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A Bit Confused. ..

Post by lovezebs » Wed Nov 04, 2015 11:34 am

Hello Fabulous Fincly Experts.....

I have to admit, I'm a tad confused.... and was hoping that someone can clarify.

Mannikins, Mannakins, Mannequins ????

Are the different spellings interchangeably ? Or are we talking different famies, species, subspecies? ???

I've come across same birds, referred to under different spelling here and there on line, and I need to know what the difference is , if there is a difference.

Thank you :-).
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Re: A Bit Confused. ..

Post by rcharrod » Wed Nov 04, 2015 11:51 am

lovezebs

From my having owned a Bronze Winged Mannikin, I'm pretty sure that your first choice is the only correct way to spell it
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Re: A Bit Confused. ..

Post by rcharrod » Wed Nov 04, 2015 11:53 am

lovezebs

I take that back - there's also this bird

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manakin
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Re: A Bit Confused. ..

Post by lovezebs » Wed Nov 04, 2015 1:41 pm

rcharrod

See what I mean???
Confusion reign in bird land.
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Re: A Bit Confused. ..

Post by rcharrod » Wed Nov 04, 2015 1:57 pm

lovezebs

Nah, not that confusing :?

From wikipedia:

Lonchura is a genus of the estrildid finch family, and includes munias (or minias), mannikins, and silverbills

The manakins are a clade (Pipridae) of unique small suboscine passerine birds. The group contains some 60 species distributed through the American tropics. The name is from Middle Dutch mannekijn "little man" (also the source of the different bird name mannikin)
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Post by cindy » Wed Nov 04, 2015 4:32 pm

I use the spelling on efinch... I raise CBM, chestnut breasted mannikin

http://www.efinch.com/varieties.htm

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Re: A Bit Confused. ..

Post by lovezebs » Wed Nov 04, 2015 5:41 pm

rcharrod

Thanks..... I am slowly going crazy, going crazy slowly am I..... ~X( 8-} ~X( 8-} lah-lah-lahh....

Sorry, had a moment there :-).

So the Tri-coloured Munia (Minia), is a....?
And the Orange-collared Mannikin, is a....?
And the White Ruffled Manakin, is a.....?
And the White-collared Manikin, is a...?

And THEN, we have the Chlorophonias..... (which have nothing to do with chlorine, chloride, or phones.......
Check out the → Blue-naped... and Blue-crowned.....

And all the Blue Finches (Blue Birds), one of which is sitting outside my kitcken window, making funny faces at my poor birdlings, sending them into spasms and panic attacks, which include a lot of screaming......

Oh ye gods.....

Does anybody actually know all these things ??????
~Elana~

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Re: A Bit Confused. ..

Post by Zebrafincher » Wed Nov 04, 2015 9:26 pm

Names are interesting.

Bengalese/society finches.

Zebra finches - Zebbies, Meepers, Squeepers, Honks, Beeps etc

Budgerigars - Keets?, parrot, budgies etc etc

Different names for different places.

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