Talk:Hawker Hoopoe

Name
Is there any indication where the unusual name "Hoopoe" came from? - Ahunt (talk) 15:26, 23 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I presume it is after the bird Hoopoe. MilborneOne (talk) 18:50, 23 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the reply. I guess I should have relied on Wikipedia for the answer! - Ahunt (talk) 20:23, 23 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Yep, but don't cite it!! I don't remember starting this article at all. Some of these animal names are so obvious (the Hoopoe is not though) that no one bothers to explain it in the sources which causes problems when people add 'cn' tags to names, I just wikilink the name further in and quietly hope that a Merlin is possibly a bird for instance like the Falcon, Eagle, Buzzard, Condor, Vulture, Peregrine, Kestrel and Goshawk! All good fun. Nimbus  (Cumulus nimbus floats by)    20:36, 23 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah I worked in a link to the article MB1 mentioned above, I think it answers the question without the need for a cite. I think I need to spend more time on ornithology!- Ahunt (talk) 20:48, 23 November 2009 (UTC)