Talk:Devil Bird

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I read in The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins that the Manx Shearwater was nicknamed the Devil Bird.

Honestly, I wouldn't put any trust in Dawkins to get his zoology right. In this case, he's close but no cigar. Most "petrels" and shearwaters - roughly 2 dozen species or so altogether - were liable to be called "devil birds". See also Black-capped Petrel for example - diablotin is essentially "little devil-bird". Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 18:01, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nittewa

Sri Lankan flolklore has another Cryptid called "Nittewa". It is said to be dwarf human like creature, dwelled in thick jungles in Central Sri Lanka. According to folklore, the Veddhas (indigenous forest dwelling people of Sri Lanka) and Nittewas were competing for the same teritory, and few centuries ago, Veddhas were able to wipe out the entire population of Nittewas. I have tried to find out any authentic references to this legend, but was not successful. Anyone having authentic reference, please add a new article. Ritigala Jayasena (talk) 14:40, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Why this section is deleted, no clue -

Description Devil Bird also known as Ulama is a nocturnal, pigeon-sized bird, with a long tail. Ulama records might refer to the Ceylon highland nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus kelaarti).^[1]

Sightings As the bird is not usually seen and its cry only described in vague terms.

The only documented sightings of this alleged creature is in the 19th century by Mitford of the Ceylon Civil Service who saw a giant sized dark bird, in moonlight at Kurunegala. Its cry resembled a kid being tormented and choked. He thought it was a night jar of some kind.^[2]^[3]

Probable Explanations The precise identity of Devil Bird or Ulama is one of the mysteries of the Ceylon jungles. Its eerie cries have been attributed to a variety of birds. The most likely candidates however are:

The Brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica indranee) was assumed by Charles Pridham and James Tennent to be the Devil bird.^[3]

The Forest eagle owl (Bubo nipalensis blighi ), suggested by G. M. Henry, for the up country area.^[4] The Mountain hawk-eagle (Spizaetusnipalensis kelaarti) due to its noisy “klu-weet - weet ” call;^[5]

and the crested honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus ruficollis) emits loud and highpitched ringing notes, in the lowland jungles."^[4]

— Preceding unsigned comment added by AranyaPathak (talk • contribs) 07:55, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

References

^ Ali, Salim (1980). Indian Hill Birds. Mumbai: Oxf. U.P.(India). ISBN 9780195611700. OCLC 851719424.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ Legge, William Vincent. A History of the birds of Ceylon (Nachdruck der Ausgabe von 1880 ed.). Norderstedt. OCLC 1129755034.
^ ^a ^b Pridham, Charles (1849). An Historical, Political, and Statistical Account of Ceylon and Its Dependencies. T. and W. Boone.
^ ^a ^b Henry, G. M. (George Morrison), 1891- (1998). A guide to the birds of Sri Lanka. Henry, G. M. (George Morrison), 1891- (3rd ed. ed.). Delhi: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-563813-1. OCLC 39774646. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Spittel, Richard. L (1928). Wild Ceylon. The Colombo Apothecaries Co. Ltd;. OCLC 867885448.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)

21:48, 22 July 2020‎ User:Bloodofox: Comment for deletion

"Orally transmitted narratives about monsters are by default folklore, do not add WP:OR to articles, including speculation about what an entity from folklore might 'really be'"

"monster" - insufficient clarification
"Orally transmitted narratives about monsters are by default folklore" - unregulated generalization
"do not add WP:OR" - unjustified labeling

tagging User:Bishonen; User:Bloodofox — Preceding unsigned comment added by AranyaPathak (talk • contribs) 11:32, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Ali, Salim (1980). Indian Hill Birds. Mumbai: Oxf. U.P.(India). ISBN 9780195611700. OCLC 851719424.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[2] Legge, William Vincent. A History of the birds of Ceylon (Nachdruck der Ausgabe von 1880 ed.). Norderstedt. OCLC 1129755034.

[:0-3] Pridham, Charles (1849). An Historical, Political, and Statistical Account of Ceylon and Its Dependencies. T. and W. Boone.

[:1-4] Henry, G. M. (George Morrison), 1891- (1998). A guide to the birds of Sri Lanka. Henry, G. M. (George Morrison), 1891- (3rd ed. ed.). Delhi: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-563813-1. OCLC 39774646. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[5] Spittel, Richard. L (1928). Wild Ceylon. The Colombo Apothecaries Co. Ltd;. OCLC 867885448.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)

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