Scots birds
Scots Birds
The names waled for teetles is mair tae sinder ae bird frae anither nor tae threap that is the richt ane. For ordinar a weel-kent or leeterar name. There micht weel be guid grunds for chyngin the name waled for the teetle.
The list is sortit alphabetic by Laitin name.
A
[eedit | eedit soorce]- rose lintie (Acanthis flammea) Ither names: hill-lintie, dwarf lintie, yallae-nebbit lintie, heather lintie, reid-heidit finch
- goss (Accipiter gentilis)
- spur-hawk (Accipiter nisus) Ither names: blue spur hawk, blue hawk, blue merlin , gleg hawk
- wid-laverock (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) Ither names: Scots nichtingale
- heather peeper (Actitis hypoleucos) Ither names: kittie-needie, watter laverock
- fuffit or uin-bird (Aegithalos caudatus)
- mandareen (Aix galericulata)
- laverock (Alauda arvensis) Ither names: lairk
- couter neb (Alca torda) Ither names: scout, marrot, sea-craw, bill auk, cutty
- kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- French paitrick (Alectoris rufa)
- Norawa wifie (Alle alle)
- earn (Aquila chrysaetos)
- Teal (Anas crecca)
- whistlin deuk (Anas penelope) Ither names: gress deuk, wigeon-teal
- muir deuk (Anas platyrhynchos) Ither names: mire deuk, moss deuk, gray deuk, stock-deuk
- beld guiss (Anser albifrons)
- stibble guiss (Anser anser) Ither names: lag(gie)
- bean guiss (Anser fabalis)
- wee oul or little oul (Athene noctua)
- titlin (Anthus pratensis) Ither names: moss cheeper, muir cheeper, gray cheeper, sea cheep, heather peeper, gray bird, erd titlin
- dulser (Anthus petrosus) Ither names: sea lintie, rock-titlin, -teetlag, sea cheep, cheeperock, rock lintie, sea-weet, tweetock, tang-sparrae
- tree-laverock or wid-laverock (Anthus trivialis)
- cran or cran swallae (Apus apus) Ither names: black mairtin, pick-heid, broun swallae, harlie, swallae hawk
- hern (Ardea cinerea) Ither names: Willie-Fisher
- stane powter (Arenaria interpres) Ither names: skirl-craik, ebb-snippock
- hill oul (Asio flammeus) Ither names: moss oul, gress oul, gray yogle
- hornit houlet or horny-houlet (Asio otus) Ither names: white-hornit houlet, luggie,
- awteal (Aythya ferina) Ither names: diver, douker
- tappit deuk or black douker (Aythya fuligula)
- Holland deuk (Aythya marila) Ither names: Norwegian teal
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[eedit | eedit soorce]- bluiter (Botaurus stellaris) heather bluiter, -bleater, loch bluiter, bog bluiter, -bleater, bull-o-the-bog, moss bummer, mire bumper, blackwack
- ware guiss (Branta bernicla) Ither names: clatter guiss, gawlin
- Canadae guiss (Branta canadensis)
- claik guiss (Branta leucopsis)
- stock oul (Bubo bubo)
- white oul (Bubo scandiacus)
- gowden ee (Bucephala clangula) Ither names: gowd-ee deuk
- bizzart (Buteo buteo) Ither names: Puttock
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[eedit | eedit soorce]- horse-cock (Calidris alpina) Ither names: sea-moose, sea-laverock
- gray pliver or siller pliver (Calidris canutus)
- nichtchurr or churr oul (Caprimulgus europaeus) Ither names: fern-oul, moch-hawk
- reid-heidit finch (Carduelis cabaret) Ither names: rose lintie
- Lintie or lintwhite (Carduelis cannabina) Ither names: lintock, gray lintie, broun lintie, hedge lintie, rose lintie, rosey lintie, whin lintie, gray lintie, heather lintie
- gowdspink or gowdie (Carduelis carduelis)
- green lintie or greenie (Carduelis chloris) Ither names: green lintwhite, rose lintie
- muir lintie (Carduelis flavirostris) Ither names: heather lintie, yallae-neb lintie, rock lintie or rockie
- gowdie (Carduelis spinus)
- badock (Catharacta skua) Ither names: herd, bonxie, rain guiss
- tree-speeler or bark-speeler (Certhia familiaris) Ither names: speelock
- Greenland-doo or sea-doo (Cepphus grylle) Ither names: scrabe
- French pliver (Charadrius hiaticula) Ither names: paitrick, sea-laverock
- dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)
- watter-pyot (Cinclus cinclus) Ither names: watter blackbird, watter-craw, water bobbie, bobbitie, water peggie burn(ie)-becker, ess-cock, kitty-neetie
- bog gled (Circus aeruginosus)
- blue gled (Circus cyaneus) Ither names; blue sleeves, blue kite, blue hawk, white-abuin-gled, Saunt Mairtin's foul
- northren harle (Clangula hyemalis) Ither names: coal-caundle-week, callou
