raaf

nl-noun

raaf m or f (plural raven, diminutive raafje n)

raven (plural)
raafje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: raaf

→ Sranan Tongo: rafru

From Middle Dutch rāve, formed by reanalysis of the older singular form rāven which was reinterpreted as a plural. From Old Dutch ravan, from Proto-West Germanic *hrabn, from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-.


galah

galah m (plural galahs, diminutive galahtje n)

galahs (plural)
galahtje (diminutive neuter)


kea

kea m (plural kea's, diminutive keaatje n)

kea's (plural)
keaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English kea, from Maori kea.

Nestor notabilis
Nestor notabilis#Translingual


ara

ara m (plural ara's, diminutive araatje n)

ara's (plural)
araatje (diminutive neuter)


kakapo

kakapo m (plural kakapo's, diminutive kakapootje n)

kakapo's (plural)
kakapootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English kakapo, from Maori kākāpō.

Strigops habroptila
Strigops habroptila#Translingual


kaka

kaka m (plural kaka's, diminutive kakaatje n)

kaka's (plural)
kakaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English kaka, from Maori kākā.

Nestor meridionalis
Nestor meridionalis#Translingual


papegaai

papegaai m (plural papegaaien, diminutive papegaaitje n)

papegaaien (plural)
papegaaitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: papegaai

Berbice Creole Dutch: papkai

→ Aukan: papakai

desctree

→ Russian: попуга́й (popugáj)
→ Ingrian: popugai
→ Veps: popugai
→ Yakut: попугай (popugay)

From Middle Dutch papegay, from Old French papegai, ultimately from Arabic ببغاء, of onomatopoeic origin. Cf. English popinjay.

Men gaf hem, boven dien, waerschynlyk zynen naem van Garrulus, omdat hy, in eene kooi opgevoed, zeer wel leert klappen, gelyk de Pappegaeyen.

1770, Nederlandsche vogelen, part 1, page 2:

[The Eurasian jay] was moreover probably given its name Garrulus as he, when raised in a cage, learns to talk very well, like parrots do.

parrot, member of the order Psittaciformes, especially of the families Psittacidae and Psittaculidae


lori

nl-noun

lori m (plural lori's, diminutive lorietje n)

lori's (plural)
lorietje (diminutive neuter)

a lory, fig parrot, used for certain parrots of the subfamily Loriinae


kaketoe

kaketoe m (plural kaketoes, diminutive kaketoetje n)

kaketoes (plural)
kaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kaketoe

desctree

→ English: cockatoo
→ Irish: cocatú
→ Maori: kokatu, koketu

→ German: Kakadu
→ Bulgarian: какаду́ (kakadú)
→ Czech: kakadu
→ Finnish: kakadu
→ Hungarian: kakadu
→ Macedonian: какаду́ (kakadú)
→ Norwegian: kakadu
→ Polish: kakadu
→ Romanian: cacadu
→ Russian: какаду́ (kakadú)
→ Swedish: kakadua

First attested in 1662. Borrowed from Malay kakaktua. Compare Indonesian kakatua.

cockatoo, parrot of the family Cacatuidae


halsbandparkiet

nl-noun

halsbandparkiet m (plural halsbandparkieten, diminutive halsbandparkietje n)

halsbandparkieten (plural)
halsbandparkietje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of halsband (“collar”) + parkiet (“parakeet”).

compound

ring-necked parakeet
ring-necked parakeet

rose-ringed parakeet
rose-ringed parakeet

Psittacula krameri
Psittacula krameri#Translingual

the ring-necked parakeet, rose-ringed parakeet, Psittacula krameri


lorre

nl-noun

lorre m (plural lorres, diminutive lorretje n)

lorres (plural)
lorretje (diminutive neuter)

Colloquial alteration of lori, from Malay lori.


alexanderparkiet

alexanderparkiet m (plural alexanderparkieten, diminutive alexanderparkietje n)

alexanderparkieten (plural)
alexanderparkietje (diminutive neuter)

Named after Alexander the Great; the second element is parkiet.

