Name a bird for each letter of the alphabet- (7 Viewers)

[dantheman]

Google says there is at least one

Hint:

Spoiler

South American Icterid

 

[Jos Stratford]

Are we struggling for a U?

Urasian Bittern?

Like it, I can't think of a better U
Unless we can try and persuade Upland Sandpipers to adopt a new habitat

 

[WACCOE]

Y=Yellow-headed Blackbird.

 

[foresttwitcher]

Was the U - Unicoloured Blackbird?

What happened to V, W & X?

 

[dantheman]

Was the U - Unicoloured Blackbird?

What happened to V, W & X?

Kinda - Unicolored Blackbird ;-)

I googled birds 'beginning with the letter U', scrolled down until I saw a contender (which I then further googled for confirmation). Not heard of it myself, although maybe completes the set with Tricolored and Bicolored? ;-)

https://a-z-animals.com/blog/discover-incredible-birds-that-start-with-u/

 

[foresttwitcher]

Kinda - Unicolored Blackbird ;-)

That was deliberate

 

[qwerty5]

If U is taken care of now, I'll try V again

V - Virginia Rail

 

[Jos Stratford]

W - Water Rail

 

[dantheman]

I don't have any Xs ... doesn't mean there aren't any ... especially in latin??


I can think of one for Z though I think.

 

[01101001]

Y=Yellow-headed Blackbird.

this one has the specific epithet 'xanthocollis' (or something like that if I remember correctly)

(initially quoted wrong post)

EDIT: wrong--it's actually Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, which is even better and makes sense Latin-wise

but, then, we need to find another reedbird for 'Y'

 

[foresttwitcher]

Can't find an X, Replacement Y - Yellow Bittern.

 

[WACCOE]

I don't have any Xs ... doesn't mean there aren't any ... especially in latin??


I can think of one for Z though I think.

Can think of a Rail beginning with Z but don't think it's habitat is reeds.

 

[dantheman]

... Z should be easy for anyone who's played the whole thread ;-)

(It's not a main habitat(?) per se, but I think still enough)

 

[Jos Stratford]

... Z should be easy for anyone who's played the whole thread ;-)

(It's not a main habitat(?) per se, but I think still enough)

I hope we're not talking Zitting Cisticola

 

[dantheman]

I hope we're not talking Zitting Cisticola

We are indeed ;-)

I've definitely seen them in reedbeds in Spain.

 

[01101001]

Can think of a Rail beginning with Z but don't think it's habitat is reeds.

Wikipedia says:

Typical plants of the swamp are wax myrtle, the willow Salix longipes, the sawgrass Cladium jamaicensis, and the narrow leaf cattail.

EDIT: If not that, then, maybe, Zapornia parva.

 

[dantheman]

Wikipedia says:



EDIT: If not that, then, maybe, Zapornia parva.

But did you google it to find it out??

;-)

 

[01101001]

not the latter, just the habitat requirements of Zapata Rail

EDIT: I did google the exact Latin name of the X-bird

 

[dantheman]

not the latter, just the habitat requirements of Zapata Rail

... but I guess we already had Zitting Cisticola (for about the third round ;-) ) ...

 

[Jos Stratford]

Zapata Rail is a cool one 👍

Better than Dan's Cisticola * 😅

Edit:
* can be used for D in any future rounds