Wednesday Word: Bokmakierie

[calzephyr]

Bokmakierie - noun.

It's been a while since I posted a bird word! The bokmakierie is a member of the shrike family and found in Southern Africa. Like other shrikes, it preys on other birds, frogs, insects, and lizards. It's name comes from one of it's particular calls, bok-bok-mak-kik, which you can hear in this video.

By Alandmanson - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

Comments

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Ah, a bird whose name is its call, like the More Pork!

[zenigotchas]

Oh YES. Another cutie who literally hangs their prey off branches like they're kebabs. With a silly onomotopoeia of a name UwU This was a good pick-me-up of a post <3