Chinese compound word adopted to write bird name

Simple Japanese Bird Names

Examples where a Chinese compound word (two or more characters) was adopted to write a Japanese bird name

Japanese word	Meaning	Chinese compound	Chinese Reading	Chinese Meaning	Notes
kuina	'rail'	秧鶏	yāng jī	'seedling fowl'
kuina	'rail'	水鶏	shuǐ jī	'water fowl'
atori	'brambling'	花鶏	huā jī	'flower fowl'	.
atori	'brambling'	猲子鳥	hé zǐ niǎo ?	?	.
isuka		交喙	jiāo-huì	'cross beak'	Also written with a Japanese-made character.
ikaru	'masked hawfinch'	桑鳲	sāng-shī	'mulberry shi'	Also written with a Japanese-made character.
ikaru	'masked hawfinch'	斑鳩	bān-jiū	'pied pigeon'	Also written with a Japanese-made character.
kera	'woodpecker'	啄木鳥	zhuó-mù-niǎo	wood-pecking bird'	Also read ki-tsutsuki ('wood-pecker')
ahiru	'domestic duck'	家鴨	jiā-yā	'house duck'	Also written 鶩.
semi / kawasemi	'kingfisher'	翡翠	fěi-cuì	'kingfisher'	See main page for more on 'kingfisher'.
semi / kawasemi	'kingfisher'	魚狗	yú-gǒu	'fish dog'	See main page for more on 'kingfisher'.
shōbin	'kingfisher'	翡翠	fěi-cuì	'kingfisher'
toki	'crested ibis'	朱鷺	zhū-lù	'red heron'	Have yet to confirm Chinese source for 桃花鳥.
toki	'crested ibis'	桃花鳥	táo-huā-niǎo	'plum flower bird'	Have yet to confirm Chinese source for 桃花鳥.
shime	'hawfinch'	蝋嘴	là-zuǐ (possibly xī zuǐ)	'wax bill'	Also written with Japanese-made characters.
mozu	'shrike'	百舌鳥	bǎi-shé-niǎo	'hundred tongue bird'	Also written 鵙.
mozu	'shrike'	百舌	bǎi-shé	'hundred tongue'	Also written 鵙.
binzui	'tree-pipit'	木鷚	mù-liù	'tree pipit'
zuku	'(eared) owl'	木菟	mù-tù	'tree + kind of plant'	木菟 is no longer current in Chinese. Also 木兔 'tree rabbit'