Psittacula alexandri
Psittacula alexandri#Translingual

the red-breasted parakeet, Psittacula alexandri


grasparkiet

grasparkiet m (plural grasparkieten, diminutive grasparkietje n)

grasparkieten (plural)
grasparkietje (diminutive neuter)

Melopsittacus undulatus
Melopsittacus undulatus#Translingual


grote alexanderparkiet

grote alexanderparkiet m (plural grote alexanderparkieten, diminutive groot alexanderparkietje n)

grote alexanderparkieten (plural)
groot alexanderparkietje (diminutive neuter)

Alexandrine parakeet
Alexandrine parakeet

Psittacula eupatria
Psittacula eupatria#Translingual

Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)


kortsnavelraafkaketoe

kortsnavelraafkaketoe m (plural kortsnavelraafkaketoes, diminutive kortsnavelraafkaketoetje n)

kortsnavelraafkaketoes (plural)
kortsnavelraafkaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

From kort (“short”) + snavel (“beak”) + raafkaketoe (“black cockatoo”), contrasted with the langsnavelraafkaketoe.

compound

the short-billed black cockatoo, Zanda latirostris syn. Calyptorhynchus latirostris


geeloograafkaketoe

nl-noun

geeloograafkaketoe m (plural geeloograafkaketoes, diminutive geeloograafkaketoetje n)

geeloograafkaketoes (plural)
geeloograafkaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

From geel (“yellow”) + oog (“eye”) + raafkaketoe (“black cockatoo”).

compound

yellow-tailed black cockatoo
yellow-tailed black cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus funereus
Calyptorhynchus funereus#Translingual

a yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Zanda funerea, syn. Calyptorhynchus funereus)


valkparkiet

nl-noun

valkparkiet m (plural valkparkieten, diminutive valkparkietje n)

valkparkieten (plural)
valkparkietje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of valk (“falcon”) + parkiet (“parakeet”). Despite its name, it is relatively distantly related to the birds usually known as parakeets; it is rather a kind of cockatoo.

Nymphicus hollandicus
Nymphicus hollandicus#Translingual


raafkaketoe

raafkaketoe m (plural raafkaketoes, diminutive raafkaketoetje n)

raafkaketoes (plural)
raafkaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

From raaf (“raven”) + kaketoe (“cockatoo”). So-named because these cockatoos are black or nearly black of plumage, like a raven.

a black cockatoo; any cockatoo of the genera Calyptorhynchus or Zanda


roodstaartraafkaketoe

roodstaartraafkaketoe m (plural roodstaartraafkaketoes, diminutive roodstaartraafkaketoetje n)

roodstaartraafkaketoes (plural)
roodstaartraafkaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

From rood (“red”) + staart (“tail”) + raafkaketoe (“black cockatoo”).

compound

red-tailed black cockatoo
red-tailed black cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus banksii
Calyptorhynchus banksii#Translingual

a red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)


langsnavelraafkaketoe

nl-noun

langsnavelraafkaketoe m (plural langsnavelraafkaketoes, diminutive langsnavelraafkaketoetje n)

langsnavelraafkaketoes (plural)
langsnavelraafkaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

From lang (“long”) + snavel (“beak”) + raafkaketoe (“black cockatoo”), contrasted with the kortsnavelraafkaketoe.

compound

Calyptorhynchus baudinii
Calyptorhynchus baudinii#Translingual

the Baudin's black cockatoo, Zanda baudinii syn. Calyptorhynchus baudinii


geelkuifkaketoe

nl-noun

geelkuifkaketoe m (plural geelkuifkaketoes, diminutive geelkuifkaketoetje n)

geelkuifkaketoes (plural)
geelkuifkaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

From geel (“yellow”) + kuif (“crest”) + kaketoe (“cockatoo”).

compound

any of various yellow-crested cockatoos of the genus Cacatua

grote geelkuifkaketoe

sulphur-crested cockatoo, Cacatua galerita

kleine geelkuifkaketoe

yellow-crested cockatoo, Cacatua sulphurea

middelste geelkuifkaketoe

Eleonora cockatoo, Cacatua galerita eleonora


bruine raafkaketoe

nl-noun

bruine raafkaketoe m (plural bruine raafkaketoes, diminutive bruin raafkaketoetje n)

bruine raafkaketoes (plural)
bruin raafkaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

