Talk:Red-throated ant tanager

A fact from Red-throated ant tanager appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 April 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the calls of the Red-throated Ant-Tanager, a noisy passerine bird native to the Caribbean, include a scolding raaah or nasal pip pik, and the song is a throaty whistled cherry quick cherry quick cherry quick cherry quick?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006/April.

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i'm not so sure about the apropriateness of onomotopeias being used so casually- doesn't that seem weird to anyone? Especially since they're shown on the front page.. Blueaster 15:28, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's impossible to transcribe most bird songs, this style at least gives the rhythm. Most birders, for example, learn Yellowhammer as "a little bit of bread and no cheeese". and Common Cuckoo as "cuckoo". 19:07, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Blueaster. It looks silly on the Main page.