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Quiz Monkey |
| Science |
| Natural History |
| Alternative Names Birds |
| Q: Which bird is sometimes known as the ... | A: | |
| Gooney (goony, goonie) |
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Albatross |
| Mollymawk (from mallemuck, the name given by Dutch sailors to the fulmar) |
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Albatross |
| Merle (originally the French name for it – from the Latin merula) |
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Blackbird |
| Arctic Loon (in North America) |
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Black–throated diver |
| Screech owl (not closely related to the North American owl with that name) |
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Barn owl |
| Sea raven |
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Cormorant |
| Landrail |
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Corncrake |
| Water ousel |
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Dipper |
| Yaffle |
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Green woodpecker |
| Blackcock |
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Grouse (black – male) |
| Moorcock |
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Grouse (red) |
| Dunnock (not actually a sparrow) |
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Hedge sparrow |
| Brain–fever bird |
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Indian cuckoo |
| Windhover |
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Kestrel |
| 'Halcyon' is an archaic or poetic name for the |
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Kingfisher |
| Laughing jackass |
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Kookaburra |
| Green plover or peewit |
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Lapwing |
| Laverock (archaic or Scots name) |
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Lark |
| Dabchick |
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Little grebe |
| Pigeon hawk (in North America) |
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Merlin |
| Storm cock |
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Mistle thrush |
Goatsucker |
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Nightjar |
| Sea hawk, fish hawk or river hawk |
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Osprey |
| Popinjay (formerly) |
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Parrot |
| Snow grouse |
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Ptarmigan |
| Sea parrot or bottlenose |
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Puffin |
| Ñandus or South American ostriches (according to Wikipedia) – genus (with two species) |
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Rheas |
| Chaparral cock |
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(Greater) roadrunner |
| White–tailed eagle or erne |
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Sea eagle |
| Butcher bird (because it impales its prey – the name is also used for an Australasian species, which does the same but is not closely related) |
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Shrike |
| Laverock (LAV–uh–ruk) (in Scotland and Northern England) |
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Skylark |
| Throstle or mavis |
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Song thrush |
| Mother Carey's chicken |
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Storm petrel |
| Sea swallow |
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(Common) tern |
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