Birds

[irismay]

Can anyone please help with the names of these birds?
1. Bird picked up?
2. Nuts!
3. The short dash
4. Elegant and Sophisticated, you know
There are no clues about the amount of letters in each answer.
Many thanks

[ubasses]

4 chic ken

[Wharton]

2 cuckoo

[mazie]

3. Th + rush

[emeritus]

1 Carrion Crow ?

[quinie]

1 penguin?

[quinie]

1 as in the advertisement!

[irismay]

The compiler may be clever, but not so clever as all of you. Thank you all very much indeed! I'm going with Penguin, emeritus, but your answer could have done just as well. Stars all round for you folk!