Procellariidae

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 Green lettering at this site hides a tool tip with glosses, further explanations, etc. Hover cursor to reveal. to see additional information.

Historically there were almost no traditional Malay names recorded for any of the pelagic seabirds. Therefore, nearly all their names are modern ornithological constructs.

Ornithological Malaysian use of olak for 'shearwater' is an artificial restriction of a more general seabird name. In the popular languages olak is a verb which describes various cyclic motions, here the tacking back-and-forth flight of seabirds often seen following in the wake of a boat at sea. The descriptive name could be applied to any of several kinds of seabirds. For example, olak olak or olak-olak (the reduplication indicating the repetitive motion) is usually cited as the name for the Brown Booby Sula leucogaster (Sulidae) rather than shearwater.

The other ornithological names are based on English, either loan-translations (as in penggunting 'shearer'), or direct borrowings (as in petral ~ petrel).

The respelling of 'petrel' as 'petral' appears to have originated accidentally in Ismail 1981 where it is also misspelt as 'petral' in the English. It has also been extended to the names of the storm-petrels (Hydrobatidae).

Ornithological naming

Malaysian

Form of Name	Literal Meaning	Ornithological Malaysian
olak	'back-and-forth'	Calonectris, Puffinus
petral	'petrel' (from English)	Bulweria, Oceanites, Oceanodroma (latter genera in Hydrobatidae)

Indonesian

Form of Name	Literal Meaning	Ornithological Indonesian
penggunting (laut)	'(sea-)shearer'	Calonectris, Puffinus
petrel	'petrel' (from English)	Bulweria

Species names

SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		MALAY			OTHER S. E. ASIAN		EAST ASIAN
Ardenna
Latin	English	Malaysian	Other M	Indonesian	Thai	Vietnamese	Chinese	Japanese
Ardenna pacifica Puffinus pacificus Puffinus pacifica	Wedge-tailed shearwater	Burung Olak Ekor Baji 'wedge-tailed back-and-forth bird' (24) Burung Olak Ekor Tirus 'tapering-tailed back-and-forth bird' (25)		Burung Penggunting-laut Pasifik 'Pacific sea-shearer (bird)' Burung Penggunting Laut 'sea shearer (bird)' (29)	นกจมูกหลอดหางพลั่ว nók ca-mùuk-lòaat hăaŋ-pʰlûa 'shovel-tailed tube-nose (bird)'		(曳尾鸌) 曳尾鹱 yè-wěi hù 'drag-tail shearwater' Taiwan: (长尾水薙鸟) 長尾水薙鳥 cháng-wěi shuǐ-tì-niǎo 'long-tailed water-shearing bird'	オナガミズナギドリ (尾長水薙鳥) o-naga mizu-nagi-dori 'long-tailed water-shearing bird'
Ardenna tenuirostris Puffinus tenuirostris	Short-tailed shearwater Slender-billed shearwater	Burung Olak Ekor Pendek 'short-tailed back-and-forth bird' (25)			นกจมูกหลอดหางสั้น nók ca-mùuk-lòaat ' tube-nose (bird)'		短尾鹱 (短尾鸌) duǎn-wěi hù 'short-tailed shearwater' Taiwan: (短尾水薙鸟) 短尾水薙鳥 duǎn-wěi shuǐ-tì-niǎo 'short-tailed water-shearing bird'	ハシボソミズナギドリ (嘴細水薙鳥) hashi-boso mizu-nagi-dori 'thin-billed water-shearing bird'
Calonectris
Latin	English	Malaysian	Other M	Indonesian	Thai	Vietnamese	Chinese	Japanese
Calonectris leucomelas Puffinus leucomelas	Streaked shearwater White-faced shearwater White-fronted shearwater	Burung Olak Berjalur 'striped back-and-forth bird' (25)		Burung Penggunting-laut Belang 'pied sea-shearer (bird)' Burung Penggunting Putih 'white shearer (bird)' (29)	นกจมูกหลอดลาย nók ca-mùuk-lòaat laay 'striped tube-nose (bird)'	Chim Hải âu mặt trắng 'white-faced hải âu (=gull) bird' (hải âu from Chinese 海鷗 hǎi'ōu 'seagull')	白额鹱 (白額鸌) bái-é hù 'white-foreheaded shearwater' Taiwan: (大水薙鸟) 大水薙鳥 dà shuǐ-tì-niǎo 'large water-shearing bird'	オオミズナギドリ (大水薙鳥) ō mizu-nagi-dori 'large water-shearing bird'
Bulweria
Latin	English	Malaysian	Other M	Indonesian	Thai	Vietnamese	Chinese	Japanese
Bulweria bulwerii	Bulwer's petrel	Burung Petral Bulwer 'Bulwer's petrel (bird)' (from English) (24, 25)		Burung Petrel Bulwer 'Bulwer's petrel (bird)' (from English) Burung Petrel Bulweri 'Bulwer's petrel (bird)' (29) (from English and scientific names)			褐燕鹱 (褐燕鸌) hè yàn-hù 'brown swallow shearwater' (2, 4) 纯褐鹱 (純褐鸌) chún-hè hù 'pure brown shearwater' (1, 3, 5) Taiwan: (穴鸟) 穴鳥 xué-niǎo 'hole bird'	アナドリ (穴鳥) ana-dori 'hole bird'

'Bulwer' misspelt 'Bullwer' at (24)

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

世界鸟类名称（拉丁文、汉文、英文对照）第二版 郑作新等 科学出版社 北京 2002年
Birds of the World (Latin, Chinese and English Names) 2nd ed. by Cheng Tso-Hsin et al, Science Press, Beijing 2002

Danh Lục Chim Việt Nam (In lần thứ hai) (Checklist of the Birds of Vietnam) Võ Quý, Nguyễn Cử, Nhà Xuất Bản Nông Nghiệp, Hà Nội 1999

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

Senarai Nama-nama Burung Semenanjung Malaysia dan Asia Tenggara by Ismail, Abdul Rahman, Perhilitan (Jabatam Perlindungan Hidupan Liar dan Taman Negara, Semenanjung Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur 1981
List of the Names of Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Southeast Asia by Ismail, Abdul Rahman, Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Peninsular Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 1981

The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula: Vol. 1 - Non-passerines by Wells, David R., Academic Press, London 1999

A Field Guide to the Birds of Java and Bali (second edition) by MacKinnon, John, Gadjah Mada University Press, Yogyakarta 1990

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