The Ethno-ornithology World Atlas

The Ethno-ornithology World Atlas is a space for community-curated bird and ecological knowledge in many languages,
facilitating equitable partnerships between local experts, conservationists, and researchers

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hoy - oy

Bird Word

Term

hoî - hoî

Translation

Martineta, Quebracho Crested-Tinamou

Animals

Eudromia elegans (Elegant Crested Tinamou), Eudromia formosa (Quebracho Crested Tinamou)

chirikot, chirikhote

Bird Word

Term

chirikot, chirikhote

Translation

Saracura, Slaty-breasted Wood Rail

Animals

Aramides saracura (Slaty-breasted Wood-rail)

Birds That Are/Were People

Collection

Summary

In many places around the world, birds are seen and related to as people. This can take a lot of different forms. This collection explores birds that used to be people, have an aspect or spirit form that is human-like, are related to as if human, etc.

coichigái

Bird Word

Term

coichigác

Translation

Garza bruja, Black-crowned Night Heron

Animals

Nycticorax nycticorax (Black-crowned Night-heron)

Black-necked Crane Festival in Phobjikha, Bhutan

Digital Heritage

Community

People + Birds Around the World, Druk Bja Tshering

Category

Culture, Sacred/ divine/ spirit world, Material culture, Ceremonial/ ritual

Summary

This festival is hosted in November and welcomes the widely referenced heavenly and sacred species into the Kingdom

Informes sobre Covid por Radio Pa'i Puku en el Chaco Paraguayo

Digital Heritage

Community

People + Birds Around the World

Category

South America

Multilingual BirdWord Posters (Adar â rhywbeth i'w ddweud / Birds that tell people things)

Digital Heritage

Community

EWA Resources

Category

Phenology/ seasonality, Expressions/ sayings, Names, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Teachings, Europe

Summary

These posters are part of a BirdWords series called "Birds That Tell People Things" -- eventually, there will be several for various languages worldwide. We share these printable and editable birdword posters for your use.

Listen to the Birds (Supplemental Materials: Full Data Sources List & Dataset)

Digital Heritage

Community

People + Birds Around the World

Category

Bibliographic reference, South America, Southeast Asia, Oceania, North America, Meso-america, Global, Europe, Asia, Africa, Markers of environ. change, Conservation, Stewardship, Bird song & calls, Behavioural observations, Phenology/ seasonality, Relations w/ other life & landscape, Ontology, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers

Summary

Online supplemental materials for the article Wyndham and Park 2018, published by the Journal of Ethnobiology

David Wingate in conversation with friend Jane Campbell talks about his life's work conserving the Cahow.

Digital Heritage

Community

People + Birds Around the World, Cahow Community

Category

Oceania, Eggs & nests, Markers of environ. change, Conservation, Success stories, Stewardship, Lessons learned, Crucial habitat threats/ needs, Stories, Proper conduct, Personal narratives, Oral histories, Historical

Summary

As a schoolboy on Bermuda in 1951 David Wingate was invited on an ornithological expedition. In these recordings he describes how they rediscovered the Cahow, or Bermuda Petrel, previously thought extinct for 300 years.

Animals

Pterodroma cahow (Bermuda Petrel)