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100 Greatest Bird Names of All Time(birdhistory.substack.com)
40 points by bookofjoe 9 hours ago | 8 comments
SommaRaikkonen 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Inaccessible Island Rail (#6) is my favorite, because none of these words imply anything about what the species is going to be

Kaliboy 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Oh never knew the name Bananaquit. We call them "barika hel" (yellow belly) in Papiamentu or Suikerdiefje (lil' sugar thief) in Dutch.

hiyer 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

My next 100 passwords are sorted.

fat_cantor 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Hard to believe that great tits weren't even mentioned

fallinghawks 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

At least they had the Dickcissel.

sorokod 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Nor the great bustards

krylon 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The blue-footed booby deserves a place in the top 10, IMHO. But I see the competition is fierce.

dwagnerkc 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Predicted Antwren is a new favorite. How interesting.