Birds in Japanese - Vocabulary

In this article, we will see a list of Japanese words related to birds. I hope you enjoy this extensive list of birds in Japanese. Besides the birds in Japanese, at the end of the article, we will have a list of onomatopoeias and related words.

It is worth remembering that although the names of birds in Japanese are written with kanji (ideograms), it is more common to write them in katakana or sometimes hiragana. This happens quite often with the names of animals and birds.

• Bird in Japanese is called tori [鳥];

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List of Birds in Japanese

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Portuguese	Japanese	Romaji
vulture	ハゲワシ	hagewashi
albatross	アホウドリ	ahōdori
swallow	燕	tsubame
swift	雨燕	ama tsubame
ostrich	駝鳥	dachō
hawk	鷹	taka
hummingbird	蜂鳥	hachidori
canary	金糸雀	kanaria
stork	シュバシコウ	shubashikō
great tit	四十雀	shijūkara
swans	白鳥	hakuchō
quail	ウズラ	uzura
condor	コンドル	kondoru
owl	トラフズク	torafuzuku
great horned owl	ワシミミズク	washi mimizuku
crow	渡鴉	watari garasu
lark	雲雀	hibari
cuckoo	郭公	kakkō
dom-fafe	鷽	uso
starling	ムクドリ	mukudori
pheasant	キジ	kiji
falcon	隼	hayabusa
flamingo	フラミンゴ	furamingo
seagull	鴎	kamome
wood hen	エゾライチョウ	ezo raichō
goose	ガチョウ	gachō
heron	鷺	sagi
gray jay	鴉	karasu
white-tailed jay	深山烏	miyama garasu
gray-necked crow	ニシコクマルガラス	nishikokumaru garasu
crane	鶴	tsuru
blackbird	クロウタドリ	kurōtadori
parrot	オウム	ōmu
sparrow	雀	suzume
duck	鴨	kamo
peacock	孔雀	kujaku
magpie	鵲	kasasagi
pelican	ペリカン	perikan
gray partridge	ヨーロッパヤマウズラ	yōroppa yamauzura
woodpecker	キツツキ	kitsutsuki
penguin	ペンギン	pengin
dove	鳩	hato
bird	鳥	tori
nightingale	サヨナキドリ	sayonakidori
finch	ズアオアトリ	zuaoatori
capercaillie	ヨーロッパオオライチョウ	yōroppa ōraichō
lyrebird	クロライチョウ	kuro raichō
song thrush	歌鶫	uta tsugumi
fieldfare	ノハラツグミ	nohara tsugumi
eagle	鷲	washi

Bird Sounds in Japanese

To conclude the article, we will complement it with some bird sounds in Japanese. If you liked the article, share this amazing site that teaches Japanese for free with your friends.

• clucking – kokkotto naku [コッコッと鳴く]
• singing – kokekokkō to naku [コケコッコーと鳴く]
• singing – saezuru [さえずる]
• chirping, warbling – saezuru [さえずる]
• cock-a-doodle-doo – kokekokkō [コケコッコー]
• cawing – kākā to naku [カーカーと鳴く]
• quacking – gāgā naku [ガーガー鳴く]
• screaming – naku [鳴く]
• tweeting – pīpī naku [ピーピー鳴く]

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