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Naming
Names
Culture
Naming
Names
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Vernacular, or so-called 'folk' names
Oxfordshire's Lost Voices
Digital Heritage
Community
People + Birds Around the World
Category
Educational materials, Europe, Biology / ecology, Markers of environ. change, Conservation, Observed changes, Bird song & calls, Preferred habitats, Personal narratives, Names, Historical
Summary
Twenty-four bird species that have become rare or extinct in the last 100 years, most in the last 40 years.
júntungú
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone Ayoreo
Category
South America, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names, Ancestors/ death
pichicocodaté
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone Ayoreo
Category
South America, Names
El tero (treile, queltehue) anuncia lluvia e indica la presencia de personas y perros
Digital Heritage
Community
Aves y Memoria Biocultural en Humedal Río Cruces - Chile
Category
South America, Protected areas, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names, Local taxonomy not exact match w/ scientific term
El mensaje del aurolar (el pájaro carpintero)
Digital Heritage
Community
People + Birds Around the World
Category
Educational materials, South America, Indicators, Culture, Stories, Songs, Teachings, Names
Summary
La historia del aurolar. Este pájaro informa que puede haber un cambio de tiempo.
Birds of Kichwamba
Digital Heritage
Community
People + Birds Around the World
Category
Educational materials, Africa, Conservation, Culture, The arts, Names
Summary
Children at the Kichwamba Orphanage Foundation are drawing their local birds. They observe them carefully and note all the details.
Learn some Oxford birds while in lockdown
Digital Heritage
Community
People + Birds Around the World
Category
Educational materials, Europe, Bird song & calls, Preferred habitats, Naming, Names
Summary
A short movie featuring 31 species local to Oxford with habitat and song to help people learn to recognise the songs they hear
Bumbarrel
Digital Heritage
Community
People + Birds Around the World
Category
Names
Qué come los gatí
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone Ayoreo
Category
South America, What the bird eats, Behavioural observations, Names
Summary
Come pasto y frutas; era un joven sin hermanos
tutútude
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone Ayoreo
Category
South America, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names
tuigamejame
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone Ayoreo
Category
South America, Bird song & calls, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names, Local taxonomy not exact match w/ scientific term, Ancestors/ death
Summary
Avisa si habrá un muerte y/o una víbora
totita
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone Ayoreo
Category
South America, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names
Summary
Totita avisa si viene tiempos fríos
tôjó
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone Ayoreo
Category
South America, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names, Local taxonomy not exact match w/ scientific term
Summary
Avisa que habrá huérfanos
tiínta
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone Ayoreo
Category
South America, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names
suaéja
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone Ayoreo
Category
South America, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names
quigáp
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone Ayoreo
Category
South America, Artisanry/ crafts, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names, Local taxonomy not exact match w/ scientific term, Ancestors/ death
piá
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone Ayoreo
Category
South America, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names
ngongoó anuncia la lluvia
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone Ayoreo
Category
South America, What the bird eats, Personhood, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names
majungumú
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone Ayoreo
Category
South America, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names
jáato
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone Ayoreo
Category
South America, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names
jaacó
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone Ayoreo
Category
South America, What the bird eats, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names
guidobó
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone Ayoreo
Category
South America, What the bird eats, Personhood, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names
gócoco
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone Ayoreo
Category
South America, Bird song & calls, Behavioural observations, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names, Commensals/ pets
Summary
Avisos del gócoco
gaacó
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone Ayoreo
Category
South America, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names
asái indica dónde puede haber miel en el monte
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone Ayoreo
Category
Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names
Summary
Este pájaro indica dónde puede haber miel
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