Xewo

taxon, organisms known by a particular common name
Subclass of	Vertebrata
Taxon name	Aves
Taxon rank	class
Parent taxon	Ornithurae
Taxon common name	birds, fugler, chiáu, 鳥, ptiči
This taxon is source of	koklozi, feather, meat, bird faeces
Studied in	ornithology
Hashtag	birds, bird, birb
Code of nomenclature	International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
Uses	bird flight, bird food, broodiness
Produced sound	bird vocalization
Unicode character	🐦
Has list	list of birds

Xewo (Eŋlisigbe: birds)^[1]

Xewo

No.	Latin ŋkɔ	Eŋlisigbe	Eʋegbe	Notes	Family
312	Tachybaptus ruficollis	Little Grebe	tɔmekpakpaxe	Descriptive	Podicipedidae
313	Pelecanus onocrotalus	Great White Pelican	atramegbo	Descriptive	Pelecanidae
314	Botaurus stellaris	Great Bittern	tegli / hoho	Designation	Ardeidae
315	Ixobrychus minutus	Little Bittern	tegli / hoho	Designation	Ardeidae
316	Ixobrychus sturmii	Dwarf Bittern	tegli / hoho	Designation	Ardeidae
317	Tigriornis leucolopha	White-Crested Tiger Heron	tegli / hoho	Designation	Ardeidae
318	Gorsachius leuconotus	White-Backed Night Heron	tegli / hoho	Designation	Ardeidae
319	Nycticorax nycticorax	Black-Crowned Night Heron	tegli / hoho	Designation	Ardeidae
320	Ardeola ralloides	Squacco Heron	akpo	Designation	Ardeidae
321	Bubulcus ibis	Cattle Egret	amudzixe / aŋɔyi	Descriptive	Ardeidae
322	Butorides striata	Green-Backed Heron	aŋɔyi / amudzixe	Descriptive	Ardeidae
323	Egretta ardesiaca	Black Heron	aŋɔyi / amudzixe	Descriptive	Ardeidae
324	Egretta gularis	Western Reef Egret	aŋɔyi / amudzixe	Descriptive	Ardeidae
325	Egretta garzetta	Little Egret	tɔsixevi / amudzixe	Descriptive	Ardeidae
326	Egretta intermedia	Intermediate Egret	tɔsixevi / amudzixe	Descriptive	Ardeidae
327	Egretta alba	Great Egret	aŋɔyi / amudzixe	Descriptive	Ardeidae
328	Ardea purpurea	Purple Heron	ankra	Designation	Ardeidae
329	Ardea cinerea	Grey Heron	ankra	Designation	Ardeidae
330	Ardea goliath	Goliath Heron	akpaklo / legle	Designation	Ardeidae
331	Struthio camelus	Ostrich	golo / tsatsaboli	Descriptive	Struthionidae
332	Mycteria ibis	Yellow-Billed Stork	golo / kpaklo	Designation	Ciconiidae
333	Ciconia episcopus	Woolly-Necked Stork	golo / kpaklo	Designation	Ciconiidae
334	Ciconia ciconia	White Stork	golo / kpaklo	Designation	Ciconiidae
335	Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis	Saddle-Billed Stork	golo / kpaklo	Designation	Ciconiidae
336	Leptoptilos crumeniferus	Marabou Stork	golo / kpaklo	Designation	Ciconiidae
337	Cairina moschata	Duck	kpakpaxe	Descriptive	Anatidae
338	Dendrocygna bicolor	Fulvous Whistling Duck	mavividetsi	Culture	Anatidae
339	Dendrocygna viduata	White-Faced Whistling Duck	mavividetsi	Culture	Anatidae
340	Alopochen aegyptiaca	Egyptian Goose	mavividetsi	Culture	Anatidae
341	Tadorna tadorna	Common Shelduck	kpaakpaa / tɔmekoklo	Designation/Descriptive	Anatidae
