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Worlds Funniest Bird Name? (1 Viewer)
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halftwo
Wird Batcher
Senegal thick knee - soon to be eradicated tropical disease
Caucasian snowcock - blackened extremity due to mountaineering without adequate clothing
Red-necked nightjar - some tart's been at your pint!
Woodpecker - lets not go there !!
Dupont's lark - toff's wizard wheeze.
Crag martin - soon to be appearing as 007.
Grey hypocolius - needs urgent liver transplant.....oh this could go on forever!!
Caucasian snowcock - blackened extremity due to mountaineering without adequate clothing
Red-necked nightjar - some tart's been at your pint!
Woodpecker - lets not go there !!
Dupont's lark - toff's wizard wheeze.
Crag martin - soon to be appearing as 007.
Grey hypocolius - needs urgent liver transplant.....oh this could go on forever!!
Edward
Umimmak
Birdeye said:Edward, I agree with you about the Spangled Drongo, in fact, I was going to mention it if you hadn't. But...are you sure somebody with 'a good strong Australian accent' hasn't been pulling your leg? The false antechinus and wongai ningaui are both pouched mammals, or marsupials, not birds.
Oh, and...if you really want to hear something funny, just get somebody from a country other than this one to attempt to speak with 'a good strong Australian accent'. 3
Hi Rose,
I wasn't really suggesting that Spangled Drongo is a commonly used insult but I've been called a drongo a few times in Australia, a Galah more than once and a dag (another animal related word) more times than I care to remember. Wongai Ningaui and Ningbing False Antechinus are indeed mammals, the lack of feathers and presence of fur are a dead give away, as is the fact that are in my Australian mammal field guide but nowhere to be found in my bird guide ;-)
Wing-snapping Cisticola sounds like an aggressive bully, Rock-loving Cisticola locks itself in its bedroom to play air guitar?
E
Mynydd Merlin
Well-known member
halftwo said:
This just gets better and better - keep it coming guys!
Rose Fletcher
Rose from Australia - formerly Birdeye
You're right Edward, drongo is a common insult, as is galah, but they are usually used in a friendly way...'friendly' insults being acceptable social interaction here. If an Australian is serious about the insult, it's quite likely that the chosen term would not be printable in the forum.
I've always thought that the name of the Australian Arctic Warbler was somewhat humorous, given that this is a bird of the far northern tropical regions and Indonesia. Gibberbird springs to mind, but one of my favourites has always been Violaceous Trogon. Who said this thread could go on forever? I fear they were right. 3
I've always thought that the name of the Australian Arctic Warbler was somewhat humorous, given that this is a bird of the far northern tropical regions and Indonesia. Gibberbird springs to mind, but one of my favourites has always been Violaceous Trogon. Who said this thread could go on forever? I fear they were right. 3
Marcus Conway - ebirder
Well-known member
ERM!
No ones mentioned any of the BOOBIES!
No ones mentioned any of the BOOBIES!
Xenospiza
Distracted
Like tapaculo, ‘akohekohe is apparently a funny onomatopaeic name: http://www.birdinghawaii.co.uk/Hawaiianbirdnames2.htm
James Lowther
Well-known member
Cornell75 said:
you need to hear one mate!!
the name will become crystal clear then
James Eaton
Trent Valley Crew
A pair of Great Tits.
