Upupidae

1. General names

Chinese: In Chinese, the Hoopoe is known as 戴胜 dài-shèng, literally 'wear headdress'. There are also several popular names.

Japanese: In Japanese, the Hoopoe is known as ヤツガシラ yatsu-gashira, meaning 'eight-heads'. However, it is written with the characters 戴勝, from the Chinese.

Vietnamese: The Hoopoe is known as the Đầu rìu 'hatched head' (or 'axed head') due to its distinctive crown.

2. Species names

SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH		CHINESE			JAPANESE		VIETNAMESE
Latin	English	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Japanese	Other J	Vietnamese	Other V
Upupa
Upupa epops	Common hoopoe Eurasian hoopoe Hoopoe (Cheng)	戴胜 dài-shèng 'wear headdress'	戴勝 dài-shèng 'wear headdress'	呼呼哱 hū-hū-bō huhubo (onomatopoeic) 呼哱哱 hū-bō-bō hubobo (onomatopoeic) 山和尚 shān héshang 'mountain monk' (also used for the Jay) 臭姑鸪 chòu gū-gū 'smelly gu (aunt) gu (bird)' (cf Harpactes erythrocephalus, Red-headed trogon) 花蒲扇 huā pú shàn 'flowery palm fan' (north) 发伞头鸟 fà-sǎn-tóu-niǎo 'hair umbrella head bird' (south) 鸡冠鸟 jī-guàn-niǎo 'coxcomb bird'	ヤツガシラ (戴勝) yatsu-gashira 'eight heads' (but written with the same characters as Chinese)		Đầu rìu 'hatched head'

3. Notes

Vietnamese:

According to the Vietnamese English dictionary of Bui Phung (1996), another word for 'hoopoe' is Chim rẻ quạt, meaning 'fan-spoke bird', a reference to the bird's distinctive crown. Officially, however, Chim rẻ quạt is applied to the fantails.