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

• 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

B

• 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

C

• 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

D

• mairtin or windae swallae (Delichon urbica) Ither names: mairtin swallae
• Norawa widpecker (Dendrocopos major) Ither names: specht

E

• 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

F

• 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

G

• 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

H

• 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

L

• 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)

M

• 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)

N

• whaup (Numenius arquata)
• little whaup or tang-whaup (Numenius phaeopus) Ither names: peerie whaup, Mey-bird

O

• goillir (Gaelic) (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
• clacharet (Oenanthe oenanthe) Ither names: chack, stane-chacker, stinkle, dyke happer, dyker

P

• 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)

R

• 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)

S

• 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

T

• 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

U

• cuit or sea-hen (Uria aalge) Ither names: scoot, marrot, willie maw, tystie

V

• teuchit (Vanellus vanellus) Ither names: peesweep