capercaillie

HA HA HA!! Good one!

You know, that reminds me. I've been meaning to add clown to a list of mine... *goes off to do this*

Now there's a dad joke if I've ever heard one!

So you would never eat a clown, either?

I don't blame you; I've heard they taste funny.

(thanks Tommy Cooper)

I concur. As a general rule, I never eat anything that has snazzy red eyebrows. Too haughty-tasting.

Yes. And another way to tell them apart is that capicola does not have snazzy red eyebrows.

At least, if it did, I wouldn't eat it.

Apparently the species name (not Latin) comes from the Gaelic capull coille, meaning "horse of the woods."

Not to be confused with capicola, which means "tasty luncheon meat."

You're right, yarb. I guess I meant it's a weird name for a species. I have no problem with calling a bird Richard Bartz. Or even Rick, if he/she prefers. But if that were the name on the safari card for that bird, I must admit I'd be deeply intrigued.

Sure, sure; that's its name. It goes by "Rick," though. Laid-back kind of avian, you know.

I don't see why it's weirder than any other name, cb.

No. Is that bird's name Richard Bartz? That's a weird name for a bird.

Wordie. The things you learn.

Do the band guys have snazzy red eyebrows like this?

Dude. I didn't know this was a bird. I thought it was just a band.