342	Plectropterus gambensis	Spur-Winged Goose	gbekpakpaxe	Descriptive	Anatidae
343	Pteronetta hartlaubii	Hartlaub's Duck	gbekpakpaxe	Descriptive	Anatidae
344	Sarkidiornis melanotos	Knob-billed Duck	gbekpakpaxe	Descriptive	Anatidae
345	Nettapus auritus	African Pygmy Goose	mavividetsi	Descriptive	Anatidae
346	Anas crecca	Common Teal	mavividetsi	Descriptive	Anatidae
347	Anas capensis	Cape Teal	tɔmekpakpaxe	Descriptive	Anatidae
348	Aythya ferina	Common Pochard	yovitsi	Designation	Anatidae
349	Aviceda cuculoides	African Cuckoo Hawk	kpoku / ayisu	Designation	Accipitridae
350	Elanus caeruleus	Black-Shouldered Kite	kpoku / ayisu	Designation	Accipitridae
351	Milvus migrans	Black Kite	aʋako	Designation	Accipitridae
352	Haliaeetus vocifer	African Fish Eagle	yitsui	Designation	Accipitridae
353	Gypohierax angolensis	Palm-Nut Vulture	akanga / glu / pete	Designation	Accipitridae
354	Neophron percnopterus	Egyptian Vulture	akanga / glu	Designation	Accipitridae
355	Necrosyrtereds monachus	Hooded Vulture	akanga / glu / gbetakpɔxe	Designation/Descriptive	Accipitridae
356	Circaetus gallicus	Short-Toed Snake Eagle	akpo / aʋako	Designation	Accipitridae
357	Circaetus cinerascens	Western Banded Snake Eagle	akpo / aʋako	Designation	Accipitridae
358	Polyboroides typus	African Harrier Hawk	akpo / aʋako	Designation	Accipitridae
359	Circus macrourus	Pallid Harrier	akpo / aʋako	Designation	Accipitridae
360	Circus aeruginosus	Eurasian Marsh Harrier	akpo / aʋako	Designation	Accipitridae
361	Accipiter tachiro	African Goshawk	antsui / ntsui / adrufe	Designation	Accipitridae
362	Accipiter badius	Shikra	toto	Designation	Accipitridae
363	Accipiter erythropus	Red-Thighed Sparrowhawk	toto	Designation	Accipitridae
364	Urotriorchis macrourus	Long-Tailed Hawk	toto	Designation	Accipitridae
365	Aquila rapax	Tawny Eagle	aho	Designation	Accipitridae
366	Aquila wahlbergi	Wahlberg's Eagle	aho	Designation	Accipitridae
367	Hieraaetus spilogaster	African Hawk Eagle	aho	Designation	Accipitridae
368	Hieraaetus pennatus	Booted Eagle	aho	Designation	Accipitridae
369	Hieraaetus ayresii	Ayres's Hawk Eagle	aho	Designation	Accipitridae
370	Lophaetus occipitalis	Long-Crested Eagle	aho	Designation	Accipitridae
371	Spizaetus africanus	Cassin's Hawk Eagle	aho	Designation	Accipitridae
372	Stephanoaetus coronatus	Crowned Eagle	aho	Designation	Accipitridae
373	Polemaetus bellicosus	Martial Eagle	aho	Designation	Accipitridae
374	Falco alopex	Fox Kestrel	yitsui	Designation	Falconidae
375	Falco ardosiaceus	Grey Kestrel	yitsui	Designation	Falconidae
376	Falco chicquera	Red-Necked Falcon	yitsui	Designation	Falconidae
377	Falco vespertinus	Red-Footed Falcon	yitsui	Designation	Falconidae
378	Falco cuvierii	African Hobby	kpoku	Designation	Falconidae
379	Falco biarmicus	Lanner Falcon	kpoku	Designation	Falconidae
380	Falco peregrines	Peregrine Falcon	kpoku	Designation	Falconidae
