Sulidae

(鲣鸟科 Jiān-niǎo kē カツオドリ科 Katsuo-dori ka Họ Chim điên)

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

1. General names

Chinese: The boobies (or gannets) are known as 'bonito birds' (鲣鸟 jiān-niǎo) in Chinese for their habit of flocking above shoals of bonito. It seems likely that the name was borrowed from the Japanese.

Japanese: The Japanese name for the boobies/gannets is カツオドリ katsuo-dori, also meaning 'bonito bird' and written with the same characters as Chinese (鰹鳥).

Vietnamese: The Vietnamese name for the booby is Chim điên, meaning 'crazy bird' or 'insane bird'.

2. Species names

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CHINESE
JAPANESE
VIETNAMESE
Latin English Chinese (Mainland) Chinese (Taiwan) Other Ch Japanese Other J Vietnamese Other V
Sula dactylatra Masked booby
Blue-faced booby 		蓝脸鲣鸟
lán-liǎn jiān-niǎo
'blue-faced bonito bird'
(incl. Viney)		    
アオツラカツオドリ
(青面鰹鳥)
ao-tsura katsuo-dori
'blue-faced bonito bird'		   Chim điên mặt xanh
'blue-faced crazy bird' 		 
Sula sula
binoculars 		Red-footed booby 红脚鲣鸟
hóng-jiǎo jiān-niǎo
'red-legged bonito bird'
(incl. Viney)		     アカアシカツオドリ
(赤足鰹鳥)
aka-ashi katsuo-dori
'red-legged bonito bird' 		  Chim điên chân đỏ
'red-footed crazy bird' 		 
Sula leucogaster
binocularsbinoculars 		Brown booby 褐鲣鸟
hè jiān-niǎo
'brown bonito bird'
(incl. Viney)		 白腹鰹鳥
bái-fù jiān-niǎo
'white-bellied bonito bird' 		  カツオドリ
(鰹鳥)
katsuo-dori
'bonito bird'		   Chim điên bụng trắng
'white-bellied crazy bird'