Language | Local name | Latin name | English Name | Degree of correspondence | Number of species given same folk name |
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Cuicatec | lúti indōho | Coragyps atratus | Black Vulture | 1:1 | |
‘iho kiáa | Ramphastos sulfuratus | Keel-billed Toucan | 1:1 | ||
tíin dú | Trochilidae | U | 16 species | ||
Northern Zapotec | bërha rhiga | Ortalis vetula | Plain Chachalaca | 1:1 | |
bërha bke | Crax rubra | Great Curassow | 1:1 | ||
chëbete | U | 84 species: for various species of small size birds or “dickey” birds | |||
South Zapotec | guiès-ró-yù | Leptotila verreauxi | White-tipped Dove | 1:1 | |
ngäs | Corvus corax | Common Raven | 1:1 | ||
dzïng | U | Trochilidae: 14 species | |||
Tzeltal | tuh kulum pukuh | Bubo virginianus | Great Horned Owl | 1:1 | |
čulin | Melanotis hypoleucus | Blue-and-white Mockingbird | 1:1 | ||
šč’iht | U | Most wood-warblers (Parulidae): 12 species | |||
Maya | jonkuuk | Harpia harpyja | Harpy Eagle | 1:1 | |
k’ok’ | Turdus grayi | Clay-coloured Thrush | 1:1 | ||
takaay | U | Most flycatchers (Tyrannidae): at least 8 species | |||
Nahuatl | koxotl | Crypturellus cinnamomeus | Thicket Tinamou | 1:1 | |
tzatzi | Psilorhinus morio | Brown Jay | 1:1 | ||
totoze kostik | U | Most flycatchers (Tyrannidae in part): 13 species | |||
Tlahuica | nzaa mut’i | Buteo brachyurus | Short-tailed Hawk | 1:1 | |
chopaá | Toxostoma curvirostre | Curve-billed Thrasher | 1:1 | ||
lindyuu | U | Trochillidae: 7 species | |||
Seri | ac | Branta bernicla | Brant | 1:1 | |
xaláa | Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus | Cactus Wren | 1:1 | ||
Coneenozíic | U | Various sparrows (Amphispiza spp. and Spizella spp.) | |||
Pima | ñui | Cathartes aura | Turkey Vulture | 1:1 | |
shadam kakaichu | Callipepla squamata | Scaled Quail | 1:1 | ||
bichpoḍ | U | Abert’s and Canyon Towhees (Melozone aberti, M. fusca) | |||
Kiliwa | jajemiljamemil | Oreortyx pictus | Mountain Quail | 1:1 | |
tikuipai tayu | Gymnogyps californiaus | California Condor | 1:1 | ||
pVnuet | U | Swallows (Hirundinidae): 5 species |