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100 Greatest Bird Names of All Time
(
birdhistory.substack.com
)
36 points
by
bookofjoe
6 hours ago
6 comments
Kaliboy
an hour ago
Oh never knew the name Bananaquit. We call them "barika hel" (yellow belly) in Papiamentu or Suikerdiefje (lil' sugar thief) in Dutch.
fat_cantor
44 minutes ago
Hard to believe that great tits weren't even mentioned
sorokod
13 minutes ago
Nor the great bustards
SommaRaikkonen
4 hours ago
Inaccessible Island Rail (#6) is my favorite, because none of these words imply anything about what the species is going to be
hiyer
5 hours ago
My next 100 passwords are sorted.
krylon
3 hours ago
The blue-footed booby deserves a place in the top 10, IMHO. But I see the competition is fierce.
dwagnerkc
5 hours ago
Predicted Antwren is a new favorite. How interesting.