Winter bird

Japanese: winter bird(英語表記)winterbird
Winter bird

…These birds also migrate south in autumn. The former are called winter birds and the latter summer birds. In addition to these, other shorebirds such as Latham's Snipe, Golden Plover, and Great Sharptail, which breed in the Arctic and Siberian regions and migrate to Australia to spend the winter, stop over in Japan twice a year, in spring and autumn, and are called travelers. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "winter bird" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…やがてこれらの鳥も秋になると南をさして渡っていく。前者を冬鳥winter bird,後者を夏鳥summer birdという。さらにこれらのほかに,北極圏やシベリア地方で繁殖し,オーストラリア方面まで渡って越冬するオオジシギをはじめトウネン,ムナグロ,ダイゼンなどシギ・チドリ類は,春と秋の年2回日本に立ち寄るので,これらを旅鳥travelerと呼んでいる。…

※「winter bird」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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