Still More Bird Wirds

trivet commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

My favorites: chough, rook, apostle bird

They just look so sassy.

February 18, 2007

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

I like bristlehead and wrybill myself. They sound like stand-up comedians. :-)

February 19, 2007

abraxaszugzwang commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

For all you bird lovers: cockyolly bird an expression meaning "dear little bird," used both about birds and as an endearment. It is a variant of dicky-bird.

February 25, 2007

mollusque commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

How about fernbird, from New Zealand?

November 20, 2007

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Thanks, mollusque! As you might guess, this list is a work in progress. :-)

November 20, 2007

mollusque commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

How about weet-weet, a kind of sandpiper?

December 4, 2007

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Isn't that a chaffinch, mollusque?

December 4, 2007

mollusque commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

According to OED2, weet-weet is the sound of both a chaffinch and a sandpiper, but also the name of a sandpiper and a kangaroo-rat.

From one of the quotations "A peculiar toy is the weet-weet or ‘kangaroo-rat’, which the practised player can throw to enormous distances."

December 4, 2007

bilby commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Sheesh, everyone seems to want to chuck our marsupials around. See quokka. We probably missed the boat by failing to lobby for Wallaby Lobbing as an Olympic sport.

December 4, 2007

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Really? An actual bird name? I always thought it was just a nickname, like our little brown jobs here in the States. :-)

Bilby, I don't truck with chucking marsupials, nor would I lobby for Wallaby Lobbing. ;-)

December 4, 2007

sionnach commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

> nor would I lobby for Wallaby Lobbing

But how do you feel about combat wombats?

Has Wordie been taken over by some splinter group of Welsh birders?

December 5, 2007

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

I'd go to bat for combat wombats, especially if they're Tibetan combat wombats. ;-)

Welsh birders? Not I!

December 5, 2007

bilby commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

I can't find any of the following in your list: wagtail, skua, kingfisher, cockatoo, galah, gang-gang, brolga, jacana, darter, ibis and jabiru. A few Australian ones in there but they're all respectable words.

Oh woe! Our wallaby lobbing lobby is oddly wobbly!

December 5, 2007

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

That's because a) it's far from being an exhaustive list of bird names (I'm still adding to it), and b) it's one of several bird lists I've made. Some of the ones you name are on "More Bird Wirds." The others I shall duly add. Thanks, bilby!

Oh, by the way--the "respectable" words are what I'm shooting for here. :-) Nicknames might end up being a whole other list.

Edit: The nicknames list is here.

December 5, 2007

mollusque commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

How many bats would a wombat bat if a wombat could bat bats in combat?

December 5, 2007

mollusque commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

How about iiwi?

December 5, 2007

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Good one, mollusque! Did you know that it was spelled eeeeve back in the 1700s? (Just looked it up.) That's a lot of Es.

By the way, I added it to "More Bird Wirds" instead of this list--that one's for the States. :-)

December 5, 2007

sionnach commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Then there is the welsh ambassador.

December 6, 2007

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

That's it! I'm making a "bird nicknames" list. Sionnach, that'll be the first one on it. :-)

December 7, 2007

mollusque commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

How about kagu?

December 15, 2007

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Thanks, mollusque!

December 17, 2007

mollusque commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

More monovocalic birds: torotoro and zoozoo.

December 21, 2007

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Thank you! They go nicely with chiffchaff, gang-gang, and weet-weet. :-)

December 21, 2007

bilby commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Simorgh appears in Persian poetry, though it's mythical.

December 29, 2007

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Uh oh. That's an idea for another bird list! Shall we?

December 31, 2007

bilby commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

*giggles*

December 31, 2007

mollusque commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

How about quarrion?

March 16, 2008

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Already have cockatiel listed, m, but I'll add this too. Thanks.

March 17, 2008

mollusque commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

How about urubu?

March 25, 2008

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Good one, mollusque--thanks!

March 25, 2008

mollusque commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Merl.

May 6, 2008

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Thanks, m!

May 6, 2008

dontcry commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Oh, thank God! When I read the title of this list, I thougt you were offing birds!

May 7, 2008

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Whaaa...? ME?? Good grief, no!

May 7, 2008

dontcry commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Sorry, r. I read too quickly and saw "still more birds" and of course, i went, you know....there... Here, have a mojito to calm your nerves ;-).

May 7, 2008

rolig commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

I have to say, I was surprised that I listed glede before you did, reesetee. I came across it via my Literati addiction.

May 7, 2008

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

And good for you, rolig! As I mention above, this list will probably never be finished, but I'm always happy to add to it. :-)

Dontcry, thanks for the mojito. You're right--they certainly deserve to be world-famous. *calmer now*

May 7, 2008

mollusque commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

How about tomtit, which is not only a bird, but a kind of boat.

May 11, 2008

frogapplause commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

leucistic gadwall

June 25, 2008

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Already listed, mollusque. :-)

June 25, 2008

Prolagus commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

I just noticed you don't have blackgame, or if you prefer, Black Grouse...