- doo (Columba livia)
- cushat or cushie-doo (Columba palumbus)
- corbie or raen (Corvus corax)
- huidit craw or huidie (Corvus cornix) Ither names: gray cheuch, gray craw,
- haver craw or black-nebbit craw (Corvus corone)
- reuk (Corvus frugilegus) Ither names; corn-craw, wid-craw
- kae (Corvus monedula)
- quail (Coturnix coturnix)
- craik(er) (Crex crex), corn-craik, weet-ma-fit, scraich
- gowden pheisant (Chrysolophus pictus)
- gowk (Cuculus canorus)
- Bewick's swan (Cygnus columbianus)
- blue-bunnet or ox-ee (Cyanistes caeruleus) Ither names: blue-kaip, blue Tam, blue yaup
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[eedit | eedit soorce]- mairtin or windae swallae (Delichon urbica) Ither names: mairtin swallae
- Norawa widpecker (Dendrocopos major) Ither names: specht
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[eedit | eedit soorce]- yorlin (Emberiza citrinella) Ither names: yoldrin, yellae lintie, yellae yite
- black heid or coal huid (Emberiza schoeniclus)
- rabin (reid breest)(Erithacus rubecula) Ither names: reid rab
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[eedit | eedit soorce]- rock hawk or smaw blue hawk (Falco columbarius)
- huntin hawk or game hawk (Falco peregrinus) Ither names: blue hawk
- broun hawk or reid hawk (Falco tinnunculus) Ither names: keelie-hawk, Willie-whip-the-wind, , stanchel (archaeic)
- habby hawk (Falco subbuteo)
- Atlantic Tammie Norrie (Fratercula arctica) Ither names: sea-cock, couter-neb, cockandy, bass cock, peaty cock
- shilfie (Fringilla coelebs) Ither names: spink, brichty, chye, tree lintie
- cock o the north (Fringilla montifringilla)
- beld-cuit (Fulica atra) Ither names: watter craw , drink-a-penny, hawkie
- foumaw (Fulmarus glacialis) mallimoke, mall-deuk
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[eedit | eedit soorce]- heather bleater or mire snipe (Gallinago gallinago) Ither names: moss bluiter, heatherbleat, snippock, neukfit, earnbleater
- stank-hen or stankie (Gallinula chloropus) Ither names: watter craw
- blue Jannet or jay-pyot (Garrulus glandarius)
- ring neckit luim (Gavia immer) Ither names: immer, allan-hawk, holland-hawk, bishop
- burrian (Gavia stellata) Ither names: rain guiss, sprataluin, luimie
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[eedit | eedit soorce]- sea-pyot (Haematopus ostralegus) Ither names: mussel pyot, mussel picker
- earn (Haliaeetus albicilla)
- swallae or swallock (Hirundo rustica)
- aselag (Hydrobates pelagicus) Ither names: peter's cock or bird
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[eedit | eedit soorce]- tarmigan (Lagopus mutus)
- muircock (Lagopus lagopus) Ither names: muir bird, muirfoul, gor-cock, reid foul
- pewl (Larus argentatus) Ither names: willie gou, white maw, gray willie, Scorrie
- loch maw (Larus canus) Ither names: blue maw, huidie maw, peerie maw,
- herrin maw (Larus fuscus)
- gowden maw (Larus hyperboreus) Ither names: muckle scorrie
- gou maw or swartback (Larus marinus) Ither names: swabie
- wee gou or little gou (Larus minutus)
- pirr-maw or pickmaw (Larus ridibundus) Ither names: picktarnie
- hauf whaup (Limosa lapponica) Ither names: puir willie
- pliver's page (Lymnocryptes minimus)
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[eedit | eedit soorce]- Scots deuk (Melanitta nigra) Ither names: Black deuk
- harle (Mergus merganser) Ither names: saw neb
- bar drake (Mergus serrator) Ither names: gray diver
- bere buntlin (Miliaria calandra)
- gled (Milvus milvus)
- solan guiss or gaunt (Morus bassanus) Ither names: bass guiss
- willie wagtail or willie-waggie (Motacilla alba) Ither names: watter wagtail, waterie winkie
- yellae seed-leddy (Motacilla cinerea)
- watter-waggie (Motacilla flava) Ither names: watterie, burnie-becker, corn willie
- egypt (Muscicapa striata)
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[eedit | eedit soorce]- whaup (Numenius arquata)
- little whaup or tang-whaup (Numenius phaeopus) Ither names: peerie whaup, Mey-bird
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[eedit | eedit soorce]- goillir (Gaelic) (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
- clacharet (Oenanthe oenanthe) Ither names: chack, stane-chacker, stinkle, dyke happer, dyker
