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More Bird Wirds: North America

A list of 225 words by reesetee.

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Birds endemic to the United States and/or North America.

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  • reesetee Indeed. Almost.... :-) Feb 17, 2010

  • ruzuzu Thanks, R, that makes sense. It surprised me that Inca Doves weren't listed around here somewhere--they're almost as adorable as Cedar Waxwings. Feb 17, 2010

  • reesetee Hi R--I'm fairly sure "dove" is here somewhere. I've split up names so that adjectives are all on one list, so no complete formal names. But I'm thinking up another list, and Inca Dove is an inspiration.... :-) Feb 17, 2010

  • ruzuzu Would you consider the Inca Dove (Scardafella inca)? (I have, of course, heard that its range extends as far south as Costa Rica.) Feb 17, 2010

  • whichbe chab May 17, 2009

  • reesetee Thanks, mollusque! I'm sticking to words that aren't nicknames, though. That does give me a good idea, though--a list of bird nicknames (rather than their standard English-language names). Hmm.... Nov 19, 2007

  • mollusque How about checkerbelly? Defined as "a white-fronted goose" in MW3. Nov 19, 2007

  • reesetee Thanks, SoG--I'll add those to my list of non-U.S. bird names (Still More Bird Wirds). This one sort of morphed into North American birds by default, though I'm still sorting through them to organize along those lines.

    I didn't know about the alternate meaning for drongo, though. Sounds much better than dumbass to me. :-) Feb 13, 2007

  • sonofgroucho How about drongo? This has another meaning (see Urban Dictionary), but it is a bird as well!

    Tit is another bird name. Feb 13, 2007

  • reesetee Actually, that *does* sound a lot like the ol' office--except the comments about the redpoll, bushtit, and wrentit. We don't talk like that around here. :-> Feb 7, 2007

  • reesetee Thanks, palooka. Some of my favorite birds have my favorite words as names. Come to think of it, some of my favorite words are bird names. But I guess that explains this list.

    And don't listen to chained_bear. The squarehead. Feb 7, 2007

  • chained_bear Why aren't these words in more common usage, is what I wanna know. Imagine how much more fun our cubicle jobs would be.

    "Hey, Bishop! Where's the longspur towhee report?"
    "Emberizid! What are you doing back, I thought you were on vacation with that hot redpoll?!"
    "Which one?"
    "Which one? Jeez, you got more than one?"
    "Yeah, the bushtit or the wrentit, which one?"
    "Man, you are one ani guillemot."
    "You don't say. Now where's the toucan report, jackdaw?"
    "Well, it isn't done yet."
    "It isn't *done*? It's been two months! What kind of shelduck operation are we running here?"
    "Hey, it wasn't just me, Bobolink and Waxwing were on the committee!"
    "Listen, I don't give one crake of a phalarope *who* else is on the committee. Now let's get Bobwhite, Kittiwake, and Phoebe on this today. And you know who else would be good, Dickcissel."
    "OK, OK, just calm down! You're gonna get yourself a swift coot to the limpkin with that attitude."
    "Just get on it, OK? I don't want that bufflehead stilt on my case, not on my first day back. Get me, pipit?"
    "Yeah, I get you. Welcome back, man."
    Feb 6, 2007

  • palooka What a list! Love tyrannulets, kiskadees and frigatebirds among many others. Feb 6, 2007

  • chained_bear This is all reesetee's doing. That squarehead. ;-) Feb 5, 2007