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Birds: Glossary
- 11 questions about birds answered
- 15 of the best birdsongs (according to britannica)
- 6 of the world’s most dangerous birds
- 8 birds that can’t fly
- accentor
- accipiter
- adélie penguin
- aegithalidae
- african gray parrot
- introduction
- intelligence tests
- african penguin
- albatross
- alcidae
- amakihi
- american goldfinch
- american robin
- anatidae
- ani
- anser
- anseriform
- introduction
- waterfowl, migration, adaptations
- migration, flocking, feeding
- flight, swimming, wading
- mating, nesting, migration
- migration, wetlands, adaptations
- flight, adaptations, migration
- migration, adaptations, physiology
- antbird
- antpipit
- apapane
- apodiform
- introduction
- tropical, nocturnal, migration
- breeding, migration, nocturnal
- migration, nocturnal, gliding
- aracari
- archaeopteryx
- arctic tern
- are penguins monogamous?
- asity
- auk
- auklet
- australian little penguin
- avadavat
- aviary
- aviculture
- avocet
- bald eagle
- baldpate
- bananaquit
- barbet
- barn owl
- barnacle goose
- barred owl
- bateleur
- bay owl
- becard
- bee-eater
- bell-magpie
- bellbird
- bird
- introduction
- pollination, migration, eggs
- flight, feathers, migration
- migration, communication, adaptation
- anatomy, flight, migration
- skeleton, flight, feathers
- muscles, organs, flight
- feather evolution, flight, adaptation
- aves, species, orders
- bird of prey
- bird-of-paradise
- bird-watching
- bishop
- bittern
- black duck
- blackbird
- blackcap
- blackpoll warbler
- blue jay
- blue penguin
- blue-footed booby
- bluebird
- bluecap
- bluethroat
- bobolink
- bobwhite
- bombycillidae
- boobook
- booby
- bowerbird
- brambling
- brant
- bristlehead
- broadbill
- brown pelican
- brownbul
- budgerigar
- buffalo weaver
- bufflehead
- bulbul
- bullbat
- bullfinch
- bunting
- burrowing owl
- bush-shrike
- bushtit
- bustard
- butcherbird
- buteo
- button quail
- buzzard
- cacique
- calidris
- california condor
- callaeidae
- campephagidae
- canada goose
- canary
- canvasback
- capercaillie
- caprimulgidae
- caprimulgiform
- introduction
- nocturnal, insectivorous, moths
- nocturnal, mating, nesting
- migration, nocturnal, avian
- nocturnal, migratory, noctoid
- caracara
- cardinal
- carduelidae
- cassowary
- casuariiform
- catbird
- certhiidae
- chachalaca
- chaffinch
- charadriiform
- introduction
- wading, shorebirds, seabirds
- shorebirds, waders, gulls
- gulls, lari, waders
- auks, alcae, seabirds
- adaptations, migration, foraging
- shorebirds, gulls, waders
- charadrius
- chat
- chat-thrush
- chewink
- chickadee
- chicken
- chiffchaff
- chillawong
- chinstrap penguin
- chough
- chuck-will’s-widow
- chukar
- ciconiiform
- cisticola
- cloud-scraper
- cock-of-the-rock
- cockatiel
- cockatoo
- columbiform
- introduction
- flight, nesting, migration
- social, migration, nesting
- flight, nesting, migration
- evolution, paleontology, anatomy
- coly
- colymbiformes
- common raven
- common starling
- common yellowthroat
- condor
- confuciusornis
- conopophagidae
- conure
- coot
- coraciiform
- introduction
- flight, foraging, insects
- habitat, ecological diversity
- interactions, migration, adaptations
- flight, beak, feet
- evolution, paleontology, adaptations
- cordon bleu
- cormorant
- corvidae
- cotingidae
- coua
- coucal
- courser
- cowbird
- crab plover
- cracticidae
- crake
- crane
- creeper
- crested swift
- crocodile bird
- crossbill
- crow
- cuckoo
- cuckoo roller
- cuckoo-shrike
- cuculiform
- introduction
- nesting habits, adaptations, species
- nonparasitic, adaptive, migration
- curassow
- curlew
- currawong
- dabbling duck
- darter
- dendrocolaptidae
- diatryma
- dicaeidae
- dickcissel
- dipper
- diving duck
- diving petrel
- do birds pee?
- do emperor penguins mate for life?
