Shorebird Etymology

2. The cormorant genus "Phalacrocorax" comes from the Greek word for _______, and the Greek/Latin word for "raven."
5. The plover genus "Charadrius" comes from the Greek word for ______.
6. The turnstone genus Arenaria comes from the Latin word meaning arena, or ______.
7. The term "melanocephala" found in Arenaria melanocephala comes from the Greek words meaning (two words) _______.
8. The genus Nannopterum auritum (formerly Phalacrocorax auritum) comes from the Greek word for _____.
9. The plover genus "Pluvialis" comes from the Latin word for ______.
10. The curlew genus Numenius comes from the Greek words for (two words) _______.
12. The term "auritum" in the scientific name of the double-crested cormorant comes from the Latin word for _____.
13. The word "occidentales" found in the scientific names of the western grebe and the western gull comes from the Latin word for ______.

1. The name "erling" part of "sanderling" comes from the Viking/Celtic word for _________.
3. The name "phaeopus" from the scientific name of the whimbrel comes from the Greek words for (two words)______.
4. The word "pelagicus" found in Phalacrocorax/Urile pelagicus comes from the Greek word for sea (surface).
6. The word "cormorant" comes from the Latin words meaning ______ raven.
11. The word "alba" found in Ardea alba and Calidris alba come from the Latin word for _____.