How well do you know birds?

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what bird is only now from one deed bird found in the 1980s

 

Is it the Ryukyu Kingfisher?

 

Red Sea Swallow

 

it is also now from one specimen however that one is fron the 1880

 

you got it

 

Some birds have compound names made from two nouns. Can you name two which have the nouns reversed? A semi-bird example would be Barnacle Goose and Goose Barnacle. (For the example I can think of, one version is shared by several species).

 

Cuckoo Hawk and Hawk Cuckoo?

 

Acceptable; I was thinking of Thrush Nightingale and the various Nightingale Thrushes (what a great name for a band!) Feel free to set the next question.

 

Which Australian bird species was once known as the, "Jardine Caterpillar-eater"?
Hint: It is a passerine, and to my knowledge, it is not often kept in captivity.

 

Somewhere in the back of my mind I seem to recall Cuckoo-Shrikes being called Caterpillar eaters; Jardine? Total stab in the dark, Ground Cuckoo-Shrike?

 

You have the family right.
Also, a small amendment to the question; the species is not endemic to Australia, in case that was implied.

 

I had no further ideas, might have guessed it from your clue that it is not an Australian endemic, but took the Google route instead. Any idea why “Jardine”? I won’t give the answer to give others the chance; don’t give the reason either until you have decided the question is over.

 

According to Wiktionary, "Jardine", is a French word that is a form of the verb, "Jardiner", which means, "to garden; to do some gardening". So, in the context of the bird's name, I think that, "Jardine", means either:

1. The bird is found in gardens.

Or,

2. The bird "gardens" by methodically removing caterpillars that destroy plants.

 

So not after Douglas Jardine using the call as a distraction tactic during the body line Ashes series then? Why let facts get in the way of a great story?

 

It’s the common cicadabird.

 

Correct. You can set the next question if you'd like.

 

If no one is asking a new question, I might as well ask this:
What bird has been recorded to eat faster than Coyote Peterson?

 

Is that a Coyote that writes field guides? I don't know what that is.