secretary bird

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛkɹəˌtɛɹɪ bɜːd/
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Probably so named because its crest of long feathers resembles quill pens stuck behind the ears of an office clerk. Alternatively, possibly from Arabic صَقْر اَلطَّائِر (ṣaqr aṭ-ṭāʔir, “hunter bird”), from صَقْر (ṣaqr, “falcon, hawk”) طَائِر (ṭāʔir, “bird”).

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: sekretarisvoël — member of bird family
• Arabic: كَاتِب (kātib) — member of bird family
• Azerbaijani: katib quşu — member of bird family
• Bulgarian: пти́ца-секрета́р (ptíca-sekretár) — member of bird family
• Chinese Mandarin: 蛇鷲 /蛇鹫 (shéjiù) — member of bird family
• Chinese Mandarin: 鷺鷹 /鹭鹰 (lùyīng) — member of bird family
• Chinese Mandarin: 秘書鳥 /秘书鸟 (mìshūniǎo) — member of bird family
• Southwestern Dinka: adhil — member of bird family
• Dutch: secretarisvogel — member of bird family
• Dutch: secretaris — member of bird family
• Estonian: kurgkotkas — member of bird family
• Estonian: sekretärlind — member of bird family
• Finnish: sihteerilintu — member of bird family
• Finnish: sihteeri — member of bird family
• French: messager sagittaire — member of bird family
• French: messager secrétaire — member of bird family
• French: messager serpentaire — member of bird family
• Georgian: ფრინველმდივანი (prinvelmdivani) — member of bird family
• German: Sekretär — member of bird family
• Hungarian: kígyászkeselyű — member of bird family
• Indonesian: burung sekretaris — member of bird family
• Irish: rúnaí — member of bird family
• Italian: uccello segretario — member of bird family
• Italian: serpentario — member of bird family
• Japanese: ヘビクイワシ (hebikuiwashi) — member of bird family
• Korean: 뱀잡이수리 (baemjabisuri) — member of bird family
• Malay: burung katib — member of bird family
• Manx: screeudeyr — member of bird family
• Navajo: giní jáádnézí — member of bird family
• Polish: sekretarz — member of bird family
• Portuguese: secretário — member of bird family
• Portuguese: serpentário — member of bird family
• Romanian: pasăre secretar — member of bird family
• Russian: пти́ца-секрета́рь (ptíca-sekretárʹ) — member of bird family
• Slovene: tajnik — member of bird family
• Spanish: serpentario — member of bird family
• Swahili: ndege katibu — member of bird family
• Swedish: sekreterarfågel — member of bird family
• Turkish: sekreter kuşu — member of bird family
• Turkish: yılan akbabası — member of bird family
• Ukrainian: птах-секретар (ptax-sekretar) — member of bird family