neddicky

neddicky (NEH-di-kee) - n., a small passerine bird (Cisticola fulvicapilla) of central and southern Africa.



Thanks, WikiMedia!

Not a bad looking dude, but not as handsome as yesterday's. A somewhat acrobatic insect eater. We got the name is from Afrikaans, where it's spelled neddickie, but for the life of me I cannot find where that name came from. If anyone has an etymological Afrikaans dictionary, please help!

Or, yanno, just let us sit here snickering.


And that's a week of snickerbirds -- back next week with more, though none of them will be as, ah, suggestive as this week's. But still silly and sometimes funny.

---L.