Cettia cetti (Cetti's warbler) Apparently named after an 18th century Italian zoologist; coincidentally it continually sings its name.

Crex crex (corncrake)

Cuculus (cuckoo)

Equus quagga Gmelin 1788 (extinct South African wild ass) The Hottentot word "quahah" is an imitation of the animal's cry, "kwa-ha-ha, kwa-ha-ha," quickly repeated.

Gekko (gecko) The name comes from the lizard's vocalization.

Lullula L. 1758 (woodlark)

Streptopelia turtur (turtle dove) Its scientific and common names derive from its "turr, turr" call.

Surnia ulula (northern hawk owl)

Torotix Brodkob, 1963 [nomen dubium] From an imitation of a bird's cry attributed to a flamingo by the ancient Greek comic playwright Aristophanes in his play "The Birds." The type specimen, a fossil femur, was originally identified as belonging to a Cretaceous flamingo; its true classification is disputed.

Upupa epops Linnaeus, 1758 (hoopoe) Epops is a character in Aristophanes' "Birds"; she says "Epopoi popopopoi..."