August 27, 2008

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Thanks, Pro! I have grouse on the "More Bird Wirds" list. This all started out in a sort of haphazard way--the original list is adjectives, the "More Bird Wirds" list is North American birds, and this list covers just about everywhere else. So lots of bird names are split up among the lists. However, I'm adding blackgame to my bird nicknames list!

August 27, 2008

mollusque commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

How about sifilet?

September 10, 2008

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Thanks, mollusque! A work in progress, as you can see. :-)

September 10, 2008

mollusque commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

How about teetee, reesetee?

November 5, 2008

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

That's a good one for my nicknames list, mollusque!

By the way--did that hurt to say? ;-)

November 5, 2008

mollusque commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

No, but it inspired something. Stay tuned.

November 5, 2008

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Something monovocalic, no doubt. :-) I await the unveiling.

November 5, 2008

mollusque commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Correct! Reesetee reset ready for inspection.

November 6, 2008

bilby commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

mina.

November 6, 2008

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Ha! Mollusque, you slay me. (But this link to your list appears to be borked.)

Bilby, I have a different spelling, myna, listed already. :-)

November 7, 2008

bilby commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

I was taught mynah here but I randomed mina so brought it to your attention.

I saw a beautiful bird with large red eyes today. Unidentified.

November 7, 2008

mollusque commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

@ borked: fixed, reesetee;

@ mynah: why were your eyes red, bilby?

November 8, 2008

bilby commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Probably too much Wordie, moll.

November 8, 2008

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

I prefer the mynah spelling myself, bilb. Thanks for pointing out the "mina."

Red eyes? A wattlebird, maybe? A figbird? (I don't know where exactly you live and/or saw it.)

November 10, 2008

bilby commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

I live by the sea, silly!

November 10, 2008

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Why am I silly? Do you remember where I live? Hmm??

November 10, 2008

bilby commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Pantsylvania.

November 10, 2008

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

But am I by a lake? The mountains? And what if I really do live on the Indian subcontinent?

November 10, 2008

whichbe commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

tichodrome

December 19, 2008

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

How could I have missed that one? Thanks, whichbe.

December 19, 2008

whichbe commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

thickhead

January 9, 2009

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Thanks, which, but I think I'll put that on my nicknames list instead of this one, since it's an older term and not officially used any longer. (The current term, whistler, is already listed.)

January 9, 2009

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Or...wait. Were you calling me a thickhead? Because that's a whole other list.

January 9, 2009

mollusque commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

How about irrisor?

February 22, 2009

yarb commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

I suppose you're already familiar with this glittering gem of scholarship?

March 19, 2009

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Uh oh. There goes my work day. ;-)

Thanks, yarb--yes, I am, but I haven't looked at it in quite a while.

March 19, 2009

hernesheir commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

See guacharaca.

February 5, 2010

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Yes, also known as the Rufous-Vented Chachalaca. Thanks, h.

February 5, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

I really like the Chachalaca part; you can keep the adjective, which I imagine you have on that other list!

February 5, 2010

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Agreed--loads of fun to say over and over. Even more fun when irritating those nearby. ;-)

February 5, 2010

sionnach commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

I like gull-cries and the twittering together of fine cranes. I like the surf-roar at Tralee, the songs of the three sons of Meadhra and the whistle of Mac Lughaidh. These also please me, man-shouts at a parting, cuckoo-call in May. I incline to like pig-grunting in Magh Eithne, the bellowing of the stag of Ceara, the whinging of fauns in Derrynish. The low warble of water-owls in Loch Barra also, sweeter than life that. I am fond of wing-beating in dark belfries, cow-cries in pregnancy, trout-spurt in a lake-top. Also the whining of small otters in nettle-beds at evening, the croaking of small-jays behind a wall, these are heart-pleasing. I am friend to the pilibeen, the red-necked chough, the parsnip land-rail, the pilibeen mona, the bottle-tailed tit, the common marsh-coot, the speckle-toed guillemot, the pilibeen sleibhe, the Mohar gannet, the peregrine plough-gull, the long-eared bush-owl, the Wicklow small-fowl, the bevil-beaked chough, the hooded tit, the pilibeen uisce, the common corby, the fish-tailed mud-piper, the cruiskeen lawn, the carrion sea-cock, the green-lidded parakeet, the brown bog-martin, the maritime wren, the dove-tailed wheatcrake, the beaded daw, the Galway hill-bantam and the pilibeen cathrach. A satisfying ululation is the contending of a river with the sea. Good to hear is the chirping of little red-breasted men in bare winter and distant hounds giving tongue in the secrecy of god. The lamenting of a wounded otter in a black hole, sweeter than harpstrings that.

Flann O'Brien: At Swim-Two-Birds

March 14, 2010

mollusque commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Which of your bird wird lists does entermewer fit?

March 16, 2010

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Sionnach, you'll keep me busy for months with that excerpt. Thanks!

M, probably on the "Things Avian" list. Added; thanks.

March 17, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

lintie, wattle-crow.

December 6, 2010

reesetee commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

Thanks, hernesheir. I'm adding them to the "nicknames" list instead of this one. :-)

December 6, 2010

bilby commented on the list still-more-bird-wirds

butterbird

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