serra

red-breasted merganser
red-breasted merganser

Mergus serrator
Mergus serrator#Translingual

red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)


arpa

Pandion haliaetus
Pandion haliaetus#Translingual


astun

Milvus milvus
Milvus milvus#Translingual


papra

From Sicilian papira and/or Italian papera, both “gosling” (sometimes also “duckling”).


dundjan

mt-noun

dundjan m (plural dundjani, feminine dundjana)

Borrowed from Sicilian d'India, from gaddu d'India, variant of gaddu d'Innia.


għasfur

għasfur m (plural għasafar, feminine għasfura, diminutive għasajfar)

għasafar (plural)
għasfura (feminine)
għasajfar (diminutive)

From Arabic عَصْفُور (ʕaṣfūr, “small bird, sparrow”).

inh

Kull għasfur tal-faċilità jew unità ta’ kwarantina infettata jrid jinqatel jew jinqered.

All birds of the infected quarantine facility or unit have to be killed and destroyed.

Ta’ ferħ u serħ imlietni, u bħall-għasafar
u l-friefet jien għamilt: minn fjur għal fjur
ħsiebi tar bħal farfett, taħt siġra kbira
qalbi fesdqet il-għana bħal għasfur.

1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Fil-Ġnien”, in Fl-Arena:

U tela’ għas-sur, wisq imgħaddab,
u kaxkar kull xitla, kull żrara,
u l-bejta dlonk ħataf, ġarr miegħu
bl-għasafar, jaħasra xi ħsara!

1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta fis-Sur”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:


serduq

mt-noun

serduq m (plural sriedaq or sriedeq, diminutive srejdeq)

sriedaq (plural)
sriedeq (plural)
srejdeq (diminutive)

Inherited from dialectal Maghrebi Arabic. Compare Tunisian Arabic سردوك (sardūk) and Moroccan Arabic سردوك (sardūk).


bies

bies m (plural bisien or bjies or ibies or ibsa)

bisien (plural)
bjies (plural)
ibies (plural)
ibsa (plural)

Falco peregrinus
Falco peregrinus#Translingual

Falco subbuteo
Falco subbuteo#Translingual


ajkla

Borrowed from Sicilian aicula (alongside àcula), from Latin aquila.


pingwin

Borrowed from Italian pinguino. Doublet of pengwin, from English.


paletta

Platalea leucorodia
Platalea leucorodia#Translingual

Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)


kokk

kokka (singulative)
kokki (plural)
kokok (plural)
kokkiet (paucal)


tiġieġ

/tɪˈd͡ʒɪːt͡ʃ/

From Arabic دَجَاج (dajāj), with a change of initial by dissimilation.


falkun

Borrowed from Sicilian falcuni, from Latin falcō (“falcon”), of Germanic origin, probably via Frankish *falko (“falcon, hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *falkô (“falcon”), from Proto-Indo-European *pol̑- (“pale”), from *pel- (“fallow”).


pagun

pagun m (plural paguni, feminine paguna)

Borrowed from Sicilian paguni, variant of pagu.

Pereżempju qatt innutajtu s-simetrija bilaterali perfetta tal-ġwienaħ ta’ farfett, tad-denb ta’ pagun, jew għall-inqas tal-wiċċ uman?

2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

For example, have you ever noticed the perfect bilateral symmetry of a butterfly’s wings, a peacock’s tail, or at least the human face?


sparvier

Eurasian sparrowhawk
Eurasian sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus
Accipiter nisus#Translingual


fellus

fellus m (plural flieles, diminutive flejles)

Inherited from dialectal Maghrebi Arabic (compare Tunisian Arabic فَلّوس (fallūs), Libyan Arabic فِلُّوس (fillūs), Moroccan Arabic فلوس (fallūs)), from a Berber language, from Latin pullus.

Ġerusalemm, Ġerusalemm, int li toqtol il-profeti u tħaġġar il-messaġġiera mibgħutin lilek, kemm-il darba ridt niġbor lil uliedek bħalma l-qroqqa tiġbor il-flieles taħt ġwenħajha, u int ma ridtx!

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 23:37:

New International Version translation: “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.

Ġerusalemm! Ġerusalemm! Int li toqtol il-profeti u tħaġġar il-messaġġiera li jibgħatlek Alla; kemm ridt niġbor lil uliedek bħalma l-qroqqa tiġbor il-flieles tagħha taħt ġwenħajha, u int ma ridtx!

