In this article, we're going to look at a list of Japanese words related to birds. I hope you enjoy this extensive list of birds in Japanese. As well as birds in Japanese, at the end of the article we'll have a list of onomatopoeia and related words.
It is worth remembering that although the names of the birds in Japanese are written with kanji (ideograms). It turns out that it is more common to write them with katakana or sometimes hiragana. This happens a lot with names of animals and birds.
- Bird in Japanese is called tori [鳥].
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List of birds and 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 |
the color | 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 |
swan | 白鳥 | hakuchō |
quail | ウズラ | uzura |
condor | コンドル | kondoru |
owl | トラフズク | torafuzuku |
owl snort | ワシミミズク | washi mimizuku |
Raven | 渡鴉 | watari garasu |
lark | 雲雀 | hibari |
cuckoo | 郭公 | kakkō |
bullfinch | 鷽 | uso |
starling | ムクドリ | mukudori |
faisão | キジ | kiji |
Hawk | 隼 | hayabusa |
flamingo | フラミンゴ | furamingo |
Seagull | 鴎 | kamome |
wild-hen | エゾライチョウ | ezo raichō |
goose | ガチョウ | gachō |
heron | 鷺 | sagi |
gray jay | 鴉 | karasu |
bald-rook | 深山烏 | miyama garasu |
gray-necked-rook | 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 |
pato | 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 |
pigeon | 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 |
grouse | クロライチョウ | kuro raichō |
song thrush | 歌鶫 | uta tsugumi |
thrush | ノハラツグミ | nohara tsugumi |
águia | 鷲 | washi |

Japanese bird sounds
To finish off the article, let's complement it with some bird sounds in Japanese. If you liked this article, share this amazing website that teaches Japanese for free with your friends.
- cluck - kokkotto naku [コッコッと鳴く]
- sing – kokekokkō to naku [コケコッコーと鳴く]
- sing - saezuru [さえずる]
- chirp - saezuru [さえずる]
- cocorocó - kokekokkō [コケコッコー]
- croak - kākā to naku [カーカーと鳴く]
- quack - gāgā naku [ガーガー鳴く]
- to scream - naku [鳴く]
- chirp - pīpī naku [ピーピー鳴く]
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