From New Latin ornithologia , coined by Ulisse Aldrovandi from Ancient Greek ὀρνιθολόγος ( ornithológos ) ,[ 1] from ὄρνις ( órnis ) and λόγος ( lógos ) . See also ornitho- + -logy .
ornithology (countable and uncountable , plural ornithologies )
The branch of zoology that deals with the scientific study of birds .
Synonyms: birdlore , fowl-lore
1750 , René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, The Art of Hatching and Bringing Up Domestick Fowls of All Kinds at Any Time of the Year :Gesner says in his Ornithology , that this fact was attested by a great many moderns of his own time, and he even quotes Albert the great , who asserts that he has seen a cock foster chickens.
scientific study of birds
Afrikaans: voëlkunde
Albanian: ornitologji
Arabic: عَلِمَ الطَائِر m ( ʕalima ṭ-ṭāʔir ) , عَلِم الطُيُور m ( ʕalim aṭ-ṭuyūr )
Armenian: օրնիթոլոգիա (hy) ( ōrnitʻologia ) , թռչնաբանություն (hy) ( tʻṙčʻnabanutʻyun )
Assamese: পক্ষীবিজ্ঞান ( pokhibiggan )
Asturian: ornitoloxía (ast) f
Azerbaijani: ornitologiya
Balinese: ᬧᬓ᭄ᬲᬶᬯᬶᬤ᭄ᬬ ( paksiwidya )
Bashkir: орнитоло́гия ( ornitológiya )
Basque: ornitologia (eu)
Belarusian: арніталогія f ( arnitalóhija )
Bengali: পক্ষীবিজ্ঞান (bn) ( pokkhibiggên )
Breton: evnoniezh (br) f
Bulgarian: орнитология f ( ornitologija )
Burmese: သကုဏဗေဒ ( sa.ku.na.beda. )
Catalan: ornitologia (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 鳥類學 / 鸟类学 ( niu5 leoi6 hok6 )
Hokkien: 鳥類學 / 鸟类学 ( chiáu-lūi-ha̍k )
Mandarin: 鳥類學 / 鸟类学 (zh) ( niǎolèixué )
Corsican: urnitulugia f , ornitologia f
Czech: ornitologie (cs) f
Danish: ornitologi (da) c
Dutch: vogelkunde f , ornithologie (nl) f
Esperanto: ornitologio
Estonian: ornitoloogia (et) , linnuteadus (et)
Finnish: lintutiede (fi) , ornitologia (fi)
French: ornithologie (fr) f
Galician: ornitoloxía (gl) f
Georgian: ორნითოლოგია ( ornitologia )
German: Ornithologie (de) f , Vogelkunde (de) f
Greek: ορνιθολογία (el) f ( ornithología )
Guaraní: guyrakuaaty
Gujarati: પક્ષીવિદ્યા f ( pakṣīvidyā )
Hebrew: אוֹרְנִיתוֹלוֹגְיָה (he) f ( ornitológya )
Hindi: पक्षीविज्ञान ( pakṣīvijñān )
Hungarian: ornitológia (hu) , madártan (hu)
Icelandic: fuglafræði (is) f
Ido: ornitologio (io)
Indonesian: ornitologi (id)
Interlingua: ornithologia
Irish: éaneolaíocht f
Italian: ornitologia (it) f
Japanese: 鳥類学 (ja) ( ちょうるいがく, chōruigaku )
Kannada: ಹಕ್ಕಿಯರಿಮೆ (kn) ( hakkiyarime ) , ಪಕ್ಷಿವಿಜ್ಞಾನ (kn) ( pakṣivijñāna )
Kazakh: құстану ( qūstanu )
Korean: 조류학(鳥類學) ( joryuhak )
Kyrgyz: орнитология ( ornitologiya )
Latin: ornithologia f
Latvian: ornitoloģija f
Lithuanian: ornitologija f
Low German:
German Low German: Ornithologie f
Luxembourgish: Ornithologie f
Macedonian: орнитологија f ( ornitologija )
Malay: kaji burung , ornitologi
Malayalam: പക്ഷിശാസ്ത്രം ( pakṣiśāstraṁ )
Manx: eean-oaylleeaght f
Maori: mātai manu
Marathi: पक्षीशास्त्र ( pakṣīśāstra )
Mari:
Western Mari: орнитологи ( orńitologi )
Mongolian: шувуу судлал ( šuvuu sudlal )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ornitologi (no) m
Nynorsk: ornitologi m
Occitan: ornitologia f
Persian: پرندهشناسی (fa) ( parande-šenâsi )
Polish: ornitologia (pl) f
Portuguese: ornitologia (pt) f
Romanian: ornitologie (ro) f
Russian: орнитоло́гия (ru) f ( ornitológija )
Scottish Gaelic: eun-eòlas m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: орнитоло̀гија f
Roman: ornitològija (sh) f
Slovak: ornitológia (sk) f
Slovene: ornitologija (sl) f
Spanish: ornitología (es) f
Swedish: ornitologi (sv) c
Tagalog: dalub-ibunan , palaibunan , ornitolohiya
Tamil: பறவையியல் (ta) ( paṟavaiyiyal )
Tatar: орнитология ( ornitoloğiyä )
Tetum: ornitolojia
Thai: ปักษีวิทยา ( pak-see-wit-ta-ya )
Turkish: kuşbilim , ornitoloji (tr) , kuş bilimi (tr)
Ukrainian: орнітологія (uk) f ( ornitolohija )
Vietnamese: điểu học , cầm điểu học
Volapük: bödav (vo)
Waray-Waray: ornitolohiya
Welsh: adareg f , adaryddiaeth f
West Frisian: fûgelkunde
^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004 ) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary ] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN