Lenape Names for Birds

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. For those images with a speaker icon at the bottom, you may also click on the bird’s photo to hear its call.

	Tànktiyas Tufted Titmouse (Parus bicolor)		Tàskëmus Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
	Chihopèkëlis Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)		Wetënteis Scarlet Tanager (Pirange olivacea)
	Wisawtayas American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)		Tihtës Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
	Sënihële Sparrow Hawk or American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)		Hinutët Wren (Picoides pubescens)
	Chiskukus Robin (Turdus migratorius)		Lelèmpëlis Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

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