Ratel (@ratel)
Wildlife photographer
Birdwatching - 3315 π¦
π¦ The brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) > - Fringilla (lat.) Finch; fi nco (old German) > - montifringilla lat .: mΕns, montis mountain, mountain range I don't come across these guys very often...
Birdwatching - 3314 π¦
π¦ The great tit (Parus major) > - Parus (lat.) Tit > - major (lat.) large The most common and numerous forest birds, which, in addition to forests, also live in city parks, groves, and courtyards....
Birdwatching - 3313 π¦
π¦ The Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck (Jynx torquilla) > - Jynx iynx, iyngis (Greek, Lat.) wryneck ; Iynga in ancient Greek. mythology, a beautiful nymph, the daughter of the god of the fores...
Birdwatching - 3312 π¦
π¦ The western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) > - Motacilla lat .: mΕto, mΕtare move continuously, -cilla tail (cilla like a tail - only in ornithology, erroneous established name) > - flava flav...
Birdwatching - 3311 π¦
π¦ The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) > - Actitis (Greek) - inhabitant of the coast > - hypoleucos (Greek): - whitish These birds live near bodies of water, rivers, and lakes. Their dull cal...
Birdwatching - 3310 π¦
π¦ The common chaffinch or simply the chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) > - fringilla (lat.) - finch; fi nco (Old German), fi nc (Old English) > - coelebs coelebs (lat.) - single, idle, unmarried For m...
Birdwatching - 3309 π¦
π¦ The hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia) > - Tetrastes Greek: tetraΕn hunting bird, -astΔs creator > - bonasia the etymology is unclear, one of the assumptions is "bonum" good, "assum" roast (lat). ...
Birdwatching - 3308 π¦
π¦ The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) > - Ficedula fi cedulinus (medieval lat.): βA small bird that feeds on figs and turns into a black-headed warbler in winter β(from: Jobling, 201...
Birdwatching - 3307 π¦
π¦ The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) > - Alcedo alcedinis, alcyon, or halcedo, halcedinis (lat.) kingfisher; word "hals" in ancient Greek language meant "sea", along with the word thalassa. Acc...
Birdwatching - 3306 π¦
π¦ The common whitethroat or greater whitethroat (Curruca communis) > - Curruca is an unidentified bird name mentioned in the poems of the ancient Roman poet Juvenal > - communis (lat.) ordinary, c...
Birdwatching - 3305 π¦
π¦ The Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo) > - Falco phalcΕn (Greek), falco (Lat.) falcon; the word falco is derived from falx (sickle, scythe) and means "curved in the form of a sickle", which is asso...
Birdwatching - 3304 π¦
π¦ The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) > - Spinus spinos (Greek) unidentified bird mentioned Aristotle and other ancient Greek. authors These yellow birds are true travelers. As soon as their young...
Birdwatching - 3303 π¦
π¦ The fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) > - Turdus (lat) - Thrush > - pilaris the etymology is mysterious, although it is now believed that pilaris in later Latin means simply thrush (Jobling, 2017). How...
Birdwatching - 3302 π¦
π¦ The long-tailed tit or long-tailed bushtit (Aegithalos caudatus) > - Aegithalos (Greek): tit > - caudatus (lat.): tailed From a distance, these charming birds resemble a fluffy white ball with a...
Birdwatching - 3301 π¦
π¦ The Eurasian treecreeper or common treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) > - Certhia (Greek): kerthios - a small bird crawling through the trees, mentioned by Aristotle > - familiaris (lat.): common,...