381	Coturnix delegorguei	Harlequin Quail	tegbeti	Descriptive	Phasianidae
382	Ptilopachus petrosus	Stone Partridge	tegbeti	Descriptive	Phasianidae
383	Francolinus lathami	Latham's Forest Francolin	avetegli	Descriptive	Phasianidae
384	Francolinus ahantensis	Ahanta Francolin	avetegli / dedi	Descriptive/Designation	Phasianidae
385	Francolinus bicalcaratus	Double-Spurred Francolin	avetegli / dedi	Descriptive/Designation	Phasianidae
386	Agelastes meleagrides	White-Breasted Guineafowl	gbetsaxe	Descriptive/Designation	Numididae
387	Guttera pucherani	Crested Guineafowl	gbetsaxe	Descriptive	Numididae
388	Numida meleagris	Helmeted Guineafowl	gbetsaxe	Descriptive	Numididae
389	Himantornis haematopus	Nkulengu Rail	agbetim	Descriptive	Rallidae
390	Canirallus oculeus	Grey-Throated Rail	tɔkɔkokuli	Descriptive	Rallidae
391	Crex egregia	African Crake	tɔmekoklo	Descriptive	Rallidae
392	Amaurornis flavirostra	Black Crake	gbekoklo	Descriptive	Rallidae
393	Porphyrio porphyrio	Purple Swamphen	avese / gbatami	Designation	Rallidae
394	Gallinula angulate	Lesser Moorhen	avemexe	Descriptive	Rallidae
395	Sarothrura pulchra	White-Spotted Flufftail	tɔkɔkokuli	Descriptive	Sarothruridae
396	Sarothrura elegans	Buff-Spotted Flufftail	tɔkɔkokuli / tɔmekoklo	Descriptive	Sarothruridae
397	Balearica pavonina	Black Crowned Crane	gbetsahe / gbetsyaxe	Descriptive	Gruidae
398	Podica senegalensis	African Finfoot	doridori	Designation	Heliornithidae
399	Eupodotis melanogaster	Black-Bellied Bustard	akla	Designation	Otididae
400	Actophilornis africanus	African Jacana	agudzixe	Descriptive	Jacanidae
401	Burhinus senegalensis	Senegal Thick-Knee	gbotale / gbaxle	Designation	Burhinidae
402	Cursorius temminckii	Temminck's Courser	aka	Designation	Glareolidae
403	Calidris ferruginea	Curlew Sandpiper	tokontsui / holi	Designation	Scolopacidae
404	Gallinago gallinago	Common Snipe	vanga	Designation	Scolopacidae
405	Gallinago media	Great Snipe	agudzixe	Descriptive	Scolopacidae
406	Limnodromus griseus	Short-Billed Dowitcher	vanga	Designation	Scolopacidae
407	Numenius arquata	Eurasian Curlew	holi / vanga	Designation	Scolopacidae
408	Tringa erythropus	Spotted Redshank	gbanyi	Designation	Scolopacidae
409	Tringa tetanus	Common Redshank	tagbaxevi	Descriptive	Scolopacidae
410	Actitis hypoleucos	Common Sandpiper	kodogoli	Descriptive	Scolopacidae
411	Phalaropus fulicarius	Red Phalarope	tsotso	Descriptive	Scolopacidae
412	Gelochelidon nilotica	Gull-Billed Tern	gbagblaxetsu	Descriptive	Sternidae
413	Sterna caspia	Caspian Tern	gbagblaxetsu	Descriptive	Sternidae
414	Sterna maxima	Royal Tern	gbagblaxetsu	Descriptive	Sternidae
415	Sterna bengalensis	Lesser Crested Tern	gbagblaxetsu	Descriptive	Sternidae
416	Sterna sandvicensis	Sandwich Tern	gbagblaxetsu	Descriptive	Sternidae
417	Sterna dougallii	Roseate Tern	gbagblaxetsu	Descriptive	Sternidae
418	Sterna hirundo	Common Tern	gbagblaxetsu	Descriptive	Sternidae
