Guess the bird ... by it's alternative name (1 Viewer)

[Mike Crawley]

Wind Hover=Kestrel???

yes 👍🏻

 

[Andy Adcock]

Had to Google Stormcock!

 

[Jos Stratford]

Wren and Quail?

I'd have used Bananabill for Alpine Chough.

Wren yes, I was thinking a bigger dumpling

 

[foresttwitcher]

Stormcock

Mistle Thrush

 

[dantheman]

Wren yes, I was thinking a bigger dumpling

That would have to be Corncrake then? ... ;-)


More of a dumpling?

 

[dantheman]

Wind Hover and Stormcock are already existing names for British birds - both rather apt, if you know the behaviour ...

 

[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) = ???

The bit in bold was meant to be followed by a smiley of course - this thread was inspired (if that is the right word?) by the AOS bird naming proposal thread -

AOS to discard patronyms in English names

So, we've had several threads on the topic of changing English names. But as the AOS seem to be about to make sweeping changes to remove patronyms from birds in their area, it might be good to have a thread dedicated to the changes. Some of the species will have alternative names which are...

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and is meant to be a light hearted place to make up more appropriate, humorous or alternative names for birds, both those with and without patronyms.

;-)

 

[dantheman]

Breaking the rules already (no patronyms)

B'loody Bunting ...


(Hope it's not too obscure)

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Red headed Bunting???

 

[dantheman]

Red headed Bunting???

Nope ...

EDIT: Lateral thinking required perhaps, and you may be a at a disadvantage on this one ...

 

[foresttwitcher]

Breaking the rules already (no patronyms)

B'loody Bunting ...


(Hope it's not too obscure)

McCown's Longspur?

 

[dantheman]

McCown's Longspur?

Nope (experimenting with the sad face above to indicate same).

 

[Andy Adcock]

Wren yes, I was thinking a bigger dumpling

Ah, Grey Partridge?

 

[Andy Adcock]

Here's one with an association to modern events though not affected afaik, Spotted Greenshank.

Should be fairly easy.

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello Andy,

a Green Sandpiper?

 

[Andy Adcock]

Hello Andy,

a Green Sandpiper?

Nope

It's not European but it's a well known species. Apologies if I got the paramaters wrong.

 

[Andy Adcock]

Clue?.........It's still a Greenshank.

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Than its a Nordmanns Greenshank? Its called Tüpfelgrünschenkel in german, and "Tüpfel" are pale/whitish spots

 

[Jos Stratford]

Ah, Grey Partridge?

Indeed 👍

To avoid future confusion...
Quail - Little Dumpling
Corncrake - Skinny Dumpling
Grey Partridge - Fat Dumpling
🙂

 

[Richard Prior]

Cliff Spiderhunter