An albatross chick at Taiaroa Head on the Otago Peninsula needs a new name.
Your task is to design a name for the chick and then explain your inspiration for selecting this name. We will be looking for
- originality and creativity of the name and inspiration
- relevance to the chick, colony or species
- names that reflect of the characteristics of the species or their habitat on the peninsula.
Persuade us that this name is the best possible for this bird by using emotive language and research to back your opinion.
Winners will be submitted to the Department of Conservation for consideration before 27 May.
Albadora?
ReplyDeleteI chose this becuase I was inspired by the name of the species:albatross, and mixed it with a human name.
If the bird is a girl: Shubhrani. In bengali, shubhra means white (when done as a girl's name) and rani means queen, seeing as, when I searched it up, the bird is a royal albatross.
ReplyDeleteIf the bird is a boy: Shubhroraj. Again, the name I chose is bengali. Shubhro is the male form of Shubhra, which means it also means white. Raj means king. So, basically, they're the same name, just altered for different genders.
For short, you could call the albatross Shubhra (girl) or Shubhro (boy) depending on the gender.
Billy, the reason I chose this name is clearly because it has a bill and I think it suits it because it sounds like a name the people at the zoos would call it.
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DeleteBy Sam Cooper
ReplyDeleteWith their giant wing span I think albatrosses rule the sky.
ReplyDeleteYou can find some albatrosses in Japan, and in japanese Sorano means king of the sky. Therefore I think albatross should be called Sorano.
The King of the Sky, Sorano
Snigdha Rm 20
Leo
ReplyDeletethe name fits in perfectly in,for that little bird who needs a name to survive.
(If it's a girl)
ReplyDeleteI think the perfect name for this pampered Albatross chick would be Madonna. I think this name goes perfectly to a chick who looks like they are dedicated to keeping her feathers shiny and white! And she is obviously getting a lot of attention.
(If it's a Boy)
I think a great name to go with this Albatross would be Mac. Mac is a short strong word for a muscly bird like him. And in that photo he looks like he is the boss!!
Ruby Brett
Room 1
I think it should be captain white beard, because it will sail the sky's with it's great big wings, also it's really fluffy like a beard.
ReplyDeleteI think that name should be Hoshi if it is a boy because it means stars on japinese and when itflys or sleeps at night it will see the stars or if it is a girl it should be called whetu wich in te reo it means star and it is the same reasen as the boy names that I picked this one
ReplyDeleteBill or Billy?
ReplyDeleteWhy?
Bill and Billy is a commonly used name for a boy. Usually the name is very adventurous, outgoing, carefree, handsome, and has a good sense of humor. Tends to have very good taste in music.
Bill or Billy?
ReplyDeleteWhy?
Bill and Billy is a commonly used name for a boy. Usually very adventurous, outgoing, carefree, handsome, and has a good sense of humor. Tends to have very good taste in music.
I think that the name should be Gypsy because they can be known as travelling people.
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