Greeek bird names translated

[Dimitris]

Hi evryone,

Karwin started this idea by translating Finish bird names directly to English and letting you guess what bird is.Take a shot with Greek ones now;

1-Bright diver
2-Streaked diver
3-Sea crow
4-Pink pelican
5-Silver pelican
6-Night crow
7-bronze chicken

(All are European birds.Good luck!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: )

Dimitris.

[Nutcracker]

1-Bright diver - ?
2-Streaked diver - ?
3-Sea crow - Shag
4-Pink pelican - White Pelican
5-Silver pelican - Dalmatian Pelican
6-Night crow - Night Heron
7-bronze chicken - ?

So many scientific names are derived from Greek, makes it easier!

[Dimitris]

Dear nutcracker,

You are right about 3,4,5,6.
Hint 1 and 2 are really Divers & they are the only divers occuring regurly in Greece & 7 is amember of the stork familly.(It is easy now!!)

[Nutcracker]

Hello Dimitris,

OK thanks! I'll try
1-Bright diver - Red-throated
2-Streaked diver - Black-throated

7-bronze chicken - Black Stork

[Dimitris]

Yup!You are right about 1 & 2.:t:

7 has a down curved bill(Too easy now!!)

[Touty]

Glossy Ibis (which really does look bronze in the right light)?

[Nutcracker]

All the hard work and dozens of posts gone! :-C

[Jurij Hanžel]

The legend of the greek quiz lives on!!

[Dimitris]

All the hard work and dozens of posts gone! :-C

Sad...Very sad...:-C.

Hey Touty.

As u might have understood this thread got wiped out of existence with the
Break down.U are correct 'bout the Ibis though.This quiz has finished though.

Oh and if u are new.Welcome to BF!U are gonna have lots of fun here!

Dimitris.

[Dimitris]

The legend of the greek quiz lives on!!

LOL @ Jurij!

[Surreybirder]

Dimitris, you might be interested (or not... ;) )
I was given a book called A glossary of Greek Birds. I was hoping that it would be a book that told you something about Greek birds. But in fact it's a review of all the birds mentioned in Greek literature... mainly classical Greek, I think. It runs to 340 pages, which shows that the ancient Greeks knew their birds. It covers some extra-limital birds (e.g. crocodile bird) and has lots of anecdotes. Apparently the wryneck was the name of a love-charm!
Of course there are loads of bird names that people cannot agree which bird they refer to!
Ken

[Dimitris]

Dimitris, you might be interested (or not... ;) )
I was given a book called A glossary of Greek Birds. I was hoping that it would be a book that told you something about Greek birds. But in fact it's a review of all the birds mentioned in Greek literature... mainly classical Greek, I think. It runs to 340 pages, which shows that the ancient Greeks knew their birds. It covers some extra-limital birds (e.g. crocodile bird) and has lots of anecdotes. Apparently the wryneck was the name of a love-charm!
Of course there are loads of bird names that people cannot agree which bird they refer to!
Ken

(LOL can't believe this thread has been ressurected)

Hello surreybirder,

That does sound interesting (maybe you could make a quiz based on the book ;) ). I had no idea that the Wryneck was the name of a love charm (Just how romantic are Wrynecks??!). The modern Greek name for Wryneck literly means "Twisted/Crooked (sp??) Throat"

One must remember that back then many African and Asian species had their ranges extending well within the Meditterenean Region and that most ancient civilization had aviaries.

Cheers,

Dimitris

[Surreybirder]

I'm afraid I cannot give you much info as I cannot type the Greek names but it looks as if the names of, eg wryneck, may have changed since ancient times!
Presumably Greek was spoken widely across the region in those days, so Greek-speaking (and writing) people would have been familiar with the Egyptian plover.
Ken

[The Devil Bird]

I think sea crow is cormorant