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NATIVE NAMES OF BIRDS ON UVEA
SPECIES NATIVE NAME PHONETICS AND PRONOUNCIATION
REMARKS, ETC.
DE MIGRETTA Oi - Oih Something like "yo-yo" with
an oi sound. Only one phase
known.
ANAS Eng or ieng As in engineer with an in-
definite i before it. All
ages one name and species
even domestic ducks.
ACCIPITER Ding As in "Ding-dong". The same
name is used for both phases
and sexes.
HYPOTAENIDIA Bang (short) As Bang in English. Some
confusion of names for im-
matures is present today,
but was not always thus.
PORZANA CINEREA Ban or Pan (long) Indefinite P or B. Word
longer but softer than
above. Never confused with
Hypotaenidia
PORZANA TABUENSIS Oih-Nei-Du OIH like exclamation "oih"
of illiterates. NEI as in
neither. DU as in duty.
Often confused with young
of Hypotaenidia now-a-days.
PURPHYRIO Her-Cher or Hir-Cher HER OR HIR said fast and
rather hard to define.
CHER as in "lurcher dog".
Rhymes with /urcher.
PTILINOPUS GREYI Bing Adult BING as in English (Bing
Bing-Leur juvenile Boys). LEUR as in "lure"
with an indefinite 'e'
prolonging the lur sound.
2 phases recognized with
or without crown.
COLUMBA Me-Ket-Ta ME-KET to rhyme with
Becket. TA short.