One bird in the hand

In Shetland, the Tjaldur is the Shalder and the Lunde/Lundi is the Tammy Norrie.

We also have:
Arctic Fern = tirrick
Seagull = maa (young bird) & scorie (adult bird)
Skua = bonxie
Kittiwake = weeg
Great Cormorant = brongie/brungawheedie
Curlew = whaap
Fulmar = maalie
Gannet = solan
Great Black-Backed Gull = swaabie
Guillemot = tystie
Heron = hegri

That's just some of the Old Shetland names. I'm sure that there are similarities to some of the other Scandic countries

@SelkieWife I just call seagulls rats with wings. They will steal food like nobody's business!

Wait wait Danish people call puffins SEA PARROTS??

....this is the best description I have ever heard

You're not the only ones. :P

One of our most iconic birds in Canada, we somehow decided to call the "Loon" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon They're very pretty waterfowl and have a unique call). We've had them on our $1 coin since we first retired the paper $1 bill (which is how those coins started being called "loonies").

For those who might not be up on their more obscure English terms, a "loon" also means a crazy person; short for "lunatic".
I GUESS it does make weird noises at night, but still... >.>

@Hinoron We have those in Minnesota too, with all the lakes here.

@Lekastan
Might be the very same loons. They do migrate.
(Also Minnesota borders Canada, and the largest of the Great Lakes. I'm very sure the silly birds have not consulted a map to see where we've drawn borders. :P )

Faroe Islands - Lunde
Denmark - Sea Parrot
Where I live - Puffin

@Jinx26 Every where but denmark and the faroes:ITSAPUFFINNUMBSKULLS

@Kitsuner0sadowoofy33 C'est un "Macareux moine". Non mais!

The African Penguin is sometimes called the Jackass Penguin

@ApplesRock Is it a jackass more often than not? Because that could just be an accurate description.

@Mintie There’s likely a good reason. A good reason I don’t know.

@ApplesRock
"and we'll call this the African Penguin because it lives in Africa"
*penguin bites resesearcher*
"ok guess what fucker new idea"

Denmark is so dumb he's a new level of smart

In English the Lunde is a Puffin and the Tjaldur is a Eurasian Oystercatcher.

'@PaxRomana' how is it eurasian

@NeinNeinNein9

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_oystercatcher

That's what comes up when I google search Tjaldur.

'@PaxRomana' i am boycutting google

@PaxRomana Didn't know about the Eurasian Oystercatcher being the Tjaldur guess I just never made the connection.

Awww I hate you too, buddy!

"I hate you more than you can ever understand"
-Me

In Dutch the Tjaldur is a Flaundermagpie and the Lunde a Parrotdiver. I'm sorry.