Tits, boobies and hooters

Why is it that bird names seem so… childishly misogynistic?

Featuring:

Professor Andrew Cockburn, bird watcher and word batcher, ANU

Jeannie Gray, Author, Australian Bird Names: Origins and Meanings.

Ian Fraser, Author, Australia Bird Names: Origins and Meanings.

Stephen Downes, the brains behind @Parrotoftheday social media accounts

Stephen Moss, Author, Mrs Moreau's Warbler: How Birds Got Their Names.

Nola Turner-Jensen, Culture Inclusion Specialist and Wiradjuri Historian

Dr Ayesha Tulloch, Research Fellow, QUT.

This episode was first broadcast in 2022.

Featuring extra sounds from listeners:

Large-tailed Nightjar from Briony Barnett.

Cat Bird from Scott Fisher.

And extra sounds from bird enthusiasts:

Marc Anderson, XC287030. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/287030 ( Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0)

Yong Ding Li, XC57231. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/57231 (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5)

Phil Gregory, XC690345. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/690345 (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0)

Production:

Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.

Petria Ladgrove, Producer.

Joel Werner, Script Editing.

This episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and the Kaurna people.

Find more episodes of the ABC podcast, What the Duck?! with the always curious Dr Ann Jones exploring the mysteries of nature on ABC Listen (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll learn more about the weird and unusual aspects of our natural world in a quirky, fun way with easy to understand science.