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

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