pie

Inherited from Old French pie, from Latin pīca (“magpie”), feminine of pīcus (“woodpecker”).


cardinal

fr-adj

cardinal (feminine cardinale, masculine plural cardinaux, feminine plural cardinales)

cardinale (feminine)
cardinaux (masculine plural)
cardinales (feminine plural)


martin

bird of either the starling family, or of the kingfisher family


merle

fr-noun

merle m (plural merles, feminine merlesse or merlette)

merles (plural)
merlesse (feminine)
merlette (feminine)

Inherited from Latin merula, the word for the male blackbird being mostly female until the 16th century. Probable influence of the Late Latin masculine form merulus (compare Italian merlo, Spanish mirlo).

Turdus merula
Turdus merula#Translingual


martinet

multi-tail whip, comprising leather or whipcord thongs fixed on a handle, to dust off or to administer a beating


martinet

martin (any of the swallow-like birds, black with a white throat, of family Hirundinidae)


serin

Apparently borrowed from an early language of southern France (compare Old Occitan cerena (“hunting-bird”)), from Latin sirena, from Latin Sīrēn (“siren”), from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). Doublet of sirène.


alouette

From Etymology 1, alluding to the French-Canadian folk song Alouette, a cumulative song with a lengthening list of body parts.

Neurologue, pneumologue, plusieurs cardiologues, oto-rhino-laryngologiste, rhumatologue, spécialiste des maladies infectieuses, alouette : son quotidien est rythmé par les examens avec les nombreux spécialistes qui la suivent.

2020, Philippe Mercure, “COVID-19 : quand la maladie s'éternise”, in La Presse:

Neurologist, pneumonologist, several cardiologists, ENT, rheumatologist, infectious disease specialist, and a partridge in a pear tree: the rhythm of her daily life is set by her appointments with the numerous specialists who are following her.

and a partridge in a pear tree
and a partridge in a pear tree

(usually humorous) Used at the end of a long list of items; and a partridge in a pear tree


étourneau

From Old French esturnel, from Late Latin sturnellus, from Latin sturnus.


grive

→ Catalan: grive

Uncertain. Possibly from the feminine form of Old French grieu, griu, from Latin graecus (“Greek”), the thrush being a migratory bird that had hibernated in Greece.

Turdus migratorius
Turdus migratorius#Translingual


belle-de-nuit

(colloquial) marsh warbler, reed warbler


ortolan

Borrowed from Italian ortolano, from Latin hortulānus (“gardener”). Doublet of hortelain, found in regional usage.


hirondelle

Borrowed from Old Occitan irondela, diminutive of irunda, ironda, ultimately from Latin hirundō. Replaced Old French arondelle, diminutive of aronde, from Latin hirundō (compare also harundō).

(printing) alignment mark printed in the margin


corneille

Inherited from Latin cornīcula (“small crow”), diminutive of cornīx. Compare Spanish corneja.


corbeau

fr-noun

corbeau m (plural corbeaux, feminine corbelle)

→ English: corbeau

Inherited from Middle French corbeau m, from Old French corbel m, itself either a diminutive of corp m (“raven”), or from a Late Latin corbellus, corvellus m, from Latin corvus m (Vulgar Latin variant *corbus m).

(historical) corvus (grappling hook used by the Romans in naval warfare)


casse-noix

From casse (“breaks”, third-person singular present indicative of casser (“to break”)) + noix (“nut”), literally “[that which] breaks nut”.

compound

third-person singular present indicative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">casser</i> (“to break”)

Alternative spelling of cassenoix (“nutcracker (bird of the genus Nucifraga)”)


canari

Borrowed from Spanish canario (“canary, resident or native of the Canary Islands”).


gorge-bleue à miroir

fr-noun

gorge-bleue à miroir f (plural gorge-bleues à miroir)


agace

Inherited from Middle French agace, from Old French agace (“magpie”), from Frankish *agattjā or Old High German agaza (“magpie”), ultimately perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Compare Walloon agaesse, Occitan agaça, gacha, Italian gazza, and possibly Catalan garsa.


passereau

Inherited from Old French passerel, from Latin passer + French suffix -eau. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *p(e)t-tro- (“who flies, bird”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”).


gobemouche

From gober (“to swallow whole”) and mouche (“fly”).


rouge-gorge

(Canada) American robin (Turdus migratorius)


rossignol

From Old Occitan rossinhol (cf. Catalan rossinyol), from Vulgar Latin *lusciniolus, masculine diminutive of Latin luscinia (“nightingale”). According to de Vaan, "might be explained with haplology from *lusci-cania (“'singing in the night', 'blind singer'”)", but this is conjecture.


moineau

Inherited from Old French moinel, equivalent to moine (because of its plumage) + -eau.

