Luige (Luik)

Swan. Three species breeding in Estonia:

• Kühmnokk-luik, mute swan, Cygnus olor (both the generic and specific of which mean swan in Latin, the latter also translating to ‘glistening white’...)
• Laululuik, whooper (lit. ‘song’) swan, C. cygnus
• Väikeluik, tundra (lit. ‘little’) swan, C. columbianus

Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. The pond in Kadriorg park is called Luigetiik (swan pond). See also Lõokese.

Meika (Meigas)

Aka kaelustuvi, common wood-pigeon, Columba palumbus. Breeds in Estonia. Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also Meleka.

Nepi (Nepp)

Snipe, which sounds and is derived from MHG snepfe or MLG snippe or sneppe (modern German Schnepfe). (It also means NEP, which, for any pre-geriatric still struggling through, means New Economic Policy, a Soviet-devised method of self-impoverishment). Two species breeding in Estonia:

• Mudanepp, jack snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus
• Rohunepp, great snipe, Gallinago media.

Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also Pardi.