Twitchers' vocabulary

Twitchers' vocabulary is the set of jargon words used by twitchers. Twitchers are committed bird-watchers who travel long distances to see a new species just to add a species their "lifelist", "year list" or other lists. Some terms may be specific to regional birding communities, and not all are used due to dialectic and cultural differences.[1]

Terms

Some species have nicknames, for example: "RB Flicker" for Red-breasted Flycatcher, "Gropper" for Grasshopper Warbler, "PG Tips" for Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler. Twitchers (and birders in general) will also use a mixture of scientific and slang terms for feather tracts and so on.

References

  1. ^ a b c Anon. 2008. "The A to Z of birding." Australian Geographic 90: 104-105.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Oddie, Bill (1980). Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book. Methuen Publishing. ISBN 0413494802.