Troglodytinae

(鹪鹩亚科 Jiāoliáo yà-kē ミソサザイ亜科 Misosazai a-ka)

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

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The Troglodytinae belong to the family Certhiidae. The Certhiinae (treecreepers) also belong to this family.

1. General names

Chinese: The wren is known as a 鹪鹩 jiāoliáo in Chinese.

Japanese: The Japanese name for the wren is ミソサザイ misosazai, written with the Chinese characters 鷦鷯 (adopted directly from Chinese, no connection with the Japanese sound).

Vietnamese: The wren is not found in Vietnam. However, non-specialist dictionaries give Hồng tước ('red sparrow') and Chim giỏ giẻ as Vietnamese names for the 'wren' or 'jenny wren'.

2. Species names

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CHINESE
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Latin English Chinese (Mainland) Chinese (Taiwan) Other Ch Japanese common Other J Vietnamese common Other V
Troglodytes troglodytes
binocularsbinoculars
Winter wren
Wren (Cheng)		 鹪鹩
jiāoliáo
'jiaoliao'		 鷦鷯
jiāoliáo
'jiaoliao'		 布母
bù- mǔ
'cloth mother'
巧妇
qiǎo-fù
'quick lady'
巧妇鸟
qiǎo-fù-niǎo
'quick lady bird'
桑飞
sāng-fēi
'mulberry flight'
鹪
jiāo-miǎo
'jiaomiao' 		ミソサザイ
(鷦鷯)
misosazai
'misosazai'		 カキチンナイ
kakichinnai
'kakichinnai'
ミソッチョ
misotcho
'misotcho'
ショウリョウ
(鷦鷯)
shōryō
On (Chinese-style) reading of the characters for 'wren'		    

3. Notes

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