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.