Turtle Dove

Ever wondered about it, how turtles and doves are related?  Kind of a stretch don't you think?  Doves don't eat turtles; turtles don't eat doves.  Interbreeding seems an extremely remote possibility, don't even want to think about it.  They don't resemble each other in the slightest, don't sound alike, don't live in the same habitat, don't even hang out in the same taverns.  Anyway, they've been called that for ages and everybody
accepts it without question.  Until now.

Actually, the disconnect in the name appeals to my sense of the absurd.  And, since we're talking absurdities, I've come up with some new names for fine feathered friends yet to be discovered.  They're living out their quiet, obscure lives in Amazonian jungles and lesser known regions of Africa and Australia.

Chimpanzee Chickadee
Buffalo Bushtit
Cockroach Cockatoo
Alligator Albatross
Grizzly Grebe
Whale Warbler
Aardvark Auk
Hyena Hummingbird
Platypus Plover

I could go on.  And on.  But, no, I'll wrap this up with one of several theories about the turtle dove name.  Allegedly, this bird's song is a deep, purring 'turrr, turrr' that kinda sorta sounds like 'turtle'.   Hey, don't blame me!  I didn't name the doggone thing!