[Birding-Aus] RFI What is a baby pelican called?

[Trevor Hampel]

Hi there birders,

I hope someone can help me with this.

This morning I was the guest speaker on Australian Birds at our local
Ladies Probus Club.

One of the ladies asked me "What is a baby pelican called?"

I had to admit that I didn't know if there was a special name, other
than chick or nestling. A search of the internet has not thrown any
light on this either, except I found two references to "toddlers" on
less than authoritative sites.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Trevor

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[bob gosford]

a pelican...

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[Graham Buchan]

Coochy-coo?

[Carl Clifford]

Trevor,

I think you will find that the only name you could call is a chick.
Looks like no one got around to giving names to young pelicans.

Cheers,

Carl Clifford

On 10/11/2010, at 10:09 PM, Trevor Hampel wrote:

Hi there birders,
one

[Stephen Ambrose]

I noticed that someone on the internet has referred to them as "toddlers". I
don't know if it was meant to be a tongue-in-cheek name, but it does seem
appropriate considering the way that fledgling pelicans waddle on land.

Stephen Ambrose
Ryde NSW

[Philip Veerman]

Thanks for that comment, Carl.

Please no one start a trend for separate names for all the chicks of all
the bird groups. We have enough troubles settling names for species of
birds, e.g. Koel and monstrosity group names like Cuckoo-shrike (when we
could use "Cush" instead as a group name - because they aren't cuckoos
or shrikes but Cush would retain some sense of etymology and still be
distinctive).

Let alone the idea of collective nouns for birds and all sorts of other
things.

We are exotic enough with our monotremes: "puggle" for a baby platypus
or echidna.

Philip

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[Denise Goodfellow]

I think 'toddler' is most appropriate, and not only for the reason you gave.
The Kunwinjku name for pelican is 'Makacoru', Maka meaning
'grandparent/grandchild'.
Denise L Goodfellow

[Trevor Cowie]

I do not think Cush is a word that should even be considered.

If I remember my (limited) Arabic well enough.

Stay clear of it, I cannot even explain on line.

However Trevor if you want to know call me at home.

Trevor Cowie

[Laurie Knight]

How about a pelicanet?

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[Laurie Knight]

Perhaps it could be used as a moniker for Stoned Curlews

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cush

[Merrilyn Serong]

I wonder if people are more likely to give different names to females,
males and young of birds that are consumed or used on farms, e.g. duck,
drake and duckling; goose, gander and gosling. However, that doesn't
work quite so well for hen, rooster and chicken. It's also interesting
that for these three, the female tends to be the inclusive term if there
are lots of birds of indeterminate sex.
Back to the question, I guess there are not many pelican farms.
Cheers,
Merrilyn

[Denise Goodfellow]

We refer to Pied Imperial-pigeons as PIP's. So when a pair nested in our
yard we called the young a Pipette!
Denise