Meropidae

(蜂虎科 Fēng-hǔ kē ハチクイ科 Hachi-kui ka Họ Trảu)

(Note: Some CJV Family and subfamily names under Monroe and Sibley are only tentative at this stage)

1. General names

Chinese: The bee-eaters, found in the south of China, are officially known as 蜂虎 fēng-hǔ 'bee-tiger', or more informally the 食蜂鸟 shí-fēng-niǎo 'eat bee bird'.

Japanese: The bee-eaters are known as ハチクイ hachi-kui, or 'bee-eaters', written in characters (kanji) as 蜂喰. The only bee-eater that has been found in Japan is Merops ornatus, with one specimen collected in Miyako-jima in the far south in 1904.

Vietnamese: The bee-eaters are known in Vietnamese as Trảu.

2. Species names

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CHINESE
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VIETNAMESE
Latin English Chinese (Mainland) Chinese (Taiwan) Other Ch Japanese Other J Vietnamese Other V
Nyctyornis amictus / amicta
binoculars		 Red-bearded bee-eater/
Red-breasted bee-eater 		赤须夜蜂虎
chì-xū yè fēng-hǔ
'red-bearded night bee-tiger' 		    ムネアカハチクイ
(胸赤蜂喰)
mune-aka hachi-kui
'red-breasted bee-eater' 		   
Nyctyornis athertoni
binoculars 		Blue-bearded bee-eater
(Cheng)
Blue-bearded bee eater 		蓝须夜蜂虎
lán-xū yè fēng-hǔ
'blue-bearded night bee-tiger'
(ZGM, ChengW, Cheng, ZGMCh, M&P, Atlas)
夜蜂虎
yè fēng-hǔ
'night bee-tiger'
(Alternative in ChengW, Cheng, M&P, Atlas) 		    アオムネハチクイ
(青胸蜂喰)
ao-mune hachi-kui
'blue-breasted bee-eater' 		  Trảu lớn
'large trau'
Merops orientalis
binocularsbinocularsbinoculars 		Green bee-eater
(Cheng)
Little green bee eater 		绿喉蜂虎
lǜ-hóu fēng-hǔ
'green-throated bee-tiger' 		    ミドリハチクイ
(緑蜂喰)
midori hachi-kui
'green bee-eater' 		  Trảu đầu hung
'reddish-headed trau'		  
Merops viridis
binoculars 		Blue-throated bee-eater (Cheng)
Chestnut-headed bee eater 		蓝喉蜂虎
lán-hóu fēng-hǔ
'blue-throated bee-tiger'
(ZGM, ChengW, Cheng, ZGMCh, M&P)
栗头蜂虎
lì-tóu fēng-hǔ
'chestnut-headed bee-tiger'
(Viney, Atlas; conflicts with M. leschenaulti below) 		  食蜂鸟
shí-fēng-niǎo
'eat bee bird'
 ルリノドハチクイ
(瑠璃喉蜂喰 or 琉璃喉蜂喰)
ruri-nodo hachi-kui
'lapiz-lazuli throated bee-eater' 		  Trảu họng xanh
'blue-throated trau' 		 
Merops philippinus
binocularsbinoculars 		Blue-tailed bee-eater (Cheng)
Blue-cheeked bee eater 		栗喉蜂虎
lì-hóu fēng-hǔ
'chestnut-throated bee-tiger'
(incl. Viney)		     ハリオハチクイ
(針尾蜂喰)
hari-o hachi-kui
'spine-tailed bee-eater' 		  Trảu ngực nâu
'brown-breasted trau'
(M. superciliosus philippinus)		  
Merops ornatus
binocularsbinoculars		 Rainbow bee-eater
Australian bee-eater
Rainbow bee eater 		彩虹蜂虎
cǎihóng fēng-hǔ
'rainbow bee-tiger' (ZGM)
虹彩蜂虎
hóngcǎi fēng-hǔ
'rainbow bee-tiger' (ChengW)		     ハチクイ
(蜂喰)
hachi-kui
'bee-eater' 		     
Merops apiaster
binocularsbinocularsbinoculars 		European bee-eater (Cheng)
European bee eater 		黄喉蜂虎
huáng-hóu fēng-hǔ
'yellow-throated bee-tiger' 		    ヨーロッパハチクイ
(ヨーロッパ蜂喰)
Yōroppa hachi-kui
'European bee-eater' 		     
Merops leschenaulti
binoculars 		Chestnut-headed bee-eater (Cheng)
Bay-headed bee eater 		栗头蜂虎
lì-tóu fēng-hǔ
'chestnut-headed bee-tiger'
(ZGM, ChengW, Cheng, ZGMCh, M&P)
黑胸蜂虎
hēi-xiōng fēng-hǔ
'black-breasted bee-tiger' (Atlas. Alternative in Cheng) 		    チャガシラハチクイ
(茶頭蜂喰)
cha-gashira hachi-kui
'brown-headed bee-eater' 		  Trảu họng vàng
'golden-throated trau' 		 
Latin English Chinese (Mainland) Chinese (Taiwan) Other Ch Japanese Other J Vietnamese Other V

3. Notes

The distribution of the Meropidae in East Asia may be found at Tzung-Su Ding's Distribution of CORACIIFORMES in East Asia.

Merops philippinus has been split off from M. superciliosus (found in Southern Africa).