A - Z Game: Everything Related to Birds
I just love these A-Z games and didn't see one on everything having to do with Birds and Bird Watching (Birding): bird names, bird habitat, bird body parts, bird nesting materials, foods birds eat, types of bird feeders, accessories used with bird feeders, items used to attract birds to your yard, categories of birds (such as predators, flightless, waterfowl, etc.), enemies/predators of birds, birding lodges, birding equipment (such as binoculars, etc.), birding tours, popular or famous birding areas, bird listing etc.
So .....here we go!
I will start with a Spanish word that begins with "A", then you post a Spanish word that starts with "B", then "C" and so on. Please include an English translation of your Spanish word.
My word:
A = (el) alpiste = birdseed
Be sure to click on N E W E S T before posting your answer.
Have fun!
127 Answers
la urraca - magpie
Kilómetro = kilometer
A way to measure how far birds fly. 
I wanted to write about hummingbird's.
There are a lot of different names for these little birds in Spanish! If you just want a basic translation that could be used in any Spanish-speaking country, it's colibrí.
But you can also say:
pájaro mosca ("fly bird," "fly" as in the insect, because of its size)
chupaflor ("flower sipper," only used in Mexico and some other areas)
chuparrosa ("rose sipper," only used in Mexico)
chupamirto ("myrtle sipper," only used in Mexico)
picaflor ("flower piercer," especially used in South America)
zunzún (a word that imitates the sound they make; only used in the Caribbean)
gorrión (in Central America it means hummingbird but in Spain the same word means a different kind of bird)
chupamiel ("honey sipper," used poetically)
visitaflor ("flower visiter," used poetically)
joyas voladores ("flying jewels," used poetically)
Existir = to exist
Approximately 10,000 species of birds exist in the world!
By far the largest concentration of bird species are found in South America. Over 3,200 species have been seen there. In Colombia, Bolivia and Peru the species count for each country tops 1,700. Here are some very general figures for the species count for each continent:
3,200 South America
2,900 Asia
2,300 Africa
2,000 North America (from Panama north + Caribbean)
1,700 Australia + surrounding islands
1,000 Europe
65 Antarctica
Ubicación = location
If you want to see a particular species of bird, it's really helpful to know the location of recent sightings of the bird.
T
Tejas = Texas
One of the great birding destinations in the U. S. A. Especially true of the Gulf of Mexico coast and the entire Rio Grande valley.
