33 Funny Bird Names Which Are Actually Real

I have selected 33 funny bird names and some facts about each.

Blue-footed Booby

It is a marine bird native to the regions of the eastern Pacific Ocean. Blue-footed boobies have blue feet. The blue pigment can indicate if a blue-footed booby is nourished. The species usually lays one to three eggs at a time.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

The yellow-bellied sapsucker is a medium-sized woodpecker that is distinguished by having a red nape. The species is monotypic. They often nest in groves of small trees

Monotonous Lark

The monotonous lark is a species of lark found in southern Africa. Its movement patterns are poorly understood.

Rattling Cisticola

The rattling cisticola is a species of bird that is native to Africa. This species has an extremely large range.

Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler

It is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae.

Nazca Booby

The Nazca booby is a large seabird that is native to the eastern Pacific. It is very similar to Masked Booby. They are one of three species of booby found in Galapagos. During courtship, this species displays a peculiar dance ritual.

Wandering Tattler

The Wandering Tattler is a familiar bird in winter along the Pacific Coast. They nest in rocky areas along mountain streams. All ages have a longer groove on the upper mandible.

It is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.

Blue Tit

It is one of our most attractive and most recognisable garden visitors.

Restless Flycatcher

The restless flycatcher is a passerine bird in the family Monarchidae. The back, wings, and tail are darker grey.

Red-footed Booby

The red-footed booby is a large seabird that nests in trees, so they don’t compete for nest sites. They look smaller and more slender than other boobies. The diet of red-footed boobies consists mostly of fish.

Macaroni Penguin

The macaroni penguin is a species of penguin that was featured in the Sony Pictures Animation movie ‘Surfs Up.‘ An adult bird has an average length of around 70 cm.

Smew

The smew is a species of duck that nests in tree holes.

Facts about birds

Flamingoes are pink on the inside as well as the outside.

All ducks have highly waterproof feathers.

Cardinals like to cover themselves in ants.

Birds of prey are carnivorous birds with hooked beaks and sharp talons.

Emperor penguins can dive to depths of hundreds of metres.

Superb Fairywren

The superb fairywren is a passerine bird that has adapted well to the urban environment. Its tail is usually blue.

Northern Shoveler

The northern shoveler is a common duck that breeds in northern areas of Europe. No living subspecies are recognised today.

Tawny Frogmouth

It is a species of frogmouth native to Tasmania and Australia. Tawny Frogmouth is Australia’s most familiar nocturnal bird. Tawny frogmouths and owls both have mottled patterns.

Common Potoo

The common potoo has yellow eyes and a wide mouth. This nocturnal insectivore hunts from a perch.

Laughing Kookaburra

The laughing kookaburra is a large kingfisher with a brown cheek patch. The laughing kookaburra is the largest species of kingfisher.

Secretarybird

The secretarybird is a large bird of prey with an eagle-like head. The secretarybird is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. Their lower legs have heavy scales.

Horned Screamer

The horned screamer belongs to the Anhimidae family and is found in the Amazonian lowlands.

Screaming Piha

They make a piercingly loud three-part ‘qui-qui-yo’ song.

Satanic Nightjar

The Satanic nightjar was discovered in 1931 by Gern Heinrich. It measures about 27 cm long.

Go-away Bird

The grey go-away-bird is a common turaco of the southern Afrotropics.

Bananaquit

The name of the bananaquit comes from the English word quit (small passerine birds).

Did you know how naming new species is done?

A holotype must be designated.

A description of the news species is required.

This description and data must be published.

Masked Booby

The masked booby is a large seabird. Masked boobies typically deep-plunge for their prey. The sexes have similar plumage.

Wailing Cisticola

The sad flycatcher feeds on small insects. It is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae that nests on islands.

Sad Flycatcher

It was originally described as Tyrannula barbirostris.

Magnificent Frigatebird

The magnificent frigatebird is the largest species of frigatebird. The magnificent frigatebird is a seabird of the frigatebird family Fregatidae that steals food from other seabirds.

Wrinkled Hornbill

The wrinkled hornbill is a medium-large hornbill that is around 70 cm long.

Splendid Fairywren

The splendid fairywren is a passerine bird. This species mainly eats insects.

Peruvian Booby

The Peruvian booby is within the genus Sula.

Dickcissel

The dickcissel was formally described in 1789 and is commonly called “Townsend’s dickcissel.” Dickcissels forage on the ground or in fields.

Worm-eating Warbler

The worm-eating warbler breeds in the Eastern United States. It has a slim, pointed bill and pink legs.

Spangled Drongo

The spangled drongo is the only drongo to be found in Australia.