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