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Still More Bird Wirds

A list of 734 words by reesetee.

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A work in progress....Birds from around the world (other than endemic to North America).

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  • reesetee Thanks, hernesheir. I'm adding them to the "nicknames" list instead of this one. :-) Dec 5, 2010

  • hernesheir lintie, wattle-crow. Dec 5, 2010

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

    M, probably on the "Things Avian" list. Added; thanks. Mar 17, 2010

  • mollusque Which of your bird wird lists does entermewer fit? Mar 16, 2010

  • sionnach 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 Mar 13, 2010

  • reesetee Agreed--loads of fun to say over and over. Even more fun when irritating those nearby. ;-) Feb 5, 2010

  • hernesheir I really like the Chachalaca part; you can keep the adjective, which I imagine you have on that other list! Feb 5, 2010

  • reesetee Yes, also known as the Rufous-Vented Chachalaca. Thanks, h. Feb 5, 2010

  • hernesheir See guacharaca. Feb 5, 2010

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

    Thanks, yarb--yes, I am, but I haven't looked at it in quite a while. Mar 19, 2009

  • yarb I suppose you're already familiar with this glittering gem of scholarship? Mar 19, 2009

  • mollusque How about irrisor? Feb 22, 2009

  • reesetee Or...wait. Were you calling me a thickhead? Because that's a whole other list. Jan 9, 2009

  • reesetee 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.) Jan 9, 2009

  • whichbe thickhead Jan 9, 2009

  • reesetee How could I have missed that one? Thanks, whichbe. Dec 19, 2008

  • whichbe tichodrome Dec 19, 2008

  • reesetee But am I by a lake? The mountains? And what if I really do live on the Indian subcontinent? Nov 10, 2008

  • bilby Pantsylvania. Nov 10, 2008

  • reesetee Why am I silly? Do you remember where I live? Hmm?? Nov 10, 2008

  • bilby I live by the sea, silly! Nov 10, 2008

  • reesetee 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.) Nov 9, 2008

  • bilby Probably too much Wordie, moll. Nov 8, 2008

  • mollusque @ borked: fixed, reesetee;
    @ mynah: why were your eyes red, bilby? Nov 7, 2008

  • bilby 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. Nov 7, 2008

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

    Bilby, I have a different spelling, myna, listed already. :-) Nov 7, 2008

  • bilby mina. Nov 6, 2008

  • mollusque Correct! Reesetee reset ready for inspection. Nov 6, 2008

  • reesetee Something monovocalic, no doubt. :-) I await the unveiling. Nov 5, 2008

  • mollusque No, but it inspired something. Stay tuned. Nov 5, 2008

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

    By the way--did that hurt to say? ;-) Nov 5, 2008

  • mollusque How about teetee, reesetee? Nov 4, 2008

  • reesetee Thanks, mollusque! A work in progress, as you can see. :-) Sep 10, 2008

  • mollusque How about sifilet? Sep 10, 2008

  • reesetee 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! Aug 26, 2008

  • Prolagus I just noticed you don't have blackgame, or if you prefer, Black Grouse... Aug 26, 2008

  • reesetee Already listed, mollusque. :-) Jun 24, 2008

  • frogapplause leucistic gadwall Jun 24, 2008

  • mollusque How about tomtit, which is not only a bird, but a kind of boat. May 11, 2008

  • reesetee 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

  • rolig 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

  • dontcry 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 6, 2008

  • reesetee Whaaa...? ME?? Good grief, no! May 6, 2008

  • dontcry Oh, thank God! When I read the title of this list, I thougt you were offing birds! May 6, 2008

  • reesetee Thanks, m! May 6, 2008

  • mollusque Merl. May 6, 2008

  • reesetee Good one, mollusque--thanks! Mar 25, 2008

  • mollusque How about urubu? Mar 25, 2008

  • reesetee Already have cockatiel listed, m, but I'll add this too. Thanks. Mar 17, 2008

  • mollusque How about quarrion? Mar 16, 2008

  • bilby *giggles* Dec 31, 2007

  • reesetee Uh oh. That's an idea for another bird list! Shall we? Dec 31, 2007

  • bilby Simorgh appears in Persian poetry, though it's mythical. Dec 29, 2007

  • reesetee Thank you! They go nicely with chiffchaff, gang-gang, and weet-weet. :-) Dec 21, 2007

  • mollusque More monovocalic birds: torotoro and zoozoo. Dec 21, 2007

  • reesetee Thanks, mollusque! Dec 17, 2007

  • mollusque How about kagu? Dec 15, 2007

  • reesetee That's it! I'm making a "bird nicknames" list. Sionnach, that'll be the first one on it. :-) Dec 6, 2007

  • sionnach Then there is the welsh ambassador. Dec 6, 2007

  • reesetee 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. :-) Dec 5, 2007

  • mollusque How about iiwi? Dec 5, 2007

  • mollusque How many bats would a wombat bat if a wombat could bat bats in combat? Dec 5, 2007

  • reesetee 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. Dec 4, 2007

  • bilby 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! Dec 4, 2007

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

    Welsh birders? Not I! Dec 4, 2007

  • sionnach > 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? Dec 4, 2007

  • reesetee 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. ;-) Dec 4, 2007

  • bilby 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. Dec 4, 2007

  • mollusque 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." Dec 4, 2007

  • reesetee Isn't that a chaffinch, mollusque? Dec 4, 2007

  • mollusque How about weet-weet, a kind of sandpiper? Dec 4, 2007

  • reesetee Thanks, mollusque! As you might guess, this list is a work in progress. :-) Nov 20, 2007

  • mollusque How about fernbird, from New Zealand? Nov 20, 2007

  • abraxaszugzwang 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. Feb 25, 2007

  • reesetee I like bristlehead and wrybill myself. They sound like stand-up comedians. :-) Feb 18, 2007

  • trivet My favorites: chough, rook, apostle bird

    They just look so sassy. Feb 17, 2007