Name a bird for each letter of the alphabet- (1 Viewer)

[Bewick]

Q - Quetzal

Specifically Resplendent Quetzal, but when you mention Quetzal, that's the species everyone thinks of first

Technically not the full name so just I'm going to just put Q- Quail here just in case.

 

[01101001]

Red-billed Quelea (would hate to miss the world's most numerous wild bird species, plus that could mean I'm in the middle of some fire-bombing/chemical warfare activities)

 

[dantheman]

Go on then-

S - Siberian Rubythroat

Who wouldn't?

(EDIT: or Siberian Blue Robin)

 

[01101001]

Terek Sandpiper - BirdForum Opus

www.birdforum.net

because ticking it would mean either finding a vagrant or finding myself on a tropical beach (I hope fate is merciful enough to keep me out of Putin's reach--i.e. its breeding grounds, mostly); also, it's monotypic and has a nice upturned bill

 

[Lisa W]

U does follow T right??? Thought I’d better ask.

U - Upland Sandpiper

 

[qwerty5]

V - Vireo bellii

A rare breeder that I hope to get soon, preferably next year.

 

[lgonz1008]

W - Wilson's Bird-of-Paradise

 

[dantheman]

Useful link for future reference on this thread -

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tinyurl.com

 

[qwerty5]

X - Xema sabini

Pretty cool looking gull, and it would mean I'm ticking a very nice rarity or am somewhere besides the eastern U.S.

 

[foresttwitcher]

I wanted to put Wandering as W but missed it so Y - Yellow-nosed Albatross - simply because it's an Albatross.

 

[Birdy1]

Zebra Finch - a seriously cool looking bird - and unless seeing it as an escapee I could be in Australia!

 

[lgonz1008]

Zebra Finch - a seriously cool looking bird - and unless seeing it as an escapee I could be in Australia!

Start the new chain!

 

[Birdy1]

How about birds you've twitched and missed? (Doesn't matter if you saw it later on) - although I don't have one to start it off!

 

[foresttwitcher]

A - American Bittern - Carlton Marshes, Suffolk, UK - spent a good part of the day standing looking at a patch of reeds in a damp field where it had been seen just before I arrived...

 

[lgonz1008]

B - Blue Bunting

Three different times tried for a female bird seen in a little park in South Texas, let's just say I came back home with no Bunting and with a coping mechanism of telling myself that the female bird just looks like a drab female Indigo Bunting...

 

[WACCOE]

C-Caspian Tern dipped a couple times before adding to my Yorkshire list.

 

[qwerty5]

D - Dunlin

When I was quite new to the world of serious birding I visited some extensive mudflats in the hopes of seeing the Dunlins reported there. Problem was, I only owned binoculars at the time, and given the distances it was pretty much doomed before it began.

 

[Bewick]

E- Eremophila alpestris (Shore lark)

Missed the group at Holkham gap in January, will hopefully be returning this the winter to try again.

Horned Lark - BirdForum Opus

www.birdforum.net

 

[kennethwfd]

Fieldfare, have a "G" if noone else comes forward, also a T and W

 

[dantheman]

Fieldfare, have a "G" if noone else comes forward, also a T and W

There must be a story behind this?! ;-)


It's hard to think of things. I might have to refer to my lists at some point for inspiration. I've twitched a little bit in the past, but can't think of too many things we dipped on, but there must be.