Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Twitter Thread: The World's Most Ridiculous Bird Names


This fun Twitter thread from @Stu_Bot3000 runs a quick study on some of the world's silliest bird names. Suffice to say, we had no idea there were these kinds of bird names running amok out there. It's as if some of the folks in charge of naming these birds have some sort of vendetta against birds, because some of these names are just brutal. 

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Bird - Stu Royall ... @stu_bot3000 My favourite species of birds are the ones named by people who clearly hate birds. (thread) O More images Drab seedeater Birds

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Bird - Stu Royall .. @stu_bot3000 Sick of their More images Typical swifts Birds

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Bird - Stu Royall @stu_bot3000 · 3h Replying to @stu_bot3000 ... *Sean Bean voice* More images Little bustard Birds

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Plant - Stu Royall @stu_bot3000 · 3h Why even go into this line of work? More images Go-away-bird The go-away-birds, Crinifer, are a genus of bird in the turaco family. Unlike many of the brighter forest dwelling turacos these are birds of African open country and have drab grey and white plumage. Wikipedia

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Water - Stu Royall @stu_bot3000 · 3h .@rspb This is bullying ... More i Common loon Birds

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Bird - Stu Royall @stu_bot3000 · 3h I believe psychologists call this projection ... A More imag Sad flycatcher Birds

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Bird - Stu Royall @stu_bot3000 · 3h Um, they prefer the term "goth" More im Sombre tit Birds

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Bird - Stu Royall @stu_bot3000 · 3h *Geoffrey Boycott voice* More image Ruddy pigeon Birds

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Bird - Stu Royall @stu_bot3000 · 3h Are ornithologists ok? ... A More image O More images Dickcissel Hoary puffleg Birds Birds AMore imag A More images Fluffy-backed tit-babbler Horned screamer Birds Birds

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Organism - Stu Royall @stu_bot3000 · 3h Did I make this one up? You're not sure are ... you? More Tiny sky-tyrant Birds

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Bird - Stu Royall @stu_bot3000 ·3h Men will literally name all the birds instead of going to therapy O More O More images Boobies Swallow Birds Birds A More in 2 More images Penduline tits European shag Birds Birds

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Bird - Stu Royall @stu_bot3000 · 2h ... Refuse to believe these are real O More images A More images Spangled drongo Smew Birds Birds Perplexing scrubwren A More images Birds -rumped bush tyrant

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