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Bird Wirds: Sundry Nicknames
A list of birders' "shorthand" names, traditional nicknames, non-English names, and obsolete names for feathered creatures worldwide.
Interesting blog entry here on naming U.S. birds.welsh ambassador, goatsucker, french magpie, timberdoodle, butterbutt, popinjay, logcock, old cranky, long john, sprog, butterbum, wedgie and 697 more...
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reesetee Yes indeed! And the Secretary Bird makes sure the billing is accurate. Dec 7, 2007
sonofgroucho Is this the bird that charges ornithologists by the hour? Dec 7, 2007
reesetee Nickname for the Black-Necked Stilt and the American Avocet.
From Alexander Wilson's American Ornithology, 1824: "American Avocet . . . from its perpetual clamour and flippancy of tongue, is called, by the inhabitants of Cape May, the Lawyer." From Grinnell's Game Birds of California, 1918: "Together with the Black-necked Stilt, this bird is sometimes known as the 'lawyer bird' because of its long bill and its oft-repeated vociferations!" Dec 7, 2007