- dodo
- domestic pigeon
- dotterel
- dove
- dovekie
- dowitcher
- drongo
- duck
- dunlin
- dunnock
- dyal
- eagle
- eagle owl
- egret
- egyptian goose
- eider
- elaenia
- elephant bird
- elf owl
- emberizidae
- emperor penguin
- emu
- emu-wren
- erect-crested penguin
- estrildidae
- euphonia
- eurasian magpie: a true bird brain
- european robin
- evening grosbeak
- extreme birds: 7 wonders of the avian world
- fairy bluebird
- fairy wren
- falcon
- falconiform
- introduction
- flight, predators, prey
- flapping, soaring, diving
- migration, hunting, adaptations
- breeding, nesting, migration
- hunting, conservation, raptor
- flight, adaptations, diet
- evolution, paleontology, adaptations
- false sunbird
- fantail
- finch
- finfoot
- fiordland penguin
- fire finch
- firecrest
- fish owl
- flagbird
- flamingo
- flatbill
- flicker
- flightless bird
- flowerpecker
- flycatcher
- forktail
- francolin
- freckled duck
- frigate bird
- fringillidae
- frogmouth
- fulmar
- funky feathers: 10 bizarre birds
- furnariidae
- gadfly petrel
- gadwall
- galapagos finch
- galapagos penguin
- galliform
- introduction
- flightless, omnivorous, gamebirds
- nesting, brooding, feeding
- gamebirds, fowl, pheasants
- gallinule
- gannet
- gentoo penguin
- gnatcatcher
- gnateater
- godwit
- goldcrest
- golden eagle
- golden whistler
- goldeneye
- goldfinch
- goose
- goshawk
- grackle
- grallinidae
- grass finch
- grass owl
- graybird
- great auk
- great blue heron
- great bustard
- great horned owl
- great indian bustard
- great tit
- grebe
- introduction
- evolution, paleontology, adaptations
- greenfinch
- greenlet
- greenshank
- greylag
- grosbeak
- ground cuckoo
- ground roller
- ground thrush
- grouse
- gruiform
- introduction
- mating, nesting, courtship
- molt, feathers, flight
- flight, adaptations, migration
- waterfowl, rails, cranes
- guan
- guillemot
- guinea fowl
- guira
- gull
- gyrfalcon
- hammerhead
- harpy eagle
- harrier
- hawaiian honeycreeper
- hawk
- hawk owl
- helmet-shrike
- hemipode
- hermit
- heron
- herring gull
- hesperornis
- hirundinidae
- hoatzin
- hobby
- honey guide
- honeycreeper
- honeyeater
- hoopoe
- hornbill
- horned owl
- house sparrow
- how do birds hear?
- how do birds know when to fly south?
- how do penguins stay warm?
- how do penguins tell each other apart?
- how fast can eagles fly?
- how fast do hummingbirds fly?
- how long do chicken eggs take to hatch?
- how mike the chicken survived without a head
- how much does a falcon eat each day?
- humboldt penguin
- hummingbird
- hypocoly
- ibis
- ibisbill
- icadyptes
- ichthyornis
- icteridae
- iiwi
- iora
- irenidae
- ivory-billed woodpecker
- jabiru
- jacamar
- jacana
- jackdaw
- jaeger
- java sparrow
- jay
- junco
- jungle babbler
- jungle fowl
- kagu
- kaka
- kakapo
- kea
- kestrel
- killdeer
- king penguin
- kingbird
- kingfisher
- kinglet
- kirtland’s warbler
- kiskadee
- kite
- kittiwake
- kiwi
- knot
- kokako
- kookaburra
- kori bustard
- lammergeier
- lapwing
- laridae
- lark
- laughing dove
- laughing gull
- laughing owl
- leafbird
- leghorn
- leiothrix
- limpkin
- linnet
- list of u.s. state birds
- little owl
- locust bird
- long-eared owl
- longclaw
- loon
- loon, common
- lorikeet
- lory
- lovebird
- lyrebird
- macaroni penguin
- macaw
- magellanic penguin
- magpie
- magpie goose
- magpie-robin
- malcoha
- mallard
- mamo
- manakin
- mannikin
- manucode
- marabou
- martial eagle
- martin
- meadowlark
- megapode
- merganser
- merlin
- mesia
- mesite
- mimidae
- minivet
- moa
- mockingbird
- monal
- monarch
- moorhen
- moth owl
- motmot
- mourning dove
- mud hen
- mudlark
- munia
- murre
- murrelet
- muscicapidae
- muscovy duck
- muttonbird
- mynah
- nectariniidae
- nene
- nighthawk
- nightingale
- nightingale thrush
- nightjar
- northern cardinal
- northern harrier
- nunbird
- nunlet
- nutcracker
- nuthatch
- oilbird
- origins of birds
- oriole
- ornithology
- oropendola
- ortolan
- osprey
- ostrich
- ouzel
- ovenbird
- owl
- introduction
- nesting, mating, hatching
- adaptations, nocturnal, predator
- owlet
- owlet frogmouth
- oxbird
- oxeye
- oxpecker
- oystercatcher
- painted redstart
- painted snipe
- palm-chat
- panuridae
- parakeet
- pardalote
- paridae
- parrot
- parrotbill
- partridge
- passenger pigeon
- passeridae
- passeriform
- introduction
- songbirds, adaptations, foraging
- vocalization, song, calls
- flight, adaptations, foraging
- plumage, pterylosis, molt
- skeletal structure, flight, adaptations
