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LENAPE NAMES FOR BIRDS - Page 1

On this page are photos and the Lenape names for some common birds. Click on the Lenape name to hear the bird's name as pronounced by Lenape speaker, Nora Thompson Dean, of the Touching Leaves Company in Dewey, OK or click on the bird's photo to hear its call.

The following photographs are used courtesy of Maslowski Wildlife Productions and they are copyrighted. We would like to thank them for giving us permission to use these fine photographs.

Click on the bird to hear its call
Click its name to hear the Lenape pronounciation

Tąnktiyas

Tufted Titmouse

(Parus bicolor)

Tąskėmus

Mockingbird

(Mimus polyglottos)

Chihopčkėlis

Eastern Bluebird

(Sialia sialis)

Wetėndeis

Scarlet Tanager

(Pirange olivacea)

Wisawtayas

American Goldfinch

(Carduelis tristis)

 

Click here for Page 2 of the Birds !!

Extinct Birds the Lenape Knew

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