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[6] [7] The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek word όρταλις, meaning "pullet" [8] or "domestic hen." [9] The common name derives from the Nahuatl verb chachalaca, meaning "to chatter." With a glottal stop at the end, chachalacah was an alternate name for the bird known as the chachalahtli.
The great kiskadee is a common, noisy, and conspicuous bird. It is almost omnivorous and hunts like a shrike or flycatcher, waiting on an open perch high in a tree to sally out and catch insects in flight or to pounce upon rodents and similar small vertebrates (such as other birds' chicks and bats ).
Spanish: ñam: ñam ñam: glu glu glu, glup: glup: Swedish: nam-nam: nam nam: glugg glugg, klunk klunk: gulp: Tamil: கருக்கு முறுக்கு (karukk murukk) (mainly used to indicate crunching) Thai: งั่บ (ngap), ง่ำ (ngam) ง่ำ ง่ำ (ngam ngam) อึ้ก (uek), เอื้อก (ueak ...
They are voluble and noisy birds, with a large repertoire of gurgling and cheeping sounds constantly used in their social behaviour. [citation needed] With their loud whistles, they are able to imitate the calls of hawks and kestrels which may be a surprise coming from their tiny bodies. They are typically classified as song birds, but hardly ...
Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Lari. It contains two distinct groups, the pratincoles and the coursers. The atypical Egyptian plover (Pluvianus aegyptius), traditionally placed in this family, is now known to be only distantly related (basal of clade Charadrii). The family contains 17 species in 4 genera. [1]
The bird is 12 to 15 inches (30–37 cm) beak to tail and has a wingspan averaging 3 feet (91 cm). Weight is from 214 to 388 grams (7.6–13.7 oz). Weight is from 214 to 388 grams (7.6–13.7 oz). The call is a high-pitched squeak, sounding similar to the noise made by a squeaky toy .
President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for jobs in his second term are receiving guidance about social media use ahead of confirmation hearings that will start next week. Susie Wiles, who managed ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Spain. The area covered by this list is mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands , the Canary Islands , and three small Spanish enclaves on the North African shore.