(fortifications) (type of) small bastion


jaseur

fr-adj

jaseur (feminine jaseuse, masculine plural jaseurs, feminine plural jaseuses)

jaseuse (feminine)
jaseurs (masculine plural)
jaseuses (feminine plural)


geai

From Old French jai (“jaybird, magpie”), from Late Latin gaius (“jaybird”), which see for more. The modern spelling with ge- is influenced by the Latin etymon.


loriot

Earlier loriol, by rebracketing from Old French oriol, from Old Occitan auriol, from Latin aureolus (“golden”).


fauvette

1976, Michel Fugain et le Big Bazar, "Le printemps".
L’hirondelle et la fauvette, c’est la forêt qui me l’a dit / L’hirondelle et la fauvette, ont déjà fait leur nid

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


choucas

Borrowed from Middle High German chouch (“jackdaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *kahu (“jackdaw”), ultimately imitative; related to English chough, Dutch kauw, Swedish kaja. More at chough.

onomatopoeic

imitative

Coloeus monedula
Coloeus monedula#Translingual


croassement

From croasser (“to caw; to croak”) + -ment.


chardonneret

Probably ultimately from a derivative of Late Latin cardella, cardellus, from Latin carduelis, from carduus. Compare Italian cardellino, cardello, cardelletto, Romanian căldăraș, Spanish cardelina.


batara luisant

fr-noun

batara luisant m (plural bataras luisants)

glossy antshrike (a passerine bird of the antbird family)


une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps.wav

Calque of Ancient Greek μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ (mía khelidṑn éar ou poieî, “one swallow does not make a spring”).

cal

μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ

one swallow does not a summer make
one swallow does not a summer make


paruline

warbler (specifically, a wood-warbler, member of the Parulidae family)


bruant

Any of a large number of passerine birds, roughly equivalent to, but not restricted to, the buntings and sparrows


moqueur

fr-noun

moqueur m (plural moqueurs, feminine moqueuse)

From moquer (“to mock”) + -eur (forms agent nouns).

af

mocker, someone who mocks, someone who pokes fun


moqueur

fr-adj

moqueur (feminine moqueuse, masculine plural moqueurs, feminine plural moqueuses)

moqueuse (feminine)
moqueurs (masculine plural)
moqueuses (feminine plural)


mésange

Inherited from Middle French mésange, from Old French mesenge, masenge (“titmouse”), from Medieval Latin misinga and spelling variants, from Frankish *meisinga (“titmouse”) and variants, from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ (“titmouse”), *-ingō (“-ing”). Cognate with Old High German meisa (“titmouse”), Old English māse (“small bird”), Middle Dutch mese (“titmouse”). More at English titmouse.

tit, chickadee, titmouse (any of a large number of small tree-dwelling passerine birds)


mésangeai

jay (one of a small number of jays in the genus Perisoreus)


oiseau de paradis

fr-noun

oiseau de paradis m (plural oiseaux de paradis)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-oiseau de paradis.wav


carouge

blackbird (precisely, New World blackbird)


bouvreuil

Probably from a contracted form of bouvier + -euil.


freux

From a variant of Old French fru, from Vulgar Latin *frocum, from Frankish *hrōk. Compare English rook.


mauviette

Alauda arvensis
Alauda arvensis#Translingual


geai des chênes

geai des chênes m (plural geais des chênes)


merlette

From merle + -ette, literally “little blackbird”, the word for the male blackbird being mostly female until the 16th century (a male: "une merle", a little male: "une merlette").
Meaning 2 (hen blackbird) appears in 1839.


tarin

fr-adj

tarin (feminine tarine, masculine plural tarins, feminine plural tarines)

tarine (feminine)
tarins (masculine plural)
tarines (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French terin, tarins, of obscure origin.


phragmite

phragmite aquatique Acrocephalus paludicola

phragmite des joncs Acrocephalus schoenobaenus'


mauvis

Inherited from Old French mauvis, ultimately related to English mew (“gull”).


corneille mantelée

fr-noun

corneille mantelée f (plural corneilles mantelées)


corneille noire

corneille noire f (plural corneilles noires)

Corvus corone
Corvus corone#Translingual


diamant mandarin

diamant mandarin m (plural diamants mandarins)


pinson du Nord

pinson du Nord m (plural pinsons du Nord)

Fringilla montifringilla
Fringilla montifringilla#Translingual

brambling, the bird Fringilla montifringilla


mésange charbonnière

mésange charbonnière f (plural mésanges charbonnières)


moineau franc

moineau franc m (plural moineaux francs)

Passer domesticus
Passer domesticus#Translingual


moineau domestique

moineau domestique m (plural moineaux domestiques)


merle blanc

échenilleur de La Réunion
échenilleur de La Réunion#French

Delachaux et Niestlé
w:fr:Delachaux et Niestlé

(Réunion) Synonym of échenilleur de La Réunion (Lalage newtoni (Pollen, 1866)


hirondelle de rochers

hirondelle de rochers f (plural hirondelles de rochers)

