Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name (4 Viewers)

[dantheman]

An appropriate descriptive/guessable name, maybe more appropriate than it's existing one, or maybe not in some cases. No patronyms or derogatory place names please.

An easy one to start, hopefully - ??

New name (plus part of the world found in)

Pied Flufftail (Europe) = ???

 

[WACCOE]

An appropriate descriptive/guessable name, maybe more appropriate than it's existing one, or maybe not in some cases. No patronyms or derogatory place names please.

An easy one to start, hopefully - ??

New name (plus part of the world found in)

Pied Flufftail (Europe) = ???

Pied Wagtail Eurasia

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello Dan,

nice idea to improve my english. Thanks for that!

When I read the words fluffy and tail, a Long tailed Tit comes into my mind

 

[dantheman]

Pied Wagtail Eurasia

Nope ... sorry.


(Europe wasn't meant to be an equivalence to Eurasia btw, I just was being general ;-) A country can do instead, and not necessarily necessary, but may help people hone in-on, considering the internationalness of the forum ...)

 

[dantheman]

Hello Dan,

nice idea to improve my english. Thanks for that!

When I read the words fluffy and tail, a Long tailed Tit comes into my mind

You're welcome ... your go if you want ...


(btw I nearly confused myself over the 'yore's there lol)

 

[Richard Prior]

Straw-striped Bobber.

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

Jack Snipe?

 

[Richard Prior]

Jack Snipe?

Yup, and I thought I was being sneaky, well done you!

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

How about Lazy Sheencap?

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

As opposed to Mining Dullcap?

 

[dantheman]

How about Lazy Sheencap?

I'm trying to think of a glossy capped bird even ...


Given the contrast to the other bird, we're not talking Marsh Tit are we? (Doesn't dig it's own nests)

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

Exactly that. Well done, I was trying to make it difficult but do-able. Over to you.

 

[dantheman]

Exactly that. Well done, I was trying to make it difficult but do-able. Over to you.

I was in the middle of saying I hadn't got anything when it occurred to me!

 

[dantheman]

I have a couple people may have heard of already, one I think I made up, the other in more general use ...

Worm-eating Eagle
Bananabill

 

[Jos Stratford]

Buzzard
White-billed Diver

 

[Jos Stratford]

Two, one easy, maybe the other too ...

Little Cocktail
Meadow Dumpling

 

[Andy Adcock]

Wren and Quail?

I'd have used Bananabill for Alpine Chough.

 

[dantheman]

Wren and Quail?

I'd have used Bananabill for Alpine Chough.

I'd go for those too ...

How about Pelagic Bananabill and Montane Bananabill?? ;-)

(Because it's only fun, I guess family names don't have to follow strictly by science ... )

 

[Mike Crawley]

Here’s two of my favourites, one spectacularly easy

Wind Hover
Stormcock

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello again,

Pelagic Bananabill is a White billed Loon???? Edit: it has been answered before, sorry

Wind Hover=Kestrel???