aberrant

UK /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/ US /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/
adj 3noun 2

Definitions

adj

1

Differing from the norm.

2

Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.

3

Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.

The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.

noun

1

A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.

2

A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.

Also I think other birders realise you are struggling a bit when you start talking about aberrants[.]

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