Spelling Bee-Eater

loon family

type genus of the family Accipitridae

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

long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill

any of several honeycreepers

small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings

relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes

migratory American songbird

nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry

active grey titmice of western North America

small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors

small North American diving duck

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

a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage

small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head

passerine bird of New World tropics

crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay

large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family

bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call

a ladle that has a cup with a long handle

rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia

shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe

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

relating to or resembling a falcon

large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing

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

any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

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

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

small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas

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

small North American finch seen chiefly in winter

large brownish-green New Zealand parrot

small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice

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

a life-size dummy used to display clothes

North American songbirds having a yellow breast

large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges

black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes

black-and-white diving bird of northern seas

a small tree

tropical Asian starlings

a person who likes to be active late at night

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

American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow

type genus of the Parulidae: wood warblers

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

any bird of the genus Pitta

heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head

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

small siskin-like finch with a red crown

smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan

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

any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers

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

forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails

tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song

very small yellow-headed titmouse of western North America

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

a singer

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

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

freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals

occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another

naked and blind and dependent on parents for food

covered with down and having eyes open

a stripe or stripes of contrasting color

(zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open

a genus of Parulidae

(chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms

any external parasitic organism (as fleas)

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

the geographic route along which birds customarily migrate

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

thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food

the excrement of sea birds or bats; used as fertilizer

(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in

large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia

periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles

two names for the suborder of typical songbirds

of or relating to ornithology

relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds

Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs

an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb

the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth

the evolution of a biological species

occurring in the same or overlapping geographical areas

a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility

of or relating to the axil