Birds Flashcards

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1
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albatross

A

un albatros

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alpine chough

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un chocard à bec jaune

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avocet

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une avocette

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a bird of prey

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un oiseau de proie

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5
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bittern

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un butor

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blackbird

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un merle

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blackcap

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une fauvette à tête noir

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8
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booby/gannet

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un fou de Bassan

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bowerbird

A

un jardinier satiné

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budgerigar, budgie, parakeet

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une perruche

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bullfinch

A

un bouvreuil

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bustard

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une outarde

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buzzard

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une buse

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14
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a canary (x2)

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un canari, un serin

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15
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chaffinch

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un pinson

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16
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carrion crow, rook

A

une corneille

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17
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passerine

A

un passereau

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18
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cirl bunting

A

un bruant zizi

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(great, coal) tit

A

une mésange (charbonnière, noire)

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20
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cockatoo

A

un cacatoès

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21
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collared dove

A

une tourterelle turque

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22
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common loon

A

un plongeon huard

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23
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cormorant

A

un cormoran

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24
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cowbird

A

un vacher

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25
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crane

A

une grue

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26
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crow/raven

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un corbeau

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27
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cuckoo

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un coucou

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28
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diver

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un plongeon

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29
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dotterel

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un pluvier

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30
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dove

A

une colombe

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31
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egret

A

une aigrette

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32
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finch

A

un pinson

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33
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galah

A

cacatoès rosalbin

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34
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goldfinch

A

un chardonneret

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35
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goshawk

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un autour

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36
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greenfinch

A

un verdier

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37
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grouse

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une grouse

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38
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(sea)gull

A

une mouette, un goëland

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39
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guinea fowl/hen

A

une pintade

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40
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harrier

A

un busard

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41
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hawk, falcon

A

un faucon

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42
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house martin

A

delichon

43
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hummingbird

A

un colibri

44
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kestrel

A

une crécerelle

45
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kingfisher

A

un martin-pêcheur

46
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kite

A

un milan

47
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lapwing

A

un vanneau

48
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lark

A

une alouette

49
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linnet

A

une linotte

50
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lyrebird

A

une ménure

51
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magpie

A

une pie

52
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meadowlark

A

une sturnelle

53
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mynah bird

A

un mainate

54
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nightengale

A

un rossignol

55
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oriole

A

un loriot

56
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partridge

A

une perdrix

57
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peacock

A

un paon

58
Q

pheasant

A

un faisan

59
Q

plover

A

un pluvier

60
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ptarmigan

A

un ptarmigan

61
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quail

A

une caille

62
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red-tailed hawk

A

une buse à queue rousse

63
Q

red-winged blackbird

A

une carouge à épalettes

64
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robin

A

rouge-gorge

65
Q

rook

A

une corneille

66
Q

puffin

A

un macareux

67
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starling

A

un étourneau

68
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sparrow

A

un moineau

69
Q

sparrowhawk

A

un épervier

70
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stork

A

un cigogne

71
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swallow

A

un hirondelle

72
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swan

A

un cygne

73
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swift

A

un apodidé

74
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tern

A

une sterne

75
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thrush

A

une grive

76
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turtledove

A

une tourterelle

77
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vulture

A

un vautour

78
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wagtail

A

une bergeronnette

79
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warbler

A

une fauvette

80
Q

waxwing

A

un jaseur

81
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woodcock

A

une bécasse

82
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woodpecker

A

un pivert

83
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woodpigeon

A

un ramier

84
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wren

A

un roitelet

85
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a claw

A

une serre

86
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a comb

A

une crête

87
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a clutch

A

une couvée

88
Q

a mating display/ritual

A

une parade amoureuse

89
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to brood

A

couver

90
Q

a brood hen

A

une pondeuse

91
Q

to chirp

A

piailler

92
Q

to twitter/tweet

A

gazouiller

93
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to hoot

A

hululer

94
Q

to warble, to coo

A

roucouler

95
Q

to bury one’s head in the sand

A

faire l’autruche

96
Q

to be a goose

A

être une bécasse

97
Q

to be the lame duck (esp. politics)

A

être un canard boiteux

98
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freezing cold

A

un froid de canard

99
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to be the fall guy

A

être le dindon de la farce

100
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to eat like a bird

A

manger comme un moineau

101
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proud as a peacock, proud as Punch

A

fier comme un paon

102
Q

happy as a lark

A

gai comme un pinson

103
Q

to be softy, to chicken out

A

être une poule mouillée

104
Q

to kill the goose that lays golden eggs

A

tuer la poule aux oeufs d’or