the bird-namers were really sick of this bird's shit - ThreadSky

sannewman.bsky.social • 186 days ago

the bird-namers were really sick of this bird's shit

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jauntywk.bsky.social•186 days ago

Back in highschool, they used to call me the drab breasted bamboo tyrant.

qzyrdr.bsky.social•183 days ago

How my gynecologist refers to me in his notes

chompmancobra.bsky.social•186 days ago

The specific name of the drab breasted bamboo tyrant implies the existence of the Much Fancier Breasted Bamboo Tyrant

awiner.bsky.social•183 days ago

You're not that far off! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammulated_bamboo_tyrant

zaratustra.bsky.social•174 days ago

daniel
the flammulated daniel

hdcshah.bsky.social•183 days ago

Flammulated? Flammulate. Flammulant.

What a fantastic word. Deeply cromulent.

graue.bsky.social•182 days ago

It's gummy for sure

snargleplax.bsky.social•183 days ago

Ooh, and it means "flame-colored". I gotta work that in.

awiner.bsky.social•183 days ago

In this case, it's flame-shaped (about the streaking), but it's still a big improvement on "drab".

3141pie.com•183 days ago

but is there a Drab Breasted Bamboo Benevolent Regent...?

the world of feathered creatures is such a cruel one...

rumpole-brief.bsky.social•183 days ago

Paon Louis Quatorze.

chompmancobra.bsky.social•182 days ago

A very fancy boy

monkeydibbly.bsky.social•186 days ago

Bird of the day on the merlin bird recognition app...

smrstik.bsky.social•185 days ago

Quite prevalent in the US during election years, I am told.

monkeydibbly.bsky.social•185 days ago

Along with the orange loon they are supposedly quite vocal...

I try and keep clear of that, uk politics is bad enough 😂

pranish.bsky.social•183 days ago

How did they find out my college nickname?!

fleaingdogfella.bsky.social•182 days ago

@effinbirds.com, this bird's name may speak to you.

goodcitizen.bsky.social•183 days ago

What an ass

thefreezer.co.uk•183 days ago

Drab breasted.. ffs, not happy just adding tyrant as an afterthought..?

fredfine.bsky.social•183 days ago

KING

faithric.bsky.social•182 days ago

Genesis 2: 20 "The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field" - Maybe that wasn't such a good idea?

carlbergstrom.com•183 days ago

Yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) is feeling things.

ghostynewt.bsky.social•182 days ago

There seems to be some giant behind-the-scenes naming committee beef about what to call this one, some agencies call it Bamboo-Tyrant and others prefer Drab-Breasted Pygmy-Tyrant, https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=AA268B7CE51FA4A1

Clements switched Pygmy->Bamboo->Pygmy…

joshdobbin.bsky.social•183 days ago

I RUSHED so immediately to *follow* you when I saw this quote posted on my TL, only to find I already was. Good job, past me.

domg.bsky.social•182 days ago

That poor bird, having her breasts be called "drab."

adsullivan.bsky.social•182 days ago

I laughed out loud. Thanks for bringing this today.

clambot.bsky.social•186 days ago

not into the body shaming

krogerfoot.bsky.social•183 days ago

Ungentlemanly

philadlj.bsky.social•182 days ago

Get its ass

jimmyhid1.bsky.social•183 days ago

Other birds named by ornithologists having a bad day:
Butcherbird
Black-bellied bustard
Great tit
Windfucker (alternative name of common kestrel, TY @xydexxunicorn.bsky.social!)
Booby
Loon (cheat: these last 2 were birds' names before being used as insults)

Other suggestions? (Must be true names.)

nug.monster•183 days ago

have the shrikes been informed of the butcherbirds' stolen valor?!

tarquinhh.bsky.social•183 days ago

Technically now more commonly referred to as whistlers, but will add thickheads.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachycephala

liadru.bsky.social•186 days ago

@avesbrasil.bsky.social sei q não é do Brasil mas achei engraçado

xydexxunicorn.bsky.social•186 days ago

I wanna know who named the kestral a windfucker.

jlroberson.bsky.social•183 days ago

A genius who was too little admired for their talents

ghostynewt.bsky.social•182 days ago

That’s a left-brained divine spark of Skywalker-ass creative naming inspiration right there

jlroberson.bsky.social•182 days ago

Windfuck yeah

ghostynewt.bsky.social•182 days ago

Luke Windfucker and the Millennium Kestrel

stephenswan.bsky.social•182 days ago

Oh flycatchers and tyrants. - the bane of my life at one stage…!

bornmiserable.bsky.social•182 days ago

[Jewel voice] 🎶 my breasts are drab I know / but they’re not yours, they are my own 🎶

armadilldough.bsky.social•183 days ago

Dank-breasted bimbo tyrant

goldencoyote.bsky.social•182 days ago

I know I'm not the only one who read that as "BIMBO tyrant" and had to scroll back up to double-check 🤣

guineaprince.bsky.social•186 days ago

Or at least anglos documenting it. I bet the indigenous names are prettier.

commodorejeepeep.bsky.social•179 days ago

Sounds like they're redwing blackbird tier aggro.

ellz.bsky.social•182 days ago

Kinda mean

dellamoon.bsky.social•183 days ago

“Killdeer” has always been one of my favorite bird names, mostly because they’re less than a foot tall

chuckaaa77.bsky.social•186 days ago

😅😅😅

mickss.bsky.social•183 days ago

😂 😂 😂

onedogsopinion.bsky.social•183 days ago

seems a bit harsh

jlroberson.bsky.social•180 days ago

His natural enemy? The Panda, who have failed at many revolutions against this monstrous bamboo tyrant

jlroberson.bsky.social•183 days ago

Well, LOOK at this little dickhead. He knows what he did, and more, he's proud

jlroberson.bsky.social•183 days ago

you can see the little fucker is already planning how many times he's gonna do it again, you can feel it
fucker

jlroberson.bsky.social•182 days ago

look at him holding up that head proudly. Is that even a head? Or does his stupid round body just happen to have eyes in the right place?
stupid continuous undifferentiated feathery lump of shit someone stuck a beak in

phineas.bsky.social•186 days ago

And I’m sure their breasts are just soooo dazzling

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