Q: Which bird is sometimes known as the ... |
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Gooney (goony, goonie) |
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Albatross |
Mollymawk (from mallemuck, the name given by Dutch sailors to the fulmar) |
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Albatross |
Merle (originally the French name for it – from the Latin merula) |
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Blackbird |
Arctic Loon (in North America) |
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Black–throated diver |
Screech owl (not closely related to the North American owl with that name) |
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Barn owl |
Sea raven |
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Cormorant |
Landrail |
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Corncrake |
Water ousel |
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Dipper |
Yaffle |
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Green woodpecker |
Blackcock |
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Grouse (black – male) |
Moorcock |
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Grouse (red) |
Dunnock (not actually a sparrow) |
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Hedge sparrow |
Brain–fever bird |
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Indian cuckoo |
Windhover |
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Kestrel |
'Halcyon' is an archaic or poetic name for the |
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Kingfisher |
Laughing jackass |
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Kookaburra |
Green plover or peewit |
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Lapwing |
Laverock (archaic or Scots name) |
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Lark |
Dabchick |
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Little grebe |
Pigeon hawk (in North America) |
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Merlin |
Storm cock |
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Mistle thrush |
Goatsucker, chuck–will's–widow |
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Nightjar |
Popinjay (formerly) |
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Parrot |
Snow grouse |
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Ptarmigan |
Sea parrot or bottlenose |
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Puffin |
Chaparral cock |
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(Greater) roadrunner |
White–tailed eagle or erne |
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Sea eagle |
Butcher bird (because it impales its prey – the name is also used for an Australasian species, which does
the same but is not closely related) |
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Shrike |
Laverock (LAV–uh–ruk) (in Scotland and Northern England) |
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Skylark |
Throstle or mavis |
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Song thrush |
Mother Carey's chicken |
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Storm petrel |
Sea swallow |
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(Common) tern |