From Dick-dick-the-devil to Pan-pan-boolala: onomatopoeic identities of the Crested Bellbird

A few months ago the onomatopoeic call of the Eastern Whip-poor-will was featured in the sound archive’s Recording of the week series. Listen to the voice of this North American nightjar and it’s easy to see how the standard common name, at least in its English form, is a direct…