Eurasian oystercatcher
A wading bird with black-and-white plumage and a long orange bill. In modern Japanese, the katakana name ミヤコドリ is standard.
An oystercatcher was pecking at shellfish on the shore.
black-headed gull (archaic)
Archaic name for the black-headed gull, now called ユリカモメ. Found in classical literature; not used in modern ornithology.
See also: ユリカモメ
In classical texts, 都鳥 sometimes refers to what is now called ユリカモメ (black-headed gull).
Cinnalepeta pulchella (spiral-shelled gastropod)
A small marine snail with a spiraled shell. The Japanese name is usually written in katakana as ミヤコドリ; also called ミヤコドリガイ.
See also: ミヤコドリガイ
The ミヤコドリ is a small spiral-shelled snail found on rocks in the intertidal zone.
Cinnalepeta pulchella (species of spiral-shelled gastropod)
Katakana spelling is standard for the bird and gastropod; the kanji form 都鳥 is rare and mainly literary/historical.
Kanji form appears in classical poetry and older texts; not used in modern biological contexts.
Literally 'capital bird' (都 + 鳥). The name originally referred to the black-headed gull in classical poetry, later applied to the oystercatcher and a gastropod. The exact historical shift is uncertain.