Four Letter Birds

[cos]

Duck
Tern
Loon
Gull
I'iwi*
Crow
Wren
Coot
Teal
Kiwi*
Lark
Nene
Swan
Smew**
Ibis
Kite
Hawk
Dove
Myna

^* In Hawaiian it's "`i`iwi", and the `okina is a letter, so it's a six-letter bird, but its English name counts as 4 letters.
^** not sure if I've ever seen one in the wild.

Added from the comments: Rook, Dodo, Kaka, Weka, Cock

Bonus list: Four letter birds I found on Wikipedia that I'm not sure I was aware of before:
Kagu
Sora
Rail
Ruff
Skua
Koel
Coua
Iora
Guan

Point of ambiguity: Does "Bird" belong on the list?

Comments

[macthud]

Rook?

[pax_athena]

I'm not sure about adults, but for a, say, 5 year old, it would definitely belong on the list ;)
And now I'm going to look up what some of these are in German ...

[keshwyn]

Dodo. Which I'm pretty sure you haven't seen in the wild.

[elusiveat.livejournal.com]

+1

[elfy.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weka
(not sure if that counts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Kaka)

[(Anonymous)]

I love this list.
-tie

[kirin]

I've heard of the Skua! But the Smew is new to me, so I guess we're even.

[dougo.livejournal.com]

Cock.

[http://users.livejournal.com/mazal_/]

what about Dodo