419	Sterna paradisaea	Arctic Tern	gbagblaxetsu	Descriptive	Sternidae
420	Sterna anaethetus	Bridled Tern	tsale	Designation	Sternidae
421	Sterna fuscata	Sooty Tern	tsale	Designation	Sternidae
422	Sterna balaenarum	Damara Tern	tsale	Designation	Sternidae
423	Sterna albifrons	Little Tern	tsale	Designation	Sternidae
424	Chlidonias hybrid	Whiskered Tern	tsale	Designation	Sternidae
425	Chlidonias niger	Black Tern	tsale	Designation	Sternidae
426	Chlidonias leucopterus	White-Winged Tern	tsale	Designation	Sternidae
427	Treron calvus	African Green Pigeon	toto	Designation	Columbidae
428	Treron waalia	Bmce's Green Pigeon	toto	Designation	Columbidae
429	Turtur tympanistria	Tambourine Dove	volui	Designation	Columbidae
430	Turtur afer	Blue-Spotted Wood Dove	volui	Designation	Columbidae
431	Turtur abyssinicus	Black-Billed Wood Dove	volui	Designation	Columbidae
432	Oena capensis	Namaqua Dove	volui	Designation	Columbidae
433	Columba iriditorques	Western Bronze-Naped Pigeon	volui	Designation	Columbidae
434	Streptopelia semitorquata	Red-Eyed Dove	kpakpa	Designation	Columbidae
435	Streptopelia decipiens	African Mourning Dove	kpakpa	Designation	Columbidae
436	Streptopelia vinacea	Vinaceous Dove	kpakpa	Designation	Columbidae
437	Streptopelia roseogrisea	African Collared Dove	kpakpa	Designation	Columbidae
438	Streptopelia turtur	European Turtle Dove	kpakpa	Designation	Columbidae
439	Streptopelia senegalensis	Laughing Dove	kpakpa	Designation	Columbidae
440	Psittacus erithacus	Grey Parrot	akoo	Designation	Psittacidae
441	Poicephalus robustus	Brown-Necked Parrot	akoo	Designation	Psittacidae
442	Poicephalus gulielmi	Red-Fronted Parrot	akoo	Designation	Psittacidae
443	Poicephalus senegalus	Senegal Parrot	akoo	Designation	Psittacidae
444	Agapornis pullarius	Red-Headed Lovebird	akoo	Designation	Psittacidae
445	Agapornis swindernianus	Black-Collared Lovebird	akoo	Designation	Psittacidae
446	Psittacula krameri	Rose-Ringed Parakeet	akoo	Designation	Psittacidae
447	Corythaeola cristata	Great Blue Turaco	atsrima	Designation	Musophagidae
448	Tauraco persa	Green Turaco	avese	Designation	Musophagidae
449	Tauraco macrorhynchus	Yellow-Billed Turaco	avese	Designation	Musophagidae
450	Crinifer piscator	Western Grey Plantain-Eater	agodigo / dzogbetsri ma	Descriptive	Musophagidae
451	Oxylophus levaillantii	Levaillant's Cuckoo	tɔlem	Descriptive	Cuculidae
452	Cuculus solitaries	Red-Chested Cuckoo	tɔlem	Descriptive	Cuculidae
453	Chrysococcyx cupreus	African Emerald Cuckoo	tsɔyiatsuƒe	Culture	Cuculidae
454	Chrysococcyx klaas	Klaas's Cuckoo	twentwere / ayiɖɔe	Designation/Descriptive	Cuculidae
455	Chrysococcyx caprius	Didric Cuckoo	agblendindi	Descriptive	Cuculidae
456	Centropus senegalensis	Senegal Coucal	dzrikuku / dzinetutu / wlukuku / adzeyitutu / dzetutu	Descriptive	Cuculidae
457	Centropus monachus	Blue-Headed Coucal	dzrikuku / dzinetutu / wlukuku / adzeyitutu / dzetutu	Descriptive	Cuculidae