Calyptorhynchus lathami
Calyptorhynchus lathami#Translingual

the glossy black cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus lathami


witte kaketoe

witte kaketoe m (plural witte kaketoes, diminutive wit kaketoetje n)

witte kaketoes (plural)
wit kaketoetje (diminutive neuter)


zwarte kaketoe

zwarte kaketoe m (plural zwarte kaketoes, diminutive zwart kaketoetje n)

zwarte kaketoes (plural)
zwart kaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

Probosciger aterrimus
Probosciger aterrimus#Translingual

the palm cockatoo, Probosciger aterrimus


palmkaketoe

palmkaketoe m (plural palmkaketoes, diminutive palmkaketoetje n)

palmkaketoes (plural)
palmkaketoetje (diminutive neuter)


citroenkuifkaketoe

citroenkuifkaketoe m (plural citroenkuifkaketoes, diminutive citroenkuifkaketoetje n)

citroenkuifkaketoes (plural)
citroenkuifkaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

From citroen (“lemon”) + kuif (“crest”) + kaketoe (“cockatoo”).

compound

a citron-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea citrinocristata)


molukkenkaketoe

nl-noun

molukkenkaketoe m (plural molukkenkaketoes, diminutive molukkenkaketoetje n)

molukkenkaketoes (plural)
molukkenkaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

From Molukken (“Maluku islands”) + kaketoe (“cockatoo”), named for the region where they are endemic.

compound

Cacatua moluccensis
Cacatua moluccensis#Translingual

the salmon-crested cockatoo, Cacatua moluccensis


blauwoogkaketoe

nl-noun

blauwoogkaketoe m (plural blauwoogkaketoes, diminutive blauwoogkaketoetje n)

blauwoogkaketoes (plural)
blauwoogkaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

From blauw (“blue”) + oog (“eye”) + kaketoe (“cockatoo”).

compound

Cacatua ophthalmica
Cacatua ophthalmica#Translingual

the blue-eyed cockatoo, Cacatua ophthalmica


naaktoogkaketoe

nl-noun

naaktoogkaketoe m (plural naaktoogkaketoes, diminutive naaktoogkaketoetje n)

naaktoogkaketoes (plural)
naaktoogkaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

From naakt (“naked”) + oog (“eye”) + kaketoe (“cockatoo”).

compound

Cacatua sanguinea
Cacatua sanguinea#Translingual


grote geelkuifkaketoe

nl-noun

grote geelkuifkaketoe m (plural grote geelkuifkaketoes, diminutive groot geelkuifkaketoetje n)

grote geelkuifkaketoes (plural)
groot geelkuifkaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

sulphur-crested cockatoo
sulphur-crested cockatoo

Cacatua galerita
Cacatua galerita#Translingual

the sulphur-crested cockatoo, Cacatua galerita


helmkaketoe

helmkaketoe m (plural helmkaketoes, diminutive helmkaketoetje n)

helmkaketoes (plural)
helmkaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

From helm (“helmet”) + kaketoe (“cockatoo”). So-named due to the colorful crest of the male bird, which with some imagination can be said to resemble a helmet.

Callocephalon fimbriatum
Callocephalon fimbriatum#Translingual

the gang-gang cockatoo, Callocephalon fimbriatum


middelste geelkuifkaketoe

middelste geelkuifkaketoe m (plural middelste geelkuifkaketoes, diminutive middelst geelkuifkaketoetje n)

middelste geelkuifkaketoes (plural)
middelst geelkuifkaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

the Eleonora cockatoo, Cacatua galerita eleonora


langsnavelkaketoe

langsnavelkaketoe m (plural langsnavelkaketoes, diminutive langsnavelkaketoetje n)

langsnavelkaketoes (plural)
langsnavelkaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

From lang (“long”) + snavel (“beak”) + kaketoe (“cockatoo”).

