Lesson 36: Manyonyi (Birds of Logooli)

Birds of Logooli are many and diverse. They are a source of beauty, magic, imagination and fill the Logooli folklore. This article only introduces them by images, copied on various online webs. Another article will delve into more information about birds. 

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 iyangubu 

/yangubu/ (long tailed widowbird)

idaaywa-yu-mulitu 

idaaywa-yu-mulitu (turaco bird)

imbilaviliza 

imbilaviliza (robin bird/bunting bird)

imbugavugi

a. imbugavugi (pennant winged nightjar bird)

b. imbugavugi (whip-poor-will bird)

imbuusi

imbuusi (peacock)

imile 

imile (spine tail/swallow bird)

inamaande 

a. inamaande (tropical boubou bird,

 b. inamaande (shrike bird)

inavongoywa 

a. inavongoywa (atypical eagle)

b. inavongooywa (secretary bird)

indegeyo 

indegeyo (spectacled weaver bird)

Indizu

a. indizu (tawny eagle)

b. indizu (lesser kestrel bird)

Ingoonye

a. ingoonye (crowned crane)

b. ingoonye (sacred ibis bird)

c. ingoonye (heron) 

d. ingoonye (bittern bird)

e. ingoonye  (stork bird)

ingulule 

a. ingulule (forest francolin bird)

b. ingulule (red-winged francolin bird )

inguluvili

a. inguluvili (black crake)

b. inguluvili (waterfowl)

ingwaale 

a. ingwaale (crested francolin)

b. ingwaale (guinea fowl)

c. ingwaale (ross's turaco bird)

iniinga

a. iniinga (green pigeon)

inyaange 

a. inyaange (cattle egret bid)

b. inyaange (african spoonbill bird)

c. inyaange (flamingo bird)

inyonyi 

a. inyonyi (nubian woodpecker bird)

b. inyonyi (mysterious bird, bird omen)

iseetwe 

a. iseetwe (mousebird)

isimiindwa 

a. isimiindwa (kingfisher bird)

isooti 

a. isooti (vulture bird)

b. isooti (marabou stork bird)

c. isooti (shoebil bird)

izobi 

a. izobi (grey heron bird)

b. izobi (egret)

kiandyandya

a. kiandyandya (tawny-flanked prinia bird)

b. kiandyandya (warbler bird)

kiduga

a. kiduga (wild pigeon)

b. kiduga (lemon dove)

kifufula 

a. kifufula (yellow-necked spurfowl)

kihilimiti 

a. kihilimiti (sparrow hawk)

 

b. kihilimiti (kite)

kihilimiti (augur buzzard hawk)

kikuni 

a. kikuni (hammerhead bird)

b. kikuni (swamp bird)

c. kikuni (hadada ibis bird)

kilyiza 

kilyiza  (african eagle hawk)

kilyilaho 

a. kilyilaho (bateleur bird) 

b. kilyilaho (cuckoo-hawk) 

c. kilyilaho (East African goshawk)

kinamweende 

a. kinamweende (high flying bird)

b. kinamweende (goshawk bird)

c. kinamweende (lizzard buzzard bird)

d. kinamweende (sparrowhawk bird)

kinamucho 

kinamucho (blue-flycatcher bird)

kinavusaaga 

a. kinavusaaga (yellow wagtail bird)

b. kinavusaaga (forest tinkerbird bird)

c. kinavusaaga (pendulin-tit bird)

kisiimbikila 

kisiimbikila (pin-tailed whydah bird)

kiyoyo 

kiyoyo  (African darter bird)

kiyuundi 

a. kiyuundi (estrildid finch bird)

b. kiyuundi (small firefinch bird)

kizilyi 

a. kizilyi (red-capped lark bird)

b. kizilyi (grey pranticole bird)

libada 

libada (duck)

libada (pelican)

libada (grebel)

libadamazi 

libadamazi (waterfowl)

lichilibodo 

lichilibodo (grantil francolin bird, motherquail)

lidudu

lidudu (Burchell's Coucal)

lifudu

lifudu (ostritch bird)

ligongondi

ligongondi (woodpecker)

ligulugulu

ligulugulu (turkey bird)

liguungu

liguungu (abdim's stork bird)

lijiikolo

a. lijiikolo (crow bird)

b. lijiikolo (petrel bird)

c. lijiikolo (raven bird)

likaanga 

likaanga (guineafowl)

likolove

a. likolove (bulbul bird)

b. likolove (red whiskered bulbul)

likuule

likuule (owl)

likuulu

likuulu (wild pigeon)

likuulu (large pigeon)

likuulu (ring-necked dove)

ling’aang’a

ling'aang'a (bustard bird)

ling'oani

ling’oani (crane bird)

ling’oani (crested crane)

ling'oong'ooliza 

a. ling’oong’ooliza (parrot bird)

b. ling’oong’ooliza (love bird)

ling'oong'ooyi

ling'oong'ooyi (grey heron)

linwavulaato

linwavulaato (shoe bill bird)

lisasi

lisasi (masked weaver bird)

lisogo

lisogo (slender-billed bulbul bird)

live 

a. live (black kite bird)

b. live (african harrier)

c. live (hawk bird)

lizaalya 

a. lizaalya (ox-pecker)

b. lizaalya (cow bird)

munwaimbaazi

munwaimbaazi (honbill bird)

muzune

a. muzune (carlet chested sunbird)

b. muzune (pied kingfisher)

c. muzune (sun bird)

muzune (long-beaked bird)

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indizu (eagle-like bird), inyilu (small bird of ill omen), inyonyi (mysterious bird), itonde (bird kind), kiivuya (bird kind), kinamuduli (quail kind), kisiimbikila (bird believed to have romantic charm), likulungugu (bird kind), litoondolizi (bird), lizuluvi (bird kind)