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aginjibagwesi na [NI] a goldfinch

[
American goldfinch
; 
Carduelis tristis
]

ajijaak na a sandhill crane

[
sandhill crane
; 
Grus canadensis
]

See also: ojijaak na [BL]

anaamisagadoweshiinh na a wren

aninishib na a mallard

[
Anas platyrhynchos
]

See also: ininishib na

apichi na [BL] a robin

[
American robin
; 
Turdus migratorius
]

See also: opichi na

asiginaak na a blackbird

[
red-winged blackbird
; 
Agelaius phoeniceus
]

ashagi na [BL] a blue heron

[
great blue heron
; 
Ardea herodias
]

See also: zhashagi na

ashawenaniisi na [NI] a grackle

[
common grackle, purple grackle
; 
Quiscalus quiscula
]

aagask na a sharp-tailed grouse

[
Tympanuchus phasianellus
]

aajigade na [S] a coot, a mud hen

[
American coot
; 
Fulicia americana
]

See also: daajigade na [N]

aanak na a thrush

aandeg na a crow

[
American crow
; 
Corvus brachyrhynchos
]

(verb of abundance) aandegokaa vii there are (many) crows
aashimaang na a red-throated loon

[
Gavia stellata
]

baapaase na a red-headed woodpecker

[
red-headed woodpecker; downy woodpecker; hairy woodpecker
; 
Melanerpes erythrocephalus; Picoides pubescens; Picoides villosus
]

beshk na [BL] a nighthawk

[
common nighthawk
; 
Chordeiles minor
]

See also: beshkwe na

beshkwe na a nighthawk

[
common nighthawk
; 
Chordeiles minor
]

See also: beshk na [BL]

bine na a partridge; a ruffled grouse

[
ruffed grouse
; 
Bonasa umbellus
]

See also: goshkongesi na

biigokokwe'owesi na a whip-poor-will

[
Caprimulgus vociferus
]

biijigigwane na an osprey

[
fish hawk
; 
Pandion haliaetus
]

daajigade na [N] a coot, a mud hen

[
American coot
; 
Fulicia americana
]

See also: aajigade na [S]

diindiisi na a blue jay

[
Cyanocitta cristata
]

gayaashk na a seagull

gaagaagiishib na a cormorant

[
double-crested cormorant
; 
Phalacrocorax auritus
]

gaagiigidoo-bineshiinh na a parrot

gaakaabishiinh na a screech-owl

[
eastern screech owl
; 
Otus asio
]

gekek na a hawk

gichi-bine na [RL] a turkey

[
wild turkey
; 
Meleagris gallopavo
]

gijigijigaaneshiinh na a chickadee

[
Parus spp.
]

See also: jigijigaaneshiinh na [LLC]

giniw na golden eagle

[
Aquilia chrysaetos
]

gookooko'oo na an owl

gwiingwiishi na a Canada jay

[
grey jay, Canada jay, whisky jack
; 
Perisoreus canadensis
]

ininishib na a mallard

[
Anas platyrhynchos 
]

See also: aninishib na

manoominikeshiinh na a rice bird

mashkodese na a spruce grouse

[
Dendragapus canadensis
]

mayagi-bine na a pheasant

[
ring-necked pheasant
; 
Phasianus colchicus
]

maang na a loon

[
common loon
; 
Gavia immer
]

meme na a pileated woodpecker

[
pileated woodpecker
; 
Dryocopus pileatus
]

meskwananiisi na [BL] a red-tailed hawk

[
red-tailed hawk
; 
Buteo jamaicensis
]

migizi na a bald eagle

[
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
]

misko-bineshiinh na a cardinal

[
northern cardinal
; 
Cardinalis cardinalis
]

mooningwane na a Northern flicker

[
flicker, common flicker
; 
Colaptes auratus
]

mooshka'osi na a bittern; a shypoke

[
American bittern
; 
Botaurus lentiginosus
]

nenookaasi na a hummingbird

[
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
; 
Archilochus colubris
]

nika na a goose

[
Canada goose
; 
Branta canadensis
]

ogashkimanisii na [NI] a kingfisher

[
belted kingfisher
; 
Ceryle alcyon 
]

See also: ogiishkimanisii na

ogiishkimanisii na a kingfisher

[
belted kingfisher
; 
Ceryle alcyon
]

See also: ogashkimanisii na [NI]

ojijaak na [BL] a sandhill crane

[
sandhill crane
; 
Grus canadensis
]

See also: ajijaak na

omiimii na a pigeon, a dove

opichi na a robin

[
American robin
; 
Turdus migratorius
]

See also: apichi na [BL]

ozhaawashko-bineshiinh na a bluebird

[
eastern bluebird
; 
Sialia sialis
]

waabizii na a swan

[
trumpter swan
; 
Cygnus buccinator
]

wewiibingwaange na a teal

wiinaange na a vulture

[
turkey vulture, buzzard
; 
Cathartes aura
]

wiindigoo-bineshiinh na a kingbird

[
eastern kingbird
; 
Tyrannus tyrannus
]

zegibanwaanishiinh na a cedar waxwing

[
cedar waxwing
; 
Bombycilla cedrorum
]

See also: zegibanaanishiinh na [RL]

zhashagi na a blue heron

[
great blue heron
; 
Ardea herodias
]

zhiishiib na a duck

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

with support and collaboration from the University of Minnesota's Department of American Indian Studies and University Libraries.

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