- songbirds, perching, taxonomy
- perching, songbirds, taxonomy
- pauraque
- peacock
- peep
- pelecaniform
- introduction
- flight, migration, feeding
- nests, eggs, young
- migration, habitats, diet
- flight, adaptations, feeding
- order, family, species
- pelican
- penguin
- introduction
- flightless, antarctic, aquatic
- flightless, adaptations, aquatic
- peppershrike
- perching duck
- peregrine falcon
- petrel
- pewee
- phalarope
- phasianidae
- pheasant
- philepittidae
- philippine eagle
- phoebe
- picidae
- piciform
- introduction
- woodpeckers, toucans, barbets
- nesting, breeding, feeding
- adaptations, flight, diet
- woodpeckers, toucans, barbets
- piculet
- pigeon
- pileated woodpecker
- pintail
- pipit
- pitta
- plains wanderer
- plantcutter
- ploceidae
- plover
- plumebird
- pochard
- pomatorhinidae
- poorwill
- potoo
- poultry
- pratincole
- prinia
- prion
- procellariiform
- introduction
- global, marine, seabirds
- seabird feeding, diet, prey
- flight, adaptations, seabirds
- flight, adaptations, fossils
- psittaciform
- introduction
- parrots, colorful plumage, intelligence
- bill, skull, beak
- parrots, order, species
- ptarmigan
- pteroptochidae
- puffbird
- puffin
- pygmy owl
- quail
- quelea
- quetzal
- rail
- rail-babbler
- rallidae
- raptor
- ratite
- raven
- razor-billed auk
- recurvirostridae
- red-tailed hawk
- redhead
- redshank
- redstart
- reedling
- remizidae
- rhea
- riflebird
- rifleman
- ring-necked duck
- roadrunner
- robin
- rock wren
- rockfowl
- rockhopper penguin
- roller
- rook
- rosefinch
- rosella
- royal penguin
- ruddy turnstone
- ruff
- ruffed grouse
- saddleback
- sanderling
- sandgrouse
- sandhill crane
- sandpiper
- sapsucker
- scaup
- scimitar-babbler
- scops owl
- scoter
- screamer
- screech owl
- scrub-bird
- scythebill
- sea eagle
- secretary bird
- seedeater
- seedsnipe
- seriema
- shama
- sharpbill
- shearwater
- sheathbill
- sheldgoose
- shelduck
- shoebill
- shorebird
- short-eared owl
- shoveler
- shrike
- shrike-vireo
- silky flycatcher
- silverbill
- siskin
- sittella
- skimmer
- skua
- skylark
- slender-billed curlew
- snares penguin
- snipe
- snow goose
- snowbird
- snowy egret
- snowy owl
- social weaver
- solitaire
- songbird
- songlark
- songshrike
- spadebill
- sparrow
- sparrowhawk
- spectacled owl
- spider hunter
- spoonbill
- spotted owl
- sprosser
- squab
- star finch
- starling
- steamer duck
- stercorariidae
- stifftail
- stilt
- stonechat
- stork
- storm petrel
- sturnidae
- suboscine
- sun bittern
- sunbird
- surfbird
- swallow
- swallow-tanager
- swamp pheasant
- swan
- swift
- swiftlet
- sylviidae
- tailorbird
- takahe
- tanager
- tapaculo
- tattler
- teal
- tern
- thickhead
- thickknee
- thrasher
- thrush
- tinamou
- introduction
- nesting, eggs, incubation
- tinkerbird
- tit-babbler
- titmouse
- tityra
- today in history—june 28: a milestone moment for bald eagles
- today in history—march 23: the u.s. military’s pigeon service ends
- tody
- torrent duck
- toucan
- toucanet
- towhee
- treecreeper
- tringa
- trogon
- tropic bird
- trumpeter
- trumpeter swan
- turaco
- turdidae
- turkey
- turkey vulture
- turnstone
- turtledove
- tyrannulet
- tyrant flycatcher
- umbrellabird
- vanga-shrike
- velvet-purple coronet
- verdin
- vireo
- vulture
- wagtail
- wall creeper
- warbler
- water cock
- water rail
- waterfowl
- wattle-eye
- wattlebird
- waxbill
- waxwing
- weaver
- weaver-finch
- weka
- what are the differences between hawks and falcons?
- what do ducks eat?
- what is a mega penguin?
- what is the wingspan of an eagle?
- wheatear
- which parrots are most likely to talk?
- whinchat
- whipbird
- whippoorwill
- whistling duck
- whistling swan
- white-eye
- white-fronted goose
- whitethroat
- whooping crane
- why are bald eagles called bald?
- why are flamingos pink?
- why are robin eggs blue?
- why are some eggs brown and some white?
- why are there no penguins at the north pole?
- why do flamingos stand on one leg?
- why do owls hoot?
- why do parrots talk?
- why do vultures circle?
- why don’t birds have teeth?
- why is bird poop white?
- why is bread bad for ducks?
- whydah
- wigeon
- willet
- wood duck
- wood hoopoe
- wood owl
- wood pigeon
- wood thrush
- wood warbler
- woodcock
- woodcreeper
- woodpecker
- woodpecker finch
- woodswallow
- working like a dog: 7 animals with jobs
- wren
- wren-babbler
- wren-warbler
- wrenthrush
- wrentit
- wrybill
- wryneck
- xenicidae
- yellow-eyed penguin
- yellowhammer
- yellowlegs