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[eedit | eedit soorce]- fish-hawk (Pandion haliaetus)
- big ox-ee (Parus major) Ither names: bee-eater
- spur or spurdie (Passer domesticus) Ither names: speug(ie)
- whin sparrae (Passer montanus)
- stibble hen (Perdix perdix) Ither names: pai(r)trick
- black ox-ee (Periparus ater) Ither names: black coal-huid
- scart (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) Ither names: scarf
- black scart or gormaw, (Phalacrocorax carbo) Ither names: sea-souter, scart, scarf
- pheisant (Phasianus colchicus)
- fiery-tail (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
- titty wran or grund wran (Phylloscopus trochilus) Ither names: wheelie-oe, muffie, willie-mufftie, gabblin Tam, hey bird white wran, thummle
- pyot (Pica pica) Ither names: the deil’s bird
- snaw-flaucht or snawie (Plectrophenax nivalis) Ither names:snaw-foul, north cock, cock-o-the-north, gwalock
- yellae pliver (Pluvialis apricaria) Ither names: gray plover, whistlin pliver, hill pliver, French pliver
- (gray) pliver (Pluvialis squatarola)
- bunnetie (Podiceps cristatus) Ither names: willie fisher
- bullfinch or bullie (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
- field sparrae, fieldie (Prunella modularis) Ither names: ,buss sparrae, hedge spurdie, hedgie, hemp sparrae, hempie, blue sparrae, blue dickie, seedock, bussock, blue dickie, bluie, creepie, katie, whinnie, gray rabin, whin sparrae spurdie, dykie
- scrabe (Puffinus puffinus) Ither names: skeever, ling-foul, booty,
- yellae wran (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) Ither names: willie-muff(tie), tam-thoum
- reid-leggit craw (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
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[eedit | eedit soorce]- wheary (Regulus regulus) Ither names: gowden crestie or gowdie, muin, miller's thoum
- watter swallae (Riparia riparia) Ither names: saundie mairtin, saund-backie, bitterbaunk or bitterie
- kittywake or kittie (Rissa tridactyla)
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[eedit | eedit soorce]- whin-chacker or -chackart (Saxicola rubetra) Ither names: whin lintie, fern lintie, stane-chackart, gress-chat, clocharet
- stane-chackart or clocharet (Saxicola rubicola)
- muff cock (Scolopax rusticola) Ither names: muckle snippack
- ennet or dunter (deuk) (Somateria mollissima) Ither names: wrack-deuk, sea-deuk
- alan hawk (Stercorarius parasiticus) Ither names: gray alan
- little pickie (Sterna albifrons) Ither names: strick-davie
- tarrock (Sterna hirundo) Ither names: pictarnie, pirr, Willie-Fisher
- pictarnie (Sterna paradisaea)
- croodlin dou (Streptopelia decaocto)
- turtle-dou (Streptopelia turtur)
- Jenny houlet (Strix aluco)
- stirlin (Sturnus vulgaris) Ither names: stuckie
- black powheid (Sylvia atricapilla) Ither names: coal huid
- wheybeard or beardie (Sylvia communis) Ither names: kitty-white-hause, muffie, muffit, wheetie, whitin, wheet, wheetie, Bletherin Tam
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[eedit | eedit soorce]- smaw douker or little douker (Tachybaptus ruficollis) Ither names: mither o the maukins, little fittie airse, drink-a-penny
- black cock or heather cock (Tetrao tetrix) Ither names: gray foul, gray hen (female)
- capercailzie (Tetrao urogallus)
- stock-annet or skell-drake (Tadorna tadorna) Ither names: , lauchin deuk, craw deuk, links guiss
- stiltie(Tringa nebularia) Ither names: wee-weet
- reidshank (Tringa totanus) Ither names: stiltie, saund cock, reid-leggit horseman, wheepler
- chitty wran (Troglodytes troglodytes) Ither names: kitty-wran
- mavis or mavie (Turdus philomelos) Ither names: throstle
- merl (Turdus merula) Ither names: blackie
- little feltifleer (Turdus iliacus)
- feltifleer (Turdus pilaris) Ither names: hillbird, gray thrush
- rock blackbird (Turdus torquatus) Ither names: hill-blackbird, -blackie, rock-starling, heather blackie, muir blackbird
- storm-cock (Turdus viscivorus) Ither names: hillbird, gray chacker
- white houlet or siller oul (Tyto alba) Ither names: rock oul
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[eedit | eedit soorce]- cuit or sea-hen (Uria aalge) Ither names: scoot, marrot, willie maw, tystie
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[eedit | eedit soorce]- teuchit (Vanellus vanellus) Ither names: peesweep