Finquiz II (2 Viewers)

[Andrew Rowlands]

31 Numenius madagascariensis?

Andy.

 

[very boring banned member]

31 Numenius madagascariensis?

Andy.

Although breeding also in Alaska, 31 has not been observed in Vanuatu..

 

[Andrew Rowlands]

Ok, ok - how about Gavia adamsii then? (at last!)

Andy.

 

[very boring banned member]

Right!
Still left:
35. aru
36. eki

 

[Andrew Rowlands]

35 gull... tit... - how about Acrocephalus arundinaceus?
36 eki - that's a puzzle - Alle alle?

Andy.

 

[very boring banned member]

35 right. 36-hint: e comes from genus and ki from species name.

 

[Darren Oakley-Martin]

Emberiza citrinella?

35 right. 36-hint: e comes from genus and ki from species name.

 

[Jurij Hanžel]

Black-winged Kite, Elanus caeruleus??

 

[very boring banned member]

Emberiza citrinella?

:clap: :clap: :clap:
Darren caught five points, but Andrew & Tim100 were clever too.

Next flock of finnished bird names based on scientific ones (including one oldie scifi name, that's not much used anymore):
41. kokko
42. kumumba
43. lulu
44. pinikola
45. plätäri
46. pukla
47. skvatti
48. spatula
49. suppari
50. suruluu

 

[Darren Oakley-Martin]

42. You're confused Karri. It's something you put in a salad.

 

[Darren Oakley-Martin]

and 43. She sang 'Downtown'

 

[Spede]

41. kokko = easy
42. kumumba = neverheard
43. lulu = neverheard
44. pinikola = easy
45. plätäri = easy
46. pukla = not so easy but I know
47. skvatti = easy
48. spatula = not so easy..
49. suppari = easy
50. suruluu = easy ........................Keep trying

 

[Darren Oakley-Martin]

41. An Owl
42. An Owl
43. An Owl
44. An Owl
45. An Owl
46. An Owl
47. An Owl
48. An Owl
49. An Owl
50. An Owl

No, seriously,

43. Lullula arborea
44. A cocktail made with Rum, Pineapple juice and Coconut.

 

[Darren Oakley-Martin]

41. Cuculus canorus

 

[very boring banned member]

43. Lullula arborea
44. A cocktail made with Rum, Pineapple juice and Coconut.

43 right
Just these days 44s keep on rushing into Danish windows...

41. Cuculus canorus

A good one, but not.

42. kumumba = neverheard
43. lulu = neverheard

Toivopa joululahjaksi Ornimisen sietämätöntä keveyttä (Koivula & Södersved)

 

[Darren Oakley-Martin]

41. Coccothraustes coccothraustes?

44. Pinicola enucleator?

:clap: :clap: :clap:
Darren caught five points, but Andrew & Tim100 were clever too.

Next flock of finnished bird names based on scientific ones (including one oldie scifi name, that's not much used anymore):
41. kokko
42. kumumba
43. lulu
44. pinikola
45. plätäri
46. pukla
47. skvatti
48. spatula
49. suppari
50. suruluu

 

[very boring banned member]

Right.

 

[Jurij Hanžel]

50. Surnia ulula
45. a bit abstract but Platalea leucorodia

 

[very boring banned member]

50. Surnia ulula
45. a bit abstract but Platalea leucorodia

50 correct
45 clever but not there.

 

[Jurij Hanžel]

45. Anas platyrhynchos
48. Anas clypeata (presumably this is the one that derives from an archaic name)

But I simply can't focus on #46 because I always think of Lymnocryptes minimus which is called puklež in our language.