458	Tyto alba	Bam Owl	adzexe	Culture	Tytonidae
459	Otus icterorhynchus	Sandy Scops Owl	adzexe	Culture	Strigidae
460	Otus senegalensis	African Scops Owl	adzexe	Culture	Strigidae
461	Bubo poensis	Fraser's Eagle Owl	adzexe	Culture	Strigidae
462	Bubo shelleyi	Shelley's Eagle Owl	adzexe	Culture	Strigidae
463	Bubo lacteus	Verreaux's Eagle Owl	adzexe	Culture	Strigidae
464	Bubo leucostictus	Akun Eagle Owl	adzexe	Culture	Strigidae
465	Scotopelia peli	Pel's Fishing Owl	favievuto	Designation	Strigidae
466	Glaucidium tephronotum	Red-Chested Owlet	adzexe	Culture	Strigidae
467	Strix woodfordii	African Wood Owl	hɔdemeku / xedoameku	Culture	Strigidae
468	Veles/Caprimulgus binotatus	Brown Nightjar	aʋaluƒui / ahɔliƒe	Descriptive	Caprimulgidae
469	Caprimulgus natalensis	Swamp Nightjar	aʋaluƒui / ahɔliƒe	Descriptive	Caprimulgidae
470	Caprimulgus climacurus	Long-Tailed Nightjar	aʋaluƒui / ahɔliƒe	Descriptive	Caprimulgidae
471	Caprimulgus nigriscapularis	Black-Shouldered Nightjar	aʋaluƒui / ahɔliƒe	Descriptive	Caprimulgidae
472	Caprimulgus inornatus	Plain Nightjar	aʋaluƒui / ahɔliƒe	Descriptive	Caprimulgidae
473	Caprimulgus tristigma	Freckled Nightjar	aʋaluƒui / ahɔliƒe	Descriptive	Caprimulgidae
474	Caprimulgus ruficollis	Red-Necked Nightjar	aʋaluƒui / ahɔliƒe	Descriptive	Caprimulgidae
475	Caprimulgus europaeus	European Nightjar	aʋaluƒui / ahɔliƒe	Descriptive	Caprimulgidae
476	Macrodipteryx longipennis	Standard-Winged Nightjar	aʋaluƒui / ahɔliƒe	Descriptive	Caprimulgidae
477	Rhaphidura sabini	Sabine's Spinetail	sagbadre	Descriptive	Apodidae
478	Telacanthura melanopygia	Black Spinetail	sagbadre	Descriptive	Apodidae
479	Telacanthura ussheri	Mottled Spinetail	sagbadre	Descriptive	Apodidae
480	Neafrapus cassini	Cassin's Spinetail	sagbadre	Descriptive	Apodidae
481	Cypsiurus parvus	African Palm Swift	sagbadre	Descriptive	Apodidae
482	Apus pallidus	Pallid Swift	sagbadre	Descriptive	Apodidae
483	Apus apus	Common Swift	sagbadre	Descriptive	Apodidae
484	Apus caffer	White-Rumped Swift	sagbadre	Descriptive	Apodidae
485	Apus affinis	Little Swift	sagbadre	Descriptive	Apodidae
486	Tachymarptis aequatorialis	Mottled Swift	sagbadre	Descriptive	Apodidae
487	Tachymarptis melba	Alpine Swift	sagbadre	Descriptive	Apodidae
488	Halcyon malimbica	Blue-Breasted Kingfisher	agbotimexevi	Descriptive	Alcedinidae
489	Halcyon senegalensis	Woodland Kingfisher	agbotimexevi	Descriptive	Alcedinidae
490	Ceyx lecontei	African Dwarf Kingfisher	agbotimexevi	Descriptive	Alcedinidae
491	Alcedo leucogaster	White-Bcllied Kingfisher	agbotimexevi / milɔ	Descriptive	Alcedinidae
492	Alcedo quadribrachys	Shining-Blue Kingfisher	agbotimexevi	Descriptive	Alcedinidae
493	Megaceryle maxima	Giant Kingfisher	agbotimexevi	Descriptive	Alcedinidae
494	Ceryle rudis	Pied Kingfisher	agbotimexevi	Descriptive	Alcedinidae