Eurasian crag martin
Eurasian crag martin


sittelle torchepot

sittelle torchepot f (plural sittelles torchepots)

Sitta europaea
Sitta europaea#Translingual


grimpereau des bois

grimpereau des bois m (plural grimpereaux des bois)

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-grimpereau des bois.wav

Eurasian treecreeper
Eurasian treecreeper

Certhia familiaris
Certhia familiaris#Translingual

Eurasian treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)


troglodyte mignon

troglodyte mignon m (plural troglodytes mignons)

Troglodytes troglodytes
Troglodytes troglodytes#Translingual


citrinelle

Spinus psaltria
Spinus psaltria#Translingual


chardonneret élégant

chardonneret élégant m (plural chardonnerets élégants)

Carduelis carduelis
Carduelis carduelis#Translingual

European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)


citrinelle de Californie

citrinelle de Californie f (plural citrinelles de Californie)

Lawrence's goldfinch
Lawrence's goldfinch


chardonneret gris

chardonneret gris m (plural chardonnerets gris)


chardonneret mineur

chardonneret mineur m (plural chardonnerets mineurs)


chardonneret jaune

chardonneret jaune m (plural chardonnerets jaunes)


mésange de Pologne

mésange de Pologne f (plural mésanges de Pologne)

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-mésange de Pologne.wav

European penduline tit
European penduline tit

Remiz pendulinus
Remiz pendulinus#Translingual

European penduline tit (Remiz pendulinus)


rémiz penduline

rémiz penduline f (plural rémiz pendulines)


gobemouche noir

gobemouche noir m (plural gobemouches noirs)

European pied flycatcher
European pied flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleuca
Ficedula hypoleuca#Translingual

European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)


mésange penduline

mésange penduline f (plural mésanges pendulines)


merle d'Amérique

merle d’Amérique m (plural merles d’Amérique)

merle d’ Amérique (canonical masculine)
merles d’Amérique (plural)

Turdus migratorius
Turdus migratorius#Translingual


gobemouche gris

gobemouche gris m (plural gobemouches gris)

Muscicapa striata
Muscicapa striata#Translingual


tarier

From tarin (“siskin”), with change of suffix.


traquet pâtre

traquet pâtre m (plural traquets pâtres)

Saxicola rubicola
Saxicola rubicola#Translingual


merlesse

merlesse f (plural merlesses, masculine merle)

Un jour que Catherine avait plus songé à chercher des nids dans les buissons qu’à garder ses bêtes, elle trouva vers le soir un nid de merles avec trois gros petits déjà bien emplumés. Ils ne paraissaient guère farouches, car, lorsqu’elle leur montrait le bout de son doigt en imitant le cri de la merlesse, ils ouvraient leurs becs jaunes et montraient leurs larges gosiers tout roses.

1874, George Sand, Contes d’une grand’mère, Michel Lévy frères, page 159:

One day, when Catherine had thought more of looking for nests in the bushes than of keeping her animals, towards evening she found a blackbird’s nest with three large cubs already well feathered. They hardly seemed fierce, for when she showed them the tip of her finger, imitating the cry of the blackbird, they opened their yellow beaks and showed their large pink throats.


alouette des champs

alouette des champs f (plural alouettes des champs)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-alouette des champs.wav

Alauda arvensis
Alauda arvensis#Translingual


xénique

New Zealand wren, a bird of the genus Xenicus


jaseur d'Amérique

jaseur d’Amérique m (plural jaseurs d’Amérique)

jaseur d’ Amérique (canonical masculine)
jaseurs d’Amérique (plural)


cassenoix

From casse (“breaks”, third-person singular present indicative of casser (“to break”)) + noix (“nut”), literally “[that which] breaks nut”.


tuit-tuit

échenilleur de La Réunion
échenilleur de La Réunion#French

Delachaux et Niestlé
w:fr:Delachaux et Niestlé

(Réunion) Synonym of échenilleur de La Réunion (Lalage newtoni (Pollen, 1866))


gros tec-tec des Hauts

fr-noun

gros tec-tec des Hauts m (plural gros tec-tecs des Hauts)


tuit-tuit de La Réunion

tuit-tuit de La Réunion m (plural tuit-tuits de La Réunion)

Réunion cuckooshrike
Réunion cuckooshrike

Réunion cuckooshrike (Lalage newtoni (Pollen, 1866))


échenilleur de La Réunion

échenilleur de La Réunion m (plural échenilleurs de La Réunion)


oiseau couillon

oiseau couillon m (plural oiseaux couillons)


alouette hausse-col

alouette hausse-col f (plural alouettes hausse-col)


goglu des prés

goglu des prés m (plural goglus des prés)


fauvette des jardins

fauvette des jardins f (plural fauvettes des jardins)


fauvette grisette

fauvette grisette f (plural fauvettes grisettes)


roselin cramoisi

roselin cramoisi m (plural roselins cramoisis)