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