Birds

Loon

"Crazed" bird - 4 letters

Great Horned Owl

"Great" owl - named feature is really just a bunch of feathers

Aviary

Enclosure where birds are kept

Roadrunner

New Mexico state bird - aka: chaparral cock - "Beep Beep"

Falcon

Raptor - types: peregrine

Parakeet

Small member of parrot family

Ibis

"I" - tropical water bird associated with Trinidad and Tobago

Macaw

"M" - largest member of parrot family

Jaybird

"Naked as a _____"

Nightengale

"Nocturnal" bird known for its songs

Peacock

"Proud/showy" bird - associated with Hera - "eyes" on the end of each feather said to be from Argus (100-eyed giant) - pavo muticus

Rhode Island Red

"Stately" N.E. chicken with a color in its name

Murder

"killer" word for a flock of crows

Emperor

"royal" penguin, largest penguin

Grouse

"ruffed" bird - game bird whose name means to complain

Moa

3-letter, large extinct flightless bird of New Zealand

Cygnet

A baby swan

Rookery

A colony of breeding birds, penguins, seals

Brood

A group of young birds - name can also mean to worry

Lark

A happy songbird

Drake

A male duck

Turkey vulture

Aka: buzzard - has another bird in its name - actually a type of hawk

Aerie

An eagles nest

Eagle

Aquila/aquiline - types: harpy, golden, bald

Ptarmigan

Arctic/Alaskan bird related to the grouse - silent "P" - state bird of Alaska - feathers on its feet

Dove

Assoc with peace and Noah (brought him olive leaf after flood) - just a "small pigeon" - Columbiadae/Columbine types - Paloma in Spanish (name of Picasso's daughter)

Kookaburra

Australian bird/kingfisher known for its call/"laughin" in the morning (like a rooster) to rouse animals - "sits in the old gum tree" in children's song

Albatross

Bad luck for a sailor to kill this bird - Coleridge poem - 11-12 foot wingspan - "wandering" seabird

Passenger Pigeon

Bird extinct since 1914 - once made up 1/4 of all America's birds

Warbler

Bird known for its singing - name can also mean a singer generally

Blackbird

Bird mentioned in a Beatles song

Jay

Bird noted for harsh call - types: Steller's, blue

Hawk

Bird of prey - name also means to sell or peddle wares

Coot

Bird that is also the name of a crazy old guy

Cuckoo

Bird that lays its eggs in other birds nests - "crazy" bird - associated with clocