Longest <English> bird name (and shortest)

[L&L Knight <>]

I thought I'd play pedant's advocate.

I'm sure the longest bird name is in another language - possibly Welsh, 
Finnish, Inuit ...
It would be interesting to know what the absolute longest bird name is 
[in any human language].
Regards, Laurie.


On Friday, July 27, 2007, at 04:09  PM,  wrote:

> G'day all
>
> Puerto Rican Stripe-headed Tanager = 34 characters
> Prigogine's Double-collared Sunbird = 35 characters
> Ou = 2
>
> Black-necked Stork = 18
>
> which is virtually the average according to:  Gill, F. and M. Wright.
> 2006. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. Princeton NJ:
> Princeton University Press
>
> It's a fairly quiet Friday afternoon at work!
>
> Cheers
> Steve
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