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Luqa 13:34:


seqer

seqer m (plural isqra or soqra, diminutive sejqer or swejqer)

isqra (plural)
soqra (plural)
sejqer (diminutive)
swejqer (diminutive)

From Arabic صَقْر (ṣaqr). The expected form would *saqar due to the originally emphatic ṣ, but this articulation was dissimilated against the q (as in several other words).


beċċun

beċċun m (plural bċieċen, feminine beċċuna, diminutive bċejċen)

bċieċen (plural)
beċċuna (feminine)
bċejċen (diminutive)

Early borrowing (with b- for p-) from Sicilian picciuni, from Latin pīpiōnem, of onomatopoeic origin.


qroqqa

Inherited from dialectal Arabic. The exactly corresponding form is found in Tunisian Arabic قرقّة (ʔruʔʔa, qroqqa, “brooding hen”), South Levantine Arabic قرقة (ʔruʔʔa, qruqqa, “brooding hen”). Compare also North Levantine Arabic قرقة (ʔirʔa, qirqa), كركة (krikka). Related with Arabic قَرَّقَ (qarraqa), كَرَّكَ (karraka, “to cluck”), eventually onomatopoetic.


ħuttaf

ħuttafa (singulative)
ħuttafiet (paucal)

inh

Arabic خُطَّاف (ḵuṭṭāf)


ċawl

ċawla (singulative)
ċawlu (singulative)
ċwal (plural)
ċawliet (paucal)

Coloeus monedula
Coloeus monedula#Translingual


għasfur tal-bejt

Passer domesticus
Passer domesticus#Translingual


farruġ

Coracias garrulus
Coracias garrulus#Translingual


għattuqa

mt-noun

għattuqa f (plural għawwietaq, paucal għattuqiet, diminutive għetejqa)

għawwietaq (plural)
għattuqiet (paucal)
għetejqa (diminutive)

From Arabic عَتُّوقَة (ʕattūqa). Compare Tunisian Arabic عتوقة (ʕattūqa, “pullet”), Algerian Arabic عتوقة (ʕattūqa, “pullet”), Moroccan Arabic عتوقة (ʕattūqa, “pullet; young girl”).


pitarra

Tetrax tetrax
Tetrax tetrax#Translingual


summien

summiena (singulative)
summiniet (paucal)

Coturnix coturnix
Coturnix coturnix#Translingual

common quails (Coturnix coturnix) (several birds; the quail as a species)


bugħaddas

mt-noun

bugħaddas m (plural bugħaddasa, feminine bugħaddasa)

bugħaddasa (plural)
bugħaddasa (feminine)

Gavia stellata
Gavia stellata#Translingual


bunittien

bunittiena (singulative)
bunittiena (plural)

Hydrobates pelagicus
Hydrobates pelagicus#Translingual


bukħajla

spectacled warbler (Sylvia conspicillata, Curruca conspicillata, Melizophilus conspicillatus)


alwett

alwetta (singulative)
alwetti (plural)
alwettiet (paucal)

Eventually from Old French aloete, from a diminutive of Latin alauda. The word may have been borrowed directly from the Normans, or later from modern French alouette.


tawes

inh

Arabic طَاوُوس (ṭāwūs)


sultan is-summien

furrax is-summien
furrax is-summien#Maltese


buqrajq

From bu + qrajq, with qrajq diminutive form of obsolete qarq, from Arabic قَرْق (qarq, “clucking”).

Caprimulgus europaeus
Caprimulgus europaeus#Translingual

Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)


blonġun żgħir

Tachybaptus ruficollis
Tachybaptus ruficollis#Translingual


blonġun prim

Podiceps cristatus
Podiceps cristatus#Translingual

great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus)


blonġun sekond

mt-noun

blonġun sekond m (plural blonġuni sekondi)

Podiceps nigricollis
Podiceps nigricollis#Translingual

black-necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)


garnija tal-Atlantiku

Puffinus puffinus
Puffinus puffinus#Translingual


garnija

Puffinus yelkouan
Puffinus yelkouan#Translingual


garnija tal-Baleariku

Puffinus mauretanicus
Puffinus mauretanicus#Translingual

Balearic shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)


kanġu ta' Filfla

kanġu ta’ Filfla m (plural kanġijiet ta’ Filfla)

kanġu ta’ Filfla (canonical masculine)
kanġijiet ta’ Filfla (plural)


kanġu tal-Atlantiku

kanġu tal-Atlantiku m (plural kanġijiet tal-Atlantiku)

Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Oceanodroma leucorhoa#Translingual

