feannag | hooded crow. |
fitheach | raven. |
rocaideach | rook. |
eun (ian) beag an t-sneachda. | snow bunting |
bigean bainndean (m), bigeanan bainndean (pl) | house sparrow. |
druideag (f), druideagan (pl) | starling. |
uiseag (f), uiseagan (pl) | skylark. |
breac an t-sìl (f), breacan sìl (pl) | pied wagtail. |
smeorach (f) | song thrush. |
an t-eun dubh | blackbird. |
lon dubh | blackbird. |
brù dearg (m), bruidhean dearga (pl) | robin. (Not ‘dhearg’.) |
clacharan (m), clacharain (pl) | stonechat. |
gobhlan gaothadh (m), gobhlain gaothadh (pl) | house martin; sand martin; swallow; swift. |
dreathan donn (m), dreathain donn (pl) | wren. |
cuthag (f), cuthagan (pl) | cuckoo. |
cailleach oidhche | owl. |
iolaire (f), iolairean (pl) | eagle. |
clamhan (m), clamhain (pl) | buzzard. |
spéireag (f), speireagan (pl) | sparrowhawk. |
croman (m), cromain (pl) | kestrel. |
seabhag (f), seabhagan (pl) | peregrine falcon. |
sùlaire (m), sùlairean | [pl] gannet. |
sgarbh (m) | cormorant – first 7 years. |
learg (f), leargan (pl) | cormorant – second 7 years. |
balach bodhach (m), balaich bhodhach | [pl] cormorant – third 7 years. (‘bodhach’ – Tiree for “boidheach”.) |
buna-bhuachaille | cormorant – an corr de bheatha. |
eala (f), ealachan | [pl] swan. |
giadh glas | goose (greylag, white-front). |
cathach (m), cathaich (pl) | barnacle goose. |
lacha (f), lachaich (pl) | wild duck (mallard mostly). |
cradh-ghiadh (m), cradh-gheoidh (pl) | shell duck. |
lacha-blàr, lachaich-blar (pl) | [sic] wigeon. |
lacha-cholasach, lachaich-cholasach (pl) | eider. |
sìoltaiche (m), sìoltaichean (pl) | red-breasted merganser. |
gorra-chritheach (f), gorrachan-critheach | [pl] heron. (Not ‘corra-ghritheach’ in Tiree.) |
gobsàc | common snipe. |
bodsac | common snipe. |
gobhar-adhair | mating and breeding movement of wings of snipe in air. |
naosg (m), naoisg (pl) | jack snipe. |
drilleachan (m), drilleachain (pl) | sanderling. |
finnineach (m), finninich (pl) | redshank. |
cnotag (f), cnotagan (pl) | curlew. |
cnotag bheag (f) | whimbrel. |
cuireachdag (f), cuireachdagan | [pl] lapwing. |
feadag (f), feadagan (pl) | grey plover; golden plover. |
luachran (m), luachrain (pl) | ringed plover. |
gille brighde (m), gillean brighde (pl) | oyster catcher. |
faoileann (f), faoileannan (pl) | common gull; herring gull. |
farspach (f), farspachan (pl) | greater black-backed gull. |
claucaire (m), claucairean (pl) | glaucous gull. |
faoileann a’ chinn dhuibh | black-headed gull. |
faoileann bheag | kittiwake. |
stearnal (m), stearnail (pl) | tern. |
fasgadair (m), fasgadairean | [pl] arctic skua; great skua. |
ian dubh an sgadain | puffin; razor-bill; guillemot. |
fulmaire (m), fulmairean | [pl] fulmar. |
bunabhuachaille (f), bunabhuachaillean | [pl] great northern diver. |
cearc-uisge (f) | water rail; coot. |
traona (f), traonan | [pl] corncrake. Also ‘tronn’. |
[tronn] | [See traona] |
calman (m), calmain | [pl] pigeon; dove. |
cearc fhraoich (f), cearcan fraoich (pl) | partridge. |
coileach fraoich | red grouse. |
coileach dubh | black grouse. |
tunnag-lacha | duck. |
strac-lacha | drake. |