Sturnidae - 椋鸟科 - ムクドリ科

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SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH		CHINESE			JAPANESE		VIETNAMESE
Latin	English	Chinese (Mainland)	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Japanese	Other J	Vietnamese	Other V
Acridotheres tristis	Common myna Common mynah House myna (Cheng)	家八哥 jiā bā-gē 'house bage'			カバイロハッカ (樺色八哥) kaba-iro hakka 'birch-coloured hakka' (=reddish yellow/yellowish brown colour)		Sáo nâu 'brown sao'
Acridotheres fuscus	Jungle myna Indian jungle mynah	丛林八哥 cónglín bā-gē 'jungle bage'			モリハッカ (森八哥) mori hakka 'forest hakka'
Acridotheres grandis See note	Great myna White-vented myna Great mynah Jungle myna (Cheng)	林八哥 lín bā-gē 'forest bage'			オオハッカ (大八哥) ō hakka 'large hakka'		Sáo mỏ vàng 'golden-billed sao'
Acridotheres javanicus	White-vented myna Javan myna	爪哇八哥 bái-lǐng bā-gē 'white-collared bage'			--
Acridotheres albocinctus	Collared myna (Cheng) White-collared mynah	白领八哥 bái-lǐng bā-gē 'white-collared bage'			シロエリハッカ (白襟八哥) shiro-eri hakka 'white-collared hakka'
Acridotheres cristatellus	Crested myna (Cheng) Chinese jungle mynah	八哥 bā-gē 'bage' ('eight big-brother', from shape of wing markings)	八哥 bā-gē 'bage' ('eight big-brother', from shape of wing markings)	鸲鹆 qùyù 'quyu' 牛背鹩 niú-bèi liáo 'ox-back liao' (cf liaoge below) 鹦鹆 yīng-yù 'parrot yu' 寒皋 hán-gào 'cold riverbank' (literal) 华华 huáhuá 'splendid splendid' (literal)	ハッカチョウ (八哥鳥) hakka-chō 'hakka bird' (from Chinese)	ハハチョウ (叭叭鳥 or haha-chō 'haha bird' カーレン (加令) kāren (Taiwanese subspecies) probably from Chinese. コキュウカンチョウ (小九官鳥) ko kyūkan-chō 'small nine-rank bird' (see Gracula religiosa below)	Sáo đen 'black sao' or Sáo mỏ ngà 'ivory-billed sao'
Ampeliceps coronatus	Golden-crested myna (Cheng) Gold-crested mynah	金冠树八哥 jīn-guàn shù bā-gē 'golden-crested tree bage'			キガシラムクドリ (黄頭椋鳥) ki-gashira muku-dori 'yellow-headed starling'		Sáo vàng 'golden sao'
Gracula religiosa	Hill myna Southern grackle Grackle (Cheng) Indian grackle	鹩哥 liáo-gē 'liaoge'		秦吉了 qín-jí-liǎo 'Qin jiliao' (Qín area is Shaanxi prov.) 情急了 qíng-jí- liǎo 'impatient' (folk etymology of the above?) 八哥 bā-gē 'bage' 了哥 liǎo-gē 'liaoge' variation on liáo-gē 九官鸟 jiǔguān-niǎo 'nine-rank bird' (possibly from Japanese)	キュウカンチョウ (九官鳥) kyūkan-chō 'nine-rank bird' (one theory : the bird comes after the eight Chinese bureaucratic ranks but ahead of ordinary commoners in intelligence)	シンキツリョウ (秦吉了) shin-kitsu-ryō from Chinese qinjiliao -- see left.	Nhồng 'nhong' or Yểng 'yeng'	Sáo đá 'stone thrush' (generally used for the Common starling and the Hill myna) Chim bạch đầu ông 'white-headed grandfather bird' (from V-E dictionary - not confirmed)
Latin	English	Chinese (Mainland)	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Japanese	Other J	Vietnamese	Other V

3. Notes

The distribution of the Sturnidae in East Asia can be seen at Tzung-Su Ding's Distribution of STURNIDAE in East Asia.

1. The treatment of Acridotheres is confused.

A. grandis in the table is classed by M&P (Yunnan, China) as A. cinereus grandis (White-vented myna), with the note that it has been treated as A. fuscus but is more likely cospecific with A. javanicus and A. grandis. The Chinese name given is 林八哥 lín bā-gē 'forest bage', with 白臀八哥 bái tún bā-gē 'white-vented bage' as an alternative.
Nguyen, Le & Phillipps (Vietnam) also class it as A. cinereus. (However, the Vietnamese name, Sáo mỏ vàng 'golden-billed sao', is the same as that of A. grandis in Vo Quy & Nguyen Cu).
The Atlas of Birds of China gives A. (? fuscus) grandis.
Howard and Moore (2003) do not rule out the possibility that A. javanicus, A. cinereus and A. fuscus are one species, A. cinereus.

For detailed information on distinctions among species, see this Chinese (traditional) site on the Question of the Mynas.

2. The Japanese alternative name for S. cineraceus, ハクトウオウ hakutō-ō, written 白頭翁, should not be confused with the Chinese bird 白头翁 bái-tóu-wēng, written with the same characters. 白头翁 bái-tóu-wēng refers to Pycnonotus sinensis, the Chinese bulbul.

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