Birds Flashcards

1
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albatross

A

un albatros

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2
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alpine chough

A

un chocard à bec jaune

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3
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avocet

A

une avocette

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4
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a bird of prey

A

un oiseau de proie

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5
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bittern

A

un butor

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6
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blackbird

A

un merle

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7
Q

blackcap

A

une fauvette à tête noir

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8
Q

booby/gannet

A

un fou de Bassan

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9
Q

bowerbird

A

un jardinier satiné

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10
Q

budgerigar, budgie, parakeet

A

une perruche

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11
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bullfinch

A

un bouvreuil

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12
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bustard

A

une outarde

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13
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buzzard

A

une buse

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14
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a canary (x2)

A

un canari, un serin

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15
Q

chaffinch

A

un pinson

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16
Q

carrion crow, rook

A

une corneille

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17
Q

passerine

A

un passereau

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18
Q

cirl bunting

A

un bruant zizi

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19
Q

(great, coal) tit

A

une mésange (charbonnière, noire)

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20
Q

cockatoo

A

un cacatoès

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21
Q

collared dove

A

une tourterelle turque

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22
Q

common loon

A

un plongeon huard

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23
Q

cormorant

A

un cormoran

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24
Q

cowbird

A

un vacher

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25
Q

crane

A

une grue

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26
Q

crow/raven

A

un corbeau

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27
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cuckoo

A

un coucou

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28
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diver

A

un plongeon

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29
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dotterel

A

un pluvier

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30
Q

dove

A

une colombe

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31
Q

egret

A

une aigrette

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32
Q

finch

A

un pinson

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33
Q

galah

A

cacatoès rosalbin

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34
Q

goldfinch

A

un chardonneret

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35
Q

goshawk

A

un autour

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36
Q

greenfinch

A

un verdier

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37
Q

grouse

A

une grouse

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38
Q

(sea)gull

A

une mouette, un goëland

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39
Q

guinea fowl/hen

A

une pintade

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40
Q

harrier

A

un busard

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41
Q

hawk, falcon

A

un faucon

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42
Q

house martin

A

delichon

43
Q

hummingbird

A

un colibri

44
Q

kestrel

A

une crécerelle

45
Q

kingfisher

A

un martin-pêcheur

46
Q

kite

A

un milan

47
Q

lapwing

A

un vanneau

48
Q

lark

A

une alouette

49
Q

linnet

A

une linotte

50
Q

lyrebird

A

une ménure

51
Q

magpie

A

une pie

52
Q

meadowlark

A

une sturnelle

53
Q

mynah bird

A

un mainate

54
Q

nightengale

A

un rossignol

55
Q

oriole

A

un loriot

56
Q

partridge

A

une perdrix

57
Q

peacock

A

un paon

58
Q

pheasant

A

un faisan

59
Q

plover

A

un pluvier

60
Q

ptarmigan

A

un ptarmigan

61
Q

quail

A

une caille

62
Q

red-tailed hawk

A

une buse à queue rousse

63
Q

red-winged blackbird

A

une carouge à épalettes

64
Q

robin

A

rouge-gorge

65
Q

rook

A

une corneille

66
Q

puffin

A

un macareux

67
Q

starling

A

un étourneau

68
Q

sparrow

A

un moineau

69
Q

sparrowhawk

A

un épervier

70
Q

stork

A

un cigogne

71
Q

swallow

A

un hirondelle

72
Q

swan

A

un cygne

73
Q

swift

A

un apodidé

74
Q

tern

A

une sterne

75
Q

thrush

A

une grive

76
Q

turtledove

A

une tourterelle

77
Q

vulture

A

un vautour

78
Q

wagtail

A

une bergeronnette

79
Q

warbler

A

une fauvette

80
Q

waxwing

A

un jaseur

81
Q

woodcock

A

une bécasse

82
Q

woodpecker

A

un pivert

83
Q

woodpigeon

A

un ramier

84
Q

wren

A

un roitelet

85
Q

a claw

A

une serre

86
Q

a comb

A

une crête

87
Q

a clutch

A

une couvée

88
Q

a mating display/ritual

A

une parade amoureuse

89
Q

to brood

A

couver

90
Q

a brood hen

A

une pondeuse

91
Q

to chirp

A

piailler

92
Q

to twitter/tweet

A

gazouiller

93
Q

to hoot

A

hululer

94
Q

to warble, to coo

A

roucouler

95
Q

to bury one’s head in the sand

A

faire l’autruche

96
Q

to be a goose

A

être une bécasse

97
Q

to be the lame duck (esp. politics)

A

être un canard boiteux

98
Q

freezing cold

A

un froid de canard

99
Q

to be the fall guy

A

être le dindon de la farce

100
Q

to eat like a bird

A

manger comme un moineau

101
Q

proud as a peacock, proud as Punch

A

fier comme un paon

102
Q

happy as a lark

A

gai comme un pinson

103
Q

to be softy, to chicken out

A

être une poule mouillée

104
Q

to kill the goose that lays golden eggs

A

tuer la poule aux oeufs d’or