Collogue:Scots birds

Latest comment: 16 years ago by Jimmy in topic Whit's the Scots name for...?

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)Reply

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)Reply

Whit's the Scots name for...?

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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)Reply


  • (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]
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