495	Phoeniculus purpureus	Green Wood-Hoopoe	aditsi / deduxe	Descriptive	Phoeniculidae
496	Tropicranus albocristatus	White-Crested Hornbill	fieyomexe	Descriptive	Bucerotidae
497	Tockus hartlaubi	Black Dwarf Hornbill	akyankpoli	Designation	Bucerotidae
498	Tockus camurus	Red-Billed Dwarf Hornbill	akyankpoli	Designation	Bucerotidae
499	Tockus erythrorhynchus	Red-Billed Hornbill	akyankpoli	Designation	Bucerotidae
500	Tockus fasciatus	African Pied Hornbill	akyankpoli	Designation	Bucerotidae
501	Tockus nasutus	African Grey Hornbill	akyankpoli	Designation	Bucerotidae
502	Bycanistes fistulator	Piping Hornbill	akyankpoli	Designation	Bucerotidae
503	Bycanistes subcylindricus	Black-and-White-Casqued Hornbill	ŋatiŋati / ŋɔtiŋɔti	Descriptive	Bucerotidae
504	Bycanistes cylindricus	Brown-Cheeked Hornbill	ŋatiŋati / ŋɔtiŋɔti	Descriptive	Bucerotidae
505	Ceratogymna atrata	Black-Casqued Hornbill	ŋatiŋati / ŋɔtiŋɔti	Descriptive	Bucerotidae
506	Ceratogymna elata	Yellow-Casqued Hornbill	ŋatiŋati / ŋɔtiŋɔti	Descriptive	Bucerotidae
507	Gymnobucco peli	Bristle-Nosed Barbet	kpei	Designation	Lybiidae
508	Gymnobucco calvus	Naked-Faced Barbet	kpei	Designation	Lybiidae
509	Pogoniulus scolopaceus	Speckled Tinkerbird	kotokro	Designation	Lybiidae
510	Pogoniulus subsulphureus	Yellow-Throated Tinkerbird	gbede	Descriptive	Lybiidae
511	Pogoniulus bilineatus	Yellow-Rumped Tinkerbird	gbede	Descriptive	Lybiidae
512	Lybius bidentatus	Double-Toothed Barbet	egutadze	Designation	Lybiidae
513	Lybius dubius	Bearded Barbet	egutadze	Designation	Lybiidae
514	Trachylaemus purpuratus	Yellow-Billed Barbet	egutadze	Designation	Lybiidae
515	Vidua macroura	Pin-Tailed Whydah	blemakɔtɔtsi	Descriptive	Viduidae
516	Bubulcus ibis	Cattle Egret	totaxe / totamexe / nyiyomexe	Descriptive	Ardeidae/Egretta
517	Camaroptera brevicaudata	Grey-Backed Camaroptera	bleamedegbe / kplɔamedegbe	Descriptive	Cisticolidae
518	Ploceus vitellinus	Vitelline Masked-Weaver	asɔsɔ	Descriptive	Ploceidae
519	Upupa africana	African Hoopoe	ŋɔlixevi	Culture	Upupidae
520	Pycnonotus bulbul	Black-Eyed Bulbul	klɔbɔe / akrɔbɔe	Designation	Pycnonotidae
521	Anthrepte rectirostris	Green-Chinned Sunbird	etsui / tsintsin	Designation	Nectariniidae
522	Campethera abingoni	Golden-Tailed Woodpecker	tɔatitɔati / lɔatilɔati	Descriptive	Picidae
523	Phylloscopus sibilatrix	Wood Warbler	avemekɔlɔ	Descriptive	Phylloscopidae
524	Acrocephalus baeticatus	African Reed Warbler	degbɔgbɔe	Descriptive	Acrocephalidae

Nyasiawo ƒe tsoƒe

↑ Aziaku, Vincent Erskine. 2016. A Linguistic Analysis of Ewe Animal Names among the Ewe of Ghana. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. ISBN 978-3-89645-474-4.

[Aziaku-1] Aziaku, Vincent Erskine. 2016. A Linguistic Analysis of Ewe Animal Names among the Ewe of Ghana. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. ISBN 978-3-89645-474-4.

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