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Hemiprocnidae

(凤头雨燕科 Fèng-tóu yǔ-yàn kē space カンムリアマツバメ科 Kanmuri ama-tsubame ka space Họ Yến mào)

[Sibagu Vietnam]

1. General names

Found only in Asia, the tree swift is known in CJV as a 'crested swift'. To indicate the idea of a 'crest', Chinese uses the term 凤头 fèng-tóu meaning 'phoenix-head', Japanese uses カンムリ kanmuri (冠) meaning 'crown', and Vietnamese uses mào meaning 'crest'.

The Chinese are divided between those who would call the tree swift a 'tree swallow' and those who would call it a 'rain-swallow' (i.e. a swift).

2. Species names

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Hemiprocne                
Hemiprocne coronata
small arrowNotesmall arrow		 Crested treeswift
Crested tree swift (Cheng)
Crested swift		 凤头雨燕
fèng-tóu yǔ-yàn
'phoenix-headed rain-swallow' (2, 4)
凤头树燕
fèng-tóu shù-yàn
'phoenix head tree-swallow' (1, 3)
small arrowNotesmall arrow		     インドカンムリアマツバメ
(インド冠雨燕)
Indo kanmuri ama-tsubame
'Indian crested rain-swallow' (Wikipedia etc.) 		  Yến mào
'crested swift'		  
Hemiprocne longipennis
small arrowNotesmall arrow
link to photo 		Grey-rumped treeswift 灰腰雨燕
huī-yāo yǔ-yàn
'grey-rumped rain-swallow' (4)
small arrowNotesmall arrow		     カンムリアマツバメ
(冠雨燕)
kanmuri ama-tsubame
'crested rain-swallow'		      
Hemiprocne comata Whiskered treeswift
Lesser tree swift		 小须凤头雨燕
xiǎo-xū fèng-tóu yǔ-yàn
'small whiskered phoenix-headed rain-swallow' (4)
小凤头雨燕
xiǎo fèng-tóu yǔ-yàn
'small phoenix-headed rain-swallow' (5)
须凤头雨燕
xū fèng-tóu yǔ-yàn
'whiskered phoenix-headed rain-swallow' (10) (in 4 used for H. mystacea) 		    コシラヒゲカンムリアマツバメ
(小白髭冠雨燕)
ko shira-hige kanmuri ama-tsubame
'small white-whiskered crested rain-swallow'