Inaccessible Island Rail (#6) is my favorite, because none of these words imply anything about what the species is going to be
by Kaliboy
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Oh never knew the name Bananaquit. We call them "barika hel" (yellow belly) in Papiamentu or Suikerdiefje (lil' sugar thief) in Dutch.
by hiyer
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My next 100 passwords are sorted.
by krylon
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The blue-footed booby deserves a place in the top 10, IMHO. But I see the competition is fierce.
by fat_cantor
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Hard to believe that great tits weren't even mentioned
by dwagnerkc
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Predicted Antwren is a new favorite. How interesting.
by pseudohadamard
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The Morepork is named after the sound it makes, you can listen to it here, https://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/morepork. OTOH some other birds named after their call like the Hadada sound nothing like it.
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