Twitchers' vocabulary

Twitchers watching a "mega"—Britain's fifth-ever white-tailed lapwing—and probably adding a "lifer" to their "list"; see text for explanation of italicised terms

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. 1 2 3 Anon. 2008. "The A to Z of birding." Australian Geographic 90: 104-105.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Oddie, Bill (1980). Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book. Methuen Publishing. ISBN 0-413-49480-2.
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