seabird

Synonyms:

sea bird, seafowl

Types:

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coastal diving bird

gull family; skimmer family; jaeger family; auk family

auk

black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas

puffin

any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills

gaviiform seabird

seabirds of the order Gaviiformes

podicipitiform seabird

aquatic birds related to the loons

pelecaniform seabird

large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet

sphenisciform seabird

flightless cold-water seabirds: penguins

oceanic bird, pelagic bird

bird of the open seas

larid

long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family

skimmer

gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food

jaeger

rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey

auklet

any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts

Alca torda, razor-billed auk, razorbill

black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill

Plautus alle, dovekie, little auk

small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions

Pinguinus impennis, great auk

large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts; extinct

guillemot

small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas

Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica

common puffin of the northern Atlantic

Fratercula corniculata, horned puffin

northern Pacific puffin

Lunda cirrhata, tufted puffin

northern Pacific puffin having a large yellow plume over each eye

diver, loon

large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes

grebe

small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet

pelican

large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish

frigate bird, man-of-war bird

long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail

gannet

large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish

Phalacrocorax carbo, cormorant

large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish

anhinga, darter, snakebird

fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill

boatswain bird, tropic bird, tropicbird

mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land

penguin

short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers

procellariiform seabird

large long-winged bird with hooked bill and tubular nostrils that wanders the open seas

albatross, mollymawk

large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight

petrel

relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land

diving petrel

any of several small diving birds of southern hemisphere seas; somewhat resemble auks

Type of:

aquatic bird

wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water