stone plover' (1, 2, 4, 5) 欧石鸻 (歐石鴴) 'European stone plover' (3) |
イシチドリ (石千鳥) ishi-chidori 'stone plover' |
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Esacus | ||||||||
Latin |
English |
Malaysian | Other M |
Indonesian |
Thai |
Vietnamese |
Chinese |
Japanese |
Esacus recurvirostris Burhinus recurvirostris ![]() |
Great Thick-knee or Great Stone-curlew Great stone plover |
Burung Kedidi Malam 'night bobber (bird)' (24a, 26, 28) Burung Pasir Terumbu 'reef sand-bird' (25) Burung Sisir Air 'water comber (bird)' (24) |
Burung Wiliwili Besar 'large wiliwili' bird (onomat., from cry) Burung Wiliwili Besar 'large wiliwili' bird (onomat., from cry) (29) |
นกกระแตผีใหญ่ nók krà-taee-pʰĭi yày 'large spirit-lapwing (bird)' |
Chim Rẽ mỏ to 'large-billed snipe (bird)' (12) |
大石鸻 (大石鴴) 'large stone plover' (1, 2, 3, 4) |
ソリハシオオイシチドリ (反嘴大石千鳥) sori-hashi ō ishi-chidori 'recurved-billed large stone plover' |
Chim Việt Nam Nguyễn Cử, Lê Trọng Trải, Karen Phillipps; Nhà Xuất Bản Lao Động - Xã Hội, 2000
The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula: Vol. 2 - Passerines by Wells, David R., Christopher Helm, A&C Black, London 2007