this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2025
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

This isn't everywhere. In German, many birds have pretty unique names: Amsel, Spatz, Kuckuck, Uhu, Eule and so on.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago

Those are blackbird, sparrow, cuckoo, eagle owl, owl. The one in the meme is a Gelbkopf-Schwarzstärling ("yellowhead blackstärling")

So, not that different, I'd say.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

In Germany we have lots of names that are the descriptions. Stirnlappenbasilisk ist quite descriptive...