Dendrocygnidae - 树鸭科 - リュウキュウガモ科

1. General names

Chinese: In Chinese, the whistling ducks are known as 树鸭 shù-yā, meaning 'tree ducks'.

Japanese: In Japanese, the whistling ducks are known as リュウキュウガモ Ryūkyū-gamo, meaning 'Ryukyu duck'. This is written 琉球鴨 in Chinese characters. Ryukyu is the name of the archipelago that forms an arc between Kyushu and Taiwan and includes Okinawa.

Vietnamese: The Vietnamese name for the whistling duck is Le nâu, which roughly means 'brown teal/duck'. Also called the Chim le le (see also Anatidae).

2. Species names

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SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH		CHINESE			JAPANESE		VIETNAMESE
Latin	English	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Japanese	Other J	Vietnamese	Other V
Dendrocygna bicolor	Fulvous whistling duck Fulvous whistling-duck	茶色树鸭 chá-sè shù-yā 'tea-coloured tree duck' (ZGM) 草黄树鸭 cǎo-huáng shù-yā 'grass-yellow tree duck' (ChengW)			アカリュウキュウガモ (赤琉球鴨) aka Ryūkyū-gamo 'red Ryukyu duck'
Dendrocygna arcuata	Wandering whistling duck Wandering whistling-duck	斑胸树鸭 bān-xiōng shù-yā 'stripe/spot-breasted tree duck' (ZGM, ChengW) 胸斑树鸭 xiōng-bān shù-yā 'breast stripe/spot tree duck' (Lim)			オオリュウキュウガモ (大琉球鴨) ō Ryūkyū-gamo 'large Ryukyu duck'
Dendrocygna javanica	Lesser whistling duck Lesser whistling-duck Indian whistling duck (Cheng) Lesser treeduck Whistling teal	栗树鸭 lì shù-yā 'chestnut tree duck'	樹鴨 shù-yā 'tree duck'		リュウキュウガモ (琉球鴨) Ryūkyū-gamo 'Ryukyu duck'		Le nâu 'brown teal/duck'	Chim le le 'teal/duck bird'

3. Notes

The distribution of Dendrocygnidae in East Asia can be seen at Tzung-Su Ding's Distribution of ANSERIFORMES in East Asia.