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What is a Jackbird?

10,000 Birds

There are a few, mostly confined to domestic or game birds that people may be familiar with at all stages of their lives – young pigeons are squabs, ducks are duckings, swans are cygnets, geese are gosling. English has not been similarly encumbered with frivolous names for young birds of specific types.

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Collaborative List – November 2019

10,000 Birds

The Management are still in Africa, suffering the buffering that comes with remoteness. White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis. Blue-billed Duck – Oxyura australis. Musk Duck – Biziura lobata. Falcated Duck – Mareca falcata. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm.

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