Philip Griffin wrote:
Do any of you have Greek language connections?
In a song translation I've come across Petrohilidoni
which is literally stone-swallow.
So far, I've been unable to find the name in any
official Greek list of bird names.
I suspect it may refer to the House Martin but I'm
not sure... any ideas?
The Greek birdlist (e.g. http://www.birdlist.org/greece.htm) lists
Eurasian Crag-Martin (Hirundo rupestris), which sounds promising.
The Greek version (http://www.ornithologiki.gr/en/wob/enchecklist.htm)
gives the common name as "?????????????".
Using Babelfish to mangle this into English, "?????" translates as "rock",
and "????????" as "helj'dono". That looks like a match to me.
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