Phoenicopteridae

(红鹳科 Hóng-guàn kē フラミンゴ科 Furamingo ka)

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

1. General names

Chinese: In Chinese, the flamingo is usually known as the 火烈鸟 huǒ-liè-niǎo 'fire-intense bird'. However, naturalists call them 红鹳 hóng-guàn, or 'red storks'. Other names are 红鹤 hóng-hè ('red crane') and 火鹤 huǒ-hè ('fire crane').
Japanese: Japanese has borrowed the English word for flamingo, フラミンゴ furamingo. They are not found in Japan.
Vietnamese: The Vietnamese word for 'flamingo' is Chim hồng hạc, or 'rosy crane bird'. Flamingoes are not found in Vietnam.

2. Species names

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Latin English Chinese Other Ch Japanese Other J Vietnamese Other V
Phoenicopterus ruber
binocularsbinoculars		 Greater flamingo 大红鹳
dà hóng-guàn
'large red stork'
 火烈鸟
huǒ-liè-niǎo
'fire intense bird'
大火烈鸟
dà huǒ-liè-niǎo
'large fire intense bird'
红鹤
hóng-hè
'red crane'
火鹤
 huǒ-hè
'fire crane'
 ベニイロフラミンゴ
(紅色フラミンゴ)
beni-iro furamingo
'red flamingo'		      

3. Notes

The distribution of Phoenicopteridae in East Asia can be found at Tzung-Su Ding's Distribution of Ciconiides in East Asia.