pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard

spoonbill (wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae)

mandolin

(bird species of China) northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata)

Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4]