Collogue:Scots birds

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A tak it whauriver thir names is frae it is awfu auld. A coudna find mony o thir Laitin names in ma Collins Complete Guide To British Birds. But the SND an Google gien us a haund. A howp A've gotten the richt beasties mynd. 84.135.224.38 14:23, 29 Januar 2008 (UTC)[replie]

Thanks for sortin thir. A'm nae dab-haund wi the birds an didna notice that mony o thir names wisna richt onymair. Jimmy 19:32, 29 Januar 2008 (UTC)[replie]

Whit's the Scots name for...?

Onybody ken the Scots names for the follaein? A soorce wad be grand. Aiblins some is muckle the same as the English anes but a soorce for that wad be grand an aw. Jimmy 00:17, 4 Februar 2008 (UTC)[replie]

(Anas acuta) [pintail (duck)] callou?
(Anas clypeata) [shoveler]
(Anas strepera) [gadwall]
(Anas querquedula) [garganey]
(Anser brachyrhynchus) [pink-footed goose]

(Bombycilla garrulus) [waxwing]

(Calcarius lapponicus) [lapland bunting]
(Calidris alba) [sanderling]
(Calidris ferruginea) [curlew sandpiper]
(Calidris maritima) [purple sandpiper]
(Calidris minuta) [little stint]
(Carduelis flammea) [mealy redpoll]
(Carpodacus erythrinus) [scarlet rosefinch]
(Coccothraustes coccothraustes) [hawfinch]
(Columba oenas) [stock dove]
(Cygnus olor) [mute swan]
(Cygnus cygnus) [whooper swan]

(Dendrocopos minor) [lesser spotted woodpecker] specht?

(Ficedula hypoleuca) [pied flycatcher]

(Gavia arctica) [black-throated diver]

(Jynx torquilla) [wryneck]

(Lanius collurio) [red-backed shrike]
(Larus glaucoides) [iceland gull] valkie?
(Limosa limosa) [black-tailed godwit]
(Locustella naevia) [grasshopper warbler]
(Lophophanes cristatus) [crested tit]
(Loxia curvirostra) [crossbill]
(Loxia pytyopstittacus) [parrot crossbill]
(Loxia scotica) [Scottish crossbill]
(Luscinia svecica) [bluethroat]

(Melanitta fusca) [velvet scoter]

(Oxyura jamaicensis) [ruddy duck]

(Philomachus pugnax) [ruff]
(Picus viridis) [green woodpecker]
(Pernis apivorus) [honey buzzard]
(Phylloscopus collybita) [chiffchaff] Durin the 19t century chiffchaffs (a simmer residenter) spreid throu England intae the sooth o Scotland. As chiffchaffs begoud tae arrive in Scotland whan Scots begoud tae dwine, a local Scots name aiblins niver cam aboot.
(Platalea leucorodia) [spoonbill]
(Poecile montanus) [willow tit]
(Poecile palustris) [marsh tit]
(Podiceps auritus) [slavonian grebe]Scots: Douker
(Podiceps grisegena) [red-necked grebe]
(Podiceps nigricollis) [black-necked grebe]
(Porzana porzana) [spotted crake]
(Puffinus gravis) [great shearwater]

(Rallus aquaticus) [rail]

(Sitta europaea) [nuthatch]
(Stercorarius longicaudus) [long-tailed skua]
(Sterna dougallii) [Roseate Tern] pirr-maw?
(Sterna sandvicensis) [sandwich tern]
(Sylvia borin) [garden warbler]
(Sylvia curruca) [lesser whitethroat]