Not sure about Lazuli Bunting. But I've never heard anyone pronounce Vaux's
any way but "voze". Then again, I don't hear people talking about them very
often.

I've had similar experiences. I learned pronunciation of bird names from my
dad, an avid bird watcher. I learned towhee as "toe-ee" and pileated as
"pill-e-ated". Then I took a class where everyone pronouced them "tow-hee"
and "pie-lee-ated".



At 07:56 AM 6/19/96 -0700, Kort Jungel wrote:
>Fellow Tweeters; Could you help me clear up a little confusion? On several
>occasions this Spring I have been corrected in my pronunciation of two
>species of birds...namely Lazuli Bunting and Vaux's Swift.
> I have tried "Luzoolee" and "Lazleye", and also, "Voze" and Vawx's".
>I have been corrected attempting to use all four versions, some of them
>more than once! What's the scoop on this? Does it matter?
>
> Thanks, Kort M. Jungel
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