The Most common words used in naming the 9,948 birds of the world are:
White . . . . . . . . . . 704 birds
Black . . . . . . . . . . 620 birds
Bird . . . . . . . . . . . 585 birds
Yellow . . . . . . . . . 335 birds
Red . . . . . . . . . . . 320 birds
Warbler . . . . . . . 297 birds
Wing . . . . . . . . . . 285 birds
Gray/Grey . . . . . 273 birds
Head . . . . . . . . . . 256 birds
Blue . . . . . . . . . . . 224 birds
Green . . . . . . . . . 223 birds
Wren . . . . . . . . . . 223 birds
Brown . . . . . . . . . 158 birds
Hawk . . . . . . . . . 142 birds
Sparrow . . . . . . . 114 birds
Honeyeater . . . . . 108 birds
Collared . . . . . . . . 102 birds
3 comments:
What amazed me about these figures is that out of the 9948 birds of the world, I've seen only about .5%.
you're just chock-full of birdy info! I like that "warbler" is so high on the list.
"Collared" surprises me - the only one I can think of is the Eurasian collared dove.
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