The Latin names for birds @LatinBirds
Passionate about the African bush. I hope I'm the random chilled guy with whom you enjoy sharing a bird hide. Share your pics with me, I'll do their names. Johannesburg, South Africa Joined May 2020-
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Birding Big Day, on 3 December this year, is South Africa's biggest annual birding event. There are details at birdlife.org.za/support-us/eve… @BirdLife_SA
📢The Global South Climate Database is live! After months of work, I am SO excited to share this resource! Please use this free, searchable database of climate experts from the global south to help elevate under-represented voices. #GSCD bit.ly/GSClimateDatab… 🧵 1/n
Call for papers: Special issue of Ostrich in memory of W. Richard J. Dean fitzpatrick.uct.ac.za/news/call-pape…
Seeking a field assistant to come with me to the Kalahari to work on heat stress and cognition in pied babblers. Fieldwork starts from the end of October! 👇👇🐦☀️
We are so honoured to be featured in the Gataway magazine; showcasing our work but more importantly, the plight of Africa's vultures. Share the love for our work widely and lets use the rest of this month to continue spreading the awareness. getaway.co.za/travel/nature-…
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BirdLife International is 100 years' old! Read about this wonderful organisation's history and its many achievements at birdlife.org/birdlife100/. @BirdLife_SA is immensely proud to be the country partner of BirdLife. @BirdLife_News @BirdLifeAfrica @BirdLife_CEO
Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius Ploceus from the Greek for a weaver, braider or plaiter. intermedius is given to species that lie between two others. In this case, I assume, between the Village and Southern Masked Weavers.
Do not miss Carina Pienaar's talk about Southern Bald Ibis research and conservation on Tuesday 16 August. There's more information at birdlife.org.za/blsa-conversat… @BirdLife_SA @BirdLifeAfrica @BirdLife_News
Prof Peter Ryan, Director of @Fitztitute has been awarded the Gill Memorial Medal. Read all about his award here: bit.ly/3OSvJzC Photo: Peter Ryan on Scott Island in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Photo Credit: François Bernard @ostrichJAO @honeyguide @Birdlife_SA @Birdlife
I salute John Cooper in acknowledgement of the many sterling contributions in his career. He has not stopped working after retiring from UCT, and remains involved in several bird conservation projects. @Antarcticlegacy #acap @Fitztitute @BirdLife_SA acap.aq/latest-news/44…
Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides Merops is Greek for 'bee-eater' nubicoides is 'resembling nubicus', the Latin form of Nubian, referring to the Northern CBe Carmine is the red pigment obtained from cochineal; why we were taught that red Smarties were made from beetles
@Tim_Ponton @DrOwenDavies Haha. Couldn't figure out why the Twitter algorithm was warning me about sensitive content until I saw the cleft in that rock face.
Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista Lophotis from the Greek 'lophos' for crest and 'otis' for bustard. ruficrista is, unsurprisingly from the Latin : 'rufus' meaning red or ruddy and 'crista', crest.
Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata Spermestes from the Greek, sperma, 'seed' and estes-, 'eater'. cucullata is from the Latin for 'hooded'. Mannikin is from the Dutch for 'little man' and is also the root of mannequin. Little, hooded seed-eating man. Very apt. Such cute birds.
3/3 sabota is from sebotha, the Tswana word for larks. So, the Lark-lark lark. A bird so ubiquitious, the named it thrice.
2/3 If you were wondering how Pliny knew what the Celts called larks, he served in the Roman army in Gaul and Germany around 50AD and would have come into contact with them there. Before you get excited, this was 100 years after Asterix and Obelix.
1/3 Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota Calendulauda is from Calendula, variously the diminutive Latin for 'lark' or may refer to the Latin for "I am glowing (warm)" Alauda is (according to Pliny) the Celtic name for 'lark' meaning 'great songstress' (al great; aud song).
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos Turtur is Latin for 'turtle dove' chalcospilos from Greek, khalkos, 'copper' and spilos 'spot'. Saddest call in the bushveld: My mother is dead, my father is dead, all my family are dead, and my heart goes du du du du du du du.
2/2 Crombec is likely from Levaillant adapting the Khoisan name his guides were using. That in turn might be from the Dutch, 'Krom-bek' (crooked beak), which would be an odd choice of name seeing as it's hardly a defining feature.
Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens Sylvietta is the diminutive of the Latin, 'sylvia' meaning a woodland sprite. They make soft purrings which sound to my ear like a happy fairy, blowing raspberries to herself in the thickets rufescens from the Latin, 'rufus', means reddish
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