Bird names are usually either 1. a straightforward description 2. absolute nonsense
Or something naughty
Great Tits
The Tufted Shitdick is more suited to a temperate climate but are occasionally spotted as far south as the equator.
The Spotted Stumpchode tends to migrate a week or two later than similar birds.
The Crested Twatswatter is one of the few bird species that migrates to Florida come wintertime.
Ummh, Platypus
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The monkey scientists make no sense though
What a beautiful blue. Can you imagine if we all had different coloured ballsacks?
Don’t tell my wife!
Taste the rainbow 🌈
Bro got blueballed badly
“You CANNOT name this species the ‘greater blue-balled ding-dong monkey’. Not least because we will not let you name something else the ‘lesser blue-balled ding-dong monkey’!”
I wonder how many people went to go see if there was a so-named monkey.
All I’m gonna say, is that’s what private tabs, and a coworker’s unlocked computer is for…(sadly this will have to wait until Monday.)
I have seen one IRL in Kenya and afterwards googled it
they got it wrong, should have been called: the blue balled vervet monkey.
Blue balled black faced tree swingin people eater
The fun part of the bird name is sometimes hidden in latin. My favourite example is scientific name for the American Robin, Turdus Migratorius.
A red bellied woodpecker.
Why?
Aw, come on…
Only in ornithology can you say,
“Look at that pair of great tits!”
“That’s a huge pecker!”
“That’s a nice looking cock!”
And “Look at all the boobies!”
And literally nobody can get mad…
I dunno, boobies seem to not like being looked at,
