Birds

type genus of the family Accipitridae

extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds

larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing

migratory American songbird

small North American diving duck

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broad-winged soaring hawks

large black Old World grouse

any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central America

small European finch with a cheerful song

small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head

passerine bird of New World tropics

large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family

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rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia

shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe

any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight

duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females

large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing

the geographic route along which birds customarily migrate

insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth

a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds

loon family

mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects

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

any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill

a common large finch of Eurasia

crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings

wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills

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

crested largely blue bird

small North American finch seen chiefly in winter

large brownish-green New Zealand parrot

Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry

the largest Eurasian bird of prey

wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call

any of various small lories

Australian bird that resembles a pheasant

North American songbirds having a yellow breast

tropical Asian starlings

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American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow

American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground

relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds

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

small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics

small dun-colored North American flycatcher

Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs

large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage

small siskin-like finch with a red crown

velvety black Australian bird of paradise with green and purple iridescence on head and tail

diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill

Brazilian Cariama; sole representative of the genus Cariama

small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak

gull-like jaeger of northern seas

tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest

any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males

small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail

small insectivorous birds

any of numerous long-tailed American finches

brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head

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very small yellow-headed titmouse of western North America

large whip-scorpion of Mexico and southern United States that emits a vinegary odor when alarmed

any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color

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small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump

a brownish-gray, mostly nocturnal bird of North and Central America

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