Pteroclidae

(沙鸡科 Shā-jī kē サケイ科 Sa-kei ka)

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

1. General names

Chinese: The Pteroclidae (or Pteroclididae) are known as 沙鸡 shā-jī ('sand fowl') in Chinese.

Japanese: The Japanese name for the sand grouse is サケイ sa-kei, written 沙鶏 or 砂鶏, ('sand fowl'). Etymologically, this is directly related to the Chinese term. Only Syrrhaptes paradoxus is found in Japan, and then only as a vagrant.

Vietnamese: The sand grouse are not found in Vietnam.

2. Species names

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Latin English Chinese Chinese (Taiwan) Other Ch Japanese Other J Vietnamese Other V
Syrrhaptes tibetanus
binoculars		 Tibetan sandgrouse 西藏毛腿沙鸡
Xīzàng máo-tuǐ shā-jī
'Tibetan hairy-legged sand fowl' 		    チベットサケイ
(チベット沙鶏 or チベット砂鶏)
Chibetto sa-kei
'Tibetan sand-fowl'		      
Syrrhaptes paradoxus
binoculars		 Pallas's sandgrouse 毛腿沙鸡
máo-tuǐ shā-jī
'hairy-legged sand fowl' 		  沙鸡
shā-jī
'sand fowl'
寇雉
kòu-zhì
'bandit pheasant'
辍鸡
chuò-jī
'chuo fowl'
突厥雀
Tūjué-què
'Tujue (ancient name for Turks) sparrow/finch'		 サケイ
(沙鶏 or 砂鶏)
sa-kei
'sand-fowl'		      
Pterocles orientalis
binocularsbinoculars		 Black-bellied sandgrouse 黑腹沙鸡
hēi-fù shā-jī
'black-bellied sand fowl' 		    オオサケイ
(大沙鶏 or 大砂鶏)
ō sa-kei
'large sand-fowl' 		     

3. Notes

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