Leach's Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)


margun żgħir

Microcarbo pygmaeus
Microcarbo pygmaeus#Translingual


margun

Phalacrocorax carbo
Phalacrocorax carbo#Translingual


margun tat-toppu

Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Phalacrocorax aristotelis#Translingual


pellikan

Pelecanus onocrotalus
Pelecanus onocrotalus#Translingual

great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)


kappun

Botaurus stellaris
Botaurus stellaris#Translingual


russett tas-siġar

Ixobrychus minutus
Ixobrychus minutus#Translingual


kwakka

Nycticorax nycticorax
Nycticorax nycticorax#Translingual


agrett isfar

Ardeola ralloides
Ardeola ralloides#Translingual


agrett tal-bhejjem

Bubulcus ibis
Bubulcus ibis#Translingual


agrett tax-xatt

Egretta gularis
Egretta gularis#Translingual


agrett abjad

Egretta garzetta
Egretta garzetta#Translingual


russett griż

Ardea cinerea
Ardea cinerea#Translingual


russett aħmar

Ardea purpurea
Ardea purpurea#Translingual


ċikonja sewda

Ciconia nigra
Ciconia nigra#Translingual


ċikonja bajda

Ciconia ciconia
Ciconia ciconia#Translingual


velleran

Plegadis falcinellus
Plegadis falcinellus#Translingual


fjamingu

Phoenicopterus roseus
Phoenicopterus roseus#Translingual

greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)


wiżża tal-ful

Anser fabalis
Anser fabalis#Translingual


wiżża tal-maskra

Anser albifrons
Anser albifrons#Translingual


wiżża ħamra

Branta ruficollis
Branta ruficollis#Translingual


wiżża tal-Eġittu

Alopochen aegyptiaca
Alopochen aegyptiaca#Translingual


kuluvert aħmar

Tadorna ferruginea
Tadorna ferruginea#Translingual


kuluvert tas-salib

Tadorna tadorna
Tadorna tadorna#Translingual


silfjun Ewropew

Mareca penelope
Mareca penelope#Translingual

Eurasian wigeon (Mareca penelope, syn. Anas penelope)


kuluvert griż

Anas strepera
Anas strepera#Translingual


sarsella

From French sarcelle, from Latin querquedula.


kuluvert

Anas platyrhynchos
Anas platyrhynchos#Translingual


sarsella ħamra

Anas querquedula
Anas querquedula#Translingual


palettuna

Spatula clypeata
Spatula clypeata#Translingual

Anas clypeata
Anas clypeata#Translingual

northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata)


sarsella mnaqqxa

marbled teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris)


brajmla

Aythya ferina
Aythya ferina#Translingual


brajmla ħamra

Aythya nyroca
Aythya nyroca#Translingual


brajmla tat-toppu

Aythya fuligula
Aythya fuligula#Translingual


brajmla rasha sewda

Literally, “pochard with its head black”.

lit

Aythya marila
Aythya marila#Translingual


brajmla sewda

Melanitta nigra
Melanitta nigra#Translingual


brajmla tal-għajn

Bucephala clangula
Bucephala clangula#Translingual


serra bajda

Mergellus albellus
Mergellus albellus#Translingual


serra prima

Mergus merganser
Mergus merganser#Translingual


brajmla rasha bajda

Literally, “pochard with its head white”.

Oxyura leucocephala
Oxyura leucocephala#Translingual


kuċċarda

Borrowed from Sicilian cucciarda (“Eurasian skylark”).

bor+

European honey buzzard
European honey buzzard

Pernis apivorus
Pernis apivorus#Translingual

European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus)


astun iswed

Milvus migrans
Milvus migrans#Translingual


astun aħmar

Milvus milvus
Milvus milvus#Translingual


ajkla tal-baħar

Haliaeetus albicilla
Haliaeetus albicilla#Translingual

white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)


avultun abjad

Neophron percnopterus
Neophron percnopterus#Translingual

Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)


ajkla bajda

short-toed snake eagle
short-toed snake eagle

Circaetus gallicus
Circaetus gallicus#Translingual

short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus)


bagħdan aħmar

western marsh harrier
western marsh harrier

Circus aeruginosus
Circus aeruginosus#Translingual

western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)


