birdwatcher

See also: bird watcher

English

Etymology

bird +‎ watcher

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜː(ɹ)dˌwɒtʃ.ɘ(ɹ)/

Noun

birdwatcher (plural birdwatchers)

1. (birdwatching) A person who observes or identifies wild birds in their natural environment.
   • 1959, Muriel Spark, Memento Mori, London: Macmillan, Chapter Five,

     Alec Warner was gazing like a bird-watcher at Charmian, who plucked at the rug round her knees, waiting to tell her own story.

Alternative forms

• bird watcher

Synonyms

• birder

Translations

a person who observes or identifies wild birds in their natural environment

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 觀鳥者, 观鸟者 (guānniǎozhě), 賞鳥者, 赏鸟者 (shǎngniǎozhě), 觀鳥愛好者, 观鸟爱好者 (guānniǎo àihàozhě), 賞鳥愛好者, 赏鸟爱好者 (shǎngniǎo àihàozhě)

• Dutch: vogelaar (nl) m
• Finnish: lintuharrastaja (fi), lintubongari (fi), bongari (fi)
• German: Vogelbeobachter m, Vogelbeobachterin f
• Greek: παρατηρητής πουλιών m (paratiritís poulión)

• Hebrew: צַפָּר‎ (he) m (tzapár)
• Japanese: 野鳥観察者 (yachō-kansatsusha)
• Russian: орнито́лог (ru) m (ornitólog), наблюда́тель за пти́цами m (nabljudátelʹ za ptícami), наблюда́тельница за пти́цами f (nabljudátelʹnica za ptícami), птиценаблюдатель m (pticenabljudatelʹ), птиценаблюдательница f (pticenabljudatelʹnica)
• Swedish: fågelskådare (sv) c
• Turkish: kuş gözlemcisi, kuşçu (tr)

See also

• twitcher