compound

Cacatua tenuirostris
Cacatua tenuirostris#Translingual

the long-billed corella, Cacatua tenuirostris

Cacatua pastinator
Cacatua pastinator#Translingual

one of two species of corella:
the western corella, Cacatua pastinator


Filipijnse kaketoe

nl-noun

Filipijnse kaketoe m (plural Filipijnse kaketoes, diminutive Filipijns kaketoetje n)

Filipijnse kaketoes (plural)
Filipijns kaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

Cacatua haematuropygia
Cacatua haematuropygia#Translingual

the red-vented cockatoo, Cacatua haematuropygia


Goffins kaketoe

Goffins kaketoe m (plural Goffins kaketoes, diminutive Goffins kaketoetje n)

Goffins kaketoes (plural)
Goffins kaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

Cacatua goffiniana
Cacatua goffiniana#Translingual

the Tanimbar corella, Cacatua goffiniana


incakaketoe

incakaketoe m (plural incakaketoes, diminutive incakaketoetje n)

incakaketoes (plural)
incakaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

Major Mitchell's cockatoo
Major Mitchell's cockatoo

Lophochroa leadbeateri
Lophochroa leadbeateri#Translingual

the Major Mitchell's cockatoo, Lophochroa leadbeateri


kleine geelkuifkaketoe

kleine geelkuifkaketoe m (plural kleine geelkuifkaketoes, diminutive klein geelkuifkaketoetje n)

kleine geelkuifkaketoes (plural)
klein geelkuifkaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

Cacatua sulphurea
Cacatua sulphurea#Translingual

the yellow-crested cockatoo, Cacatua sulphurea


roze kaketoe

roze kaketoe m (plural roze kaketoes, diminutive roze kaketoetje n)

roze kaketoes (plural)
roze kaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

Eolophus roseicapilla
Eolophus roseicapilla#Translingual


bokraaf

bokraaf m (plural bokraven, diminutive bokraafje n)

bokraven (plural)
bokraafje (diminutive neuter)

From bok (“Amerindian”) + raaf (“raven”).

(Suriname) Synonym of geelvleugelara (“scarlet macaw, Ara macao”)


dwergara

dwergara m (plural dwergara's, diminutive dwergaraatje n)

dwergara's (plural)
dwergaraatje (diminutive neuter)


geelvleugelara

geelvleugelara m (plural geelvleugelara's, diminutive geelvleugelaraatje n)

geelvleugelara's (plural)
geelvleugelaraatje (diminutive neuter)

From geel (“yellow”) + vleugel (“wing”) + ara (“macaw”).


blauwkeelara

nl-noun

blauwkeelara m (plural blauwkeelara's, diminutive blauwkeelaraatje n)

blauwkeelara's (plural)
blauwkeelaraatje (diminutive neuter)

From blauw (“blue”) + keel (“throat”) + ara (“macaw”).

compound

Ara glaucogularis
Ara glaucogularis#Translingual

the blue-throated macaw, Ara glaucogularis


Buffons ara

nl-noun

Buffons ara m (plural Buffons ara's, diminutive Buffons araatje n)

Buffons ara's (plural)
Buffons araatje (diminutive neuter)


raafparkiet

raafparkiet m (plural raafparkieten, diminutive raafparkietje n)

raafparkieten (plural)
raafparkietje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of raaf (“raven, macaw”) + parkiet (“parakeet”). Compare Sranan Tongo rafruprakiki, of which the Dutch term may be a calque.

compound

(chiefly Suriname) Synonym of dwergara (“Ara severus”)


blauwgrijze ara

nl-noun

blauwgrijze ara m (plural blauwgrijze ara's, diminutive blauwgrijs araatje n)

blauwgrijze ara's (plural)
blauwgrijs araatje (diminutive neuter)

blue-and-yellow macaw
blue-and-yellow macaw

a blue-and-yellow macaw, of species Anodorhynchus glaucus


soldatenara

soldatenara m (plural soldatenara's, diminutive soldatenaraatje n)

soldatenara's (plural)
soldatenaraatje (diminutive neuter)

From soldaat (“soldier”) + -en- + ara (“macaw”).

af

Ara militaris
Ara militaris#Translingual


roodschouderara

nl-noun

roodschouderara m (plural roodschouderara's, diminutive roodschouderaraatje n)

roodschouderara's (plural)
roodschouderaraatje (diminutive neuter)

From rood (“red”) + schouder (“shoulder”) + ara (“macaw”).

compound

Diopsittaca nobilis
Diopsittaca nobilis#Translingual

a red-shouldered macaw (Diopsittaca nobilis)


blauwgele ara

nl-noun

blauwgele ara m (plural blauwgele ara's, diminutive blauwgeel araatje n)

blauwgele ara's (plural)
blauwgeel araatje (diminutive neuter)

a blue-and-yellow macaw, of species Ara ararauna


geelnekara

geelnekara m (plural geelnekara's, diminutive geelnekaraatje n)

geelnekara's (plural)
geelnekaraatje (diminutive neuter)

From geel (“yellow”) + nek (“neck”) + ara (“macaw”).

compound

Primolius auricollis
Primolius auricollis#Translingual

the golden-collared macaw, Primolius auricollis


roodbuikara

nl-noun

roodbuikara m (plural roodbuikara's, diminutive roodbuikaraatje n)

roodbuikara's (plural)
roodbuikaraatje (diminutive neuter)

From rood (“red”) + buik (“belly”) + ara (“macaw”).

compound

the red-bellied macaw, Orthopsittaca manilatus


roodwangara

nl-noun

roodwangara m (plural roodwangara's, diminutive roodwangaraatje n)

roodwangara's (plural)
roodwangaraatje (diminutive neuter)

From rood (“red”) + wang (“cheek”) + ara (“macaw”).

compound

Ara rubrogenys
Ara rubrogenys#Translingual


Lears ara

nl-noun

Lears ara m (plural Lears ara's, diminutive Lears araatje n)

Lears ara's (plural)
Lears araatje (diminutive neuter)

Named after Edward Lear, a nineteenth-century English artist known for his depictions of parrots.

Anodorhynchus leari
Anodorhynchus leari#Translingual


Spix' ara

Spix' ara m (plural Spix' ara's, diminutive Spix' araatje n)

Spix' ara's (plural)
Spix' araatje (diminutive neuter)

Named for (and first documented by) Johann Baptist von Spix, a nineteenth-century German biologist.

Cyanopsitta spixii
Cyanopsitta spixii#Translingual


blauwkopara

blauwkopara m (plural blauwkopara's, diminutive blauwkoparaatje n)

blauwkopara's (plural)
blauwkoparaatje (diminutive neuter)

From blauw (“blue”) + kop (“throat”) + ara (“macaw”).

compound

Primolius couloni
Primolius couloni#Translingual

the blue-headed macaw, Primolius couloni


groenvleugelara

nl-noun

groenvleugelara m (plural groenvleugelara's, diminutive groenvleugelaraatje n)

groenvleugelara's (plural)
groenvleugelaraatje (diminutive neuter)

From groen (“green”) + vleugel (“wing”) + ara (“macaw”).

compound

Ara chloropterus
Ara chloropterus#Translingual

a red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus)


Illigers ara

nl-noun

Illigers ara m (plural Illigers ara's, diminutive Illigers araatje n)

Illigers ara's (plural)
Illigers araatje (diminutive neuter)

Named after Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, a German zoologist.

Primolius maracana
Primolius maracana#Translingual

the blue-winged macaw, Primolius maracana


Catharinaparkiet

Catharinaparkiet m (plural Catharinaparkieten, diminutive Catharinaparkietje n)

Catharinaparkieten (plural)
Catharinaparkietje (diminutive neuter)

Bolborhynchus lineola
Bolborhynchus lineola#Translingual

the barred parakeet, Bolborhynchus lineola


oranjebuikparkiet

oranjebuikparkiet m (plural oranjebuikparkieten, diminutive oranjebuikparkietje n)

oranjebuikparkieten (plural)
oranjebuikparkietje (diminutive neuter)

From oranje (“orange”) + buik (“belly”) + parkiet (“parakeet”).

compound

orange-bellied parrot
orange-bellied parrot

Neophema chrysogaster
Neophema chrysogaster#Translingual

orange-bellied parrot (Neophema chrysogaster)