bagħdan ikħal

Circus cyaneus
Circus cyaneus#Translingual


bagħdan abjad

Circus macrourus
Circus macrourus#Translingual


bagħdan griż

Circus pygargus
Circus pygargus#Translingual


kuċċarda ħamra

Buteo rufinus
Buteo rufinus#Translingual


kuċċarda tal-kalzetti

rough-legged buzzard
rough-legged buzzard

Buteo lagopus
Buteo lagopus#Translingual


ajkla tat-tikek

lesser spotted eagle
lesser spotted eagle

Clanga pomarina
Clanga pomarina#Translingual


ajkla rjali

Aquila chrysaetos
Aquila chrysaetos#Translingual


ajkla tal-kalzetti

Hieraaetus pennatus
Hieraaetus pennatus#Translingual


spanjulett sekond

Falco naumanni
Falco naumanni#Translingual


spanjulett

Falco tinnunculus
Falco tinnunculus#Translingual


spanjulett Amerikan

Falco sparverius
Falco sparverius#Translingual


żumbrell

From a diminutive form of żgombru (“mackerel”), from Italian sgombro (“mackerel”).

Falco vespertinus
Falco vespertinus#Translingual


seqer ta' denbu

Falco columbarius
Falco columbarius#Translingual


seqer tal-ħannieqa

Falco subbuteo
Falco subbuteo#Translingual


bies tar-reġina

Falco eleonorae
Falco eleonorae#Translingual


żumbrell Għarbi

Falco concolor
Falco concolor#Translingual


bies tad-deżert

Falco biarmicus
Falco biarmicus#Translingual


bies tal-Lvant

Falco cherrug
Falco cherrug#Translingual


bies ta' Barbarija

bies ta’ Barbarija (canonical masculine)

Falco pelegrinoides
Falco pelegrinoides#Translingual


gallozz tax-xitwa

Rallus aquaticus
Rallus aquaticus#Translingual


gallozz tat-tikek

Porzana porzana
Porzana porzana#Translingual


gallozz żgħir

Porzana parva
Porzana parva#Translingual


gallozz tal-faxxi

Porzana pusilla
Porzana pusilla#Translingual

Baillon's crake (Zapornia pusilla, syn. Porzana pusilla)


gallozz tal-istrixxi

Aenigmatolimnas marginalis
Aenigmatolimnas marginalis#Translingual

striped crake (Aenigmatolimnas marginalis)


gallozz iswed

Gallinula chloropus
Gallinula chloropus#Translingual


gallozz tal-Afrika

Porphyrio alleni
Porphyrio alleni#Translingual


gallozz prim

Porphyrio porphyrio
Porphyrio porphyrio#Translingual


tiġieġ tat-toppu

Fulica cristata
Fulica cristata#Translingual


grawwa

Borrowed from Italian grua, an obsolete form of gru.


gallina tal-baħar

Haematopus ostralegus
Haematopus ostralegus#Translingual

Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)


fras-servjent

Himantopus himantopus
Himantopus himantopus#Translingual

black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)


xifa

From Arabic شِيف (šīf, “prickles on the stems and branches of palm-trees”). The biological uses by analogy with the form of the beak and shell respectively.

inh

Recurvirostra avosetta
Recurvirostra avosetta#Translingual

pied avocet (a bird, Recurvirostra avosetta)


tellerit

Borrowed from Sicilian taddarita, tallarita.

bor+

Eurasian stone-curlew
Eurasian stone-curlew

Burhinus oedicnemus
Burhinus oedicnemus#Translingual

Eurasian stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)


nankina

cream-colored courser
cream-colored courser

Cursorius cursor
Cursorius cursor#Translingual

cream-colored courser (Cursorius cursor)


perniċjotta

Glareola pratincola
Glareola pratincola#Translingual

collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola)


monakella

little ringed plover
little ringed plover

Charadrius dubius
Charadrius dubius#Translingual

little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius)


monakella prima

Charadrius hiaticula
Charadrius hiaticula#Translingual


monakella żgħira

Charadrius alexandrinus
Charadrius alexandrinus#Translingual

Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)


birwin tal-lvant

Charadrius leschenaultii
Charadrius leschenaultii#Translingual

greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)


birwin tal-Asja

Charadrius asiaticus
Charadrius asiaticus#Translingual


birwin

birwina (singulative)
briewen (plural)
birwiniet (paucal)

Charadrius morinellus
Charadrius morinellus#Translingual

Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)


pluviera żgħira

Pluvialis fulva
Pluvialis fulva#Translingual


pluviera

mt-noun

pluviera f (plural pluvieri or pluveriet)

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *pluviārius

Eurasian golden plover
Eurasian golden plover

Pluvialis apricaria
Pluvialis apricaria#Translingual

Eurasian golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)


pluviera griża

Pluvialis squatarola
Pluvialis squatarola#Translingual


venewwa tal-ixpruni

Vanellus spinosus
Vanellus spinosus#Translingual


venewwa tal-qtajja'

venewwa tal-qtajja’ (canonical feminine)

Vanellus gregarius
Vanellus gregarius#Translingual


venewwa denbha abjad

white-tailed lapwing
white-tailed lapwing

Vanellus leucurus
Vanellus leucurus#Translingual

white-tailed lapwing (Vanellus leucurus)


venewwa

Vanellus vanellus
Vanellus vanellus#Translingual

lapwing (bird):
northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)


pispisella prima

Calidris canutus
Calidris canutus#Translingual


pispisella bajda

Calidris alba
Calidris alba#Translingual


tertux

tertux m (plural trietex, feminine tertuxa)

Calidris minuta
Calidris minuta#Translingual


tertuxa griża

Calidris temminckii
Calidris temminckii#Translingual


pispisella Amerikana

Calidris melanotos
Calidris melanotos#Translingual


pispisella ħamra

Calidris ferruginea
Calidris ferruginea#Translingual


pispisella tad-dabra

Calidris alpina
Calidris alpina#Translingual


wiżż

wiżża (singulative)
wiżeż (plural)
wiżżiet (paucal)


bagħdan

Alteration of older bagħdam, probably from *bugħ(a)dam, from bu + għadam, literally “the one with the bones”, probably referring to its pellet. Għadam is here an obsolete plural from Arabic عِظام (ʕiẓām), which explains the final stress.

af

western marsh harrier
western marsh harrier

harrier, especially the western marsh harrier


blonġun

Podiceps cristatus
Podiceps cristatus#Translingual

great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus)


gallozz

From a variant form of Sicilian gadduzzu d'acqua.


pappagall

(figuratively) parrot (person who repeats what was said)


durrajsa

mt-noun

durrajsa f (plural durrajs, paucal durrajsiet)

Emberiza calandra
Emberiza calandra#Translingual


durrajsa ħamra

yellow-breasted bunting
yellow-breasted bunting

Emberiza aureola
Emberiza aureola#Translingual

yellow-breasted bunting (Emberiza aureola)


durrajsa qerqnija

Emberiza pusilla
Emberiza pusilla#Translingual


durrajsa rasha sewda

black-headed bunting
black-headed bunting

Emberiza melanocephala
Emberiza melanocephala#Translingual

black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)


durrajsa safra

Emberiza citrinella
Emberiza citrinella#Translingual


durrajsa sekonda

Emberiza schoeniclus
Emberiza schoeniclus#Translingual


durrajsa selvaġġa

Emberiza rustica
Emberiza rustica#Translingual


durrajsa skura

Emberiza cineracea
Emberiza cineracea#Translingual


durrajsa tal-maltemp

Plectrophenax nivalis
Plectrophenax nivalis#Translingual


durrajsa tan-nord

Calcarius lapponicus
Calcarius lapponicus#Translingual


ortolan rasu blu

Cretzschmar's bunting
Cretzschmar's bunting

Emberiza caesia
Emberiza caesia#Translingual


ortolan iswed

Emberiza cirlus
Emberiza cirlus#Translingual


bies rari

Falco biarmicus
Falco biarmicus#Translingual


bies tal-barr

Falco pelegrinoides
Falco pelegrinoides#Translingual


bies prim

Falco peregrinus
Falco peregrinus#Translingual


bies sekond

Falco subbuteo
Falco subbuteo#Translingual


ċawl ta' Sqallija

ċawl ta’ Sqallija (canonical masculine)
ċawla ta’ Sqallija (singulative)

Synonym of ċawl abjad: magpie (Pica pica)


ċawl griż

Corvus cornix
Corvus cornix#Translingual


ċawlun griż

Synonym of ċawl griż: hooded crow (Corvus cornix)


sultan iċ-ċawl

sultan iċ-ċawl m (plural slaten iċ-ċawl)

Garrulus glandarius
Garrulus glandarius#Translingual


ċawlun

Corvus corone
Corvus corone#Translingual


malvizz

malvizz m (plural mlievez or mlavez or malvizzi)

mlievez (plural)
mlavez (plural)
malvizzi (plural)


malvizz iswed

Turdus merula
Turdus merula#Translingual


venewwa Ingliża

Vanellus gregarius
Vanellus gregarius#Translingual


trombettier

trombettier m (plural trombettieri or trombettiera, feminine trombettiera)

trombettieri (plural)
trombettiera (plural)
trombettiera (feminine)

Bucanetes githagineus
Bucanetes githagineus#Translingual