Name preference?

[Tinta]

What do you guys prefer; hawkhead or redfan?

I myself like the name/term redfan. Seems to fit a whole lot better.

The hawkheaded parrot doesn't much look like a hawk to me.
In fact, to me, the most raptor looking parrot I've seen so far is the Dusky pionus. Has the beak color down too. Maybe that's just me, though.

 

[DQTimnehs]

I had never heard Redfan before so Hawkhead just sounds more familiar to me.

 

[Tinta]

I've heard them called both. :3

Their crest looks like a red fan. So. Haha.

 

[Birdlover]

I like hawkheaded, but mainly because thats what Im used to. Their silhouette can look very raptor-like, aside from the hookbill

 

[Tinta]

Don't pretty much all parrots look fairly raptor-like in silhouette, if you discount their hookbill? :I

And the hawkhead was named so for the brownish face and white streaks right?
Because raptors have brownish feathers?
Hm. The dusky has streak feathers too and so do lorikeets. o-o

I guess, I just don't get it.

 

[JosienBB]

I'm going to go with Hawkhead. Someone reminded me today that they look very much like Harpy eagles, who also raise a "fan" when alarmed.

 

[waterfaller1]

I like Hawkheaded also. It is what I have always heard and known. Since I was a little girl. This was the first place I ever heard the term "red fan".
BTW, ever since seeing one in a book as a child, I have always wanted one. I love raptors too.

 

[Katy]

I just the other day heard "red fan" Exotic Bird Rescue of Oregon just got on. Ooops?

i like HH

 

[DJandVanna]

Like the rest, I like Hawkhead. Although I don't hear the word on a daily basis, for instance cockatiel or conure, but i only call it HH. But truthfully I never knew of a HH since I found this website back in June. I made a account later in July.