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I just found this Chinese bird name website, which lists the Chinese name, pinyin, and literal English "gloss" (literal English meaning), like this for the "Ducks" section:

Dendrocygna javanica
Lesser Whistling Duck
栗树鸭
(栗樹鴨)
lì shù-yā
'chestnut tree-duck'

Where can I find similar resources for animal names, plant names, bug names, fish names, or more generically, organism/species names, etc. in Chinese, with the English literal meaning/gloss?

I am looking to see how Chinese literally denotes various species names but am having a hard time finding a decent and somewhat comprehensive resource like that Chinese bird name website.

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If you know complex Chinese (Mandarin Chinese), you could click the links. They show Chinese bird names on the websites.

https://huijou.com/bird-english-vocabulary/

https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hant/WikiProject:%E9%B8%9F%E7%B1%BB

https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E9%B8%9F

https://gd-park.org.tw/en/frontpage

https://ebird.org/species/lewduc1

https://conservation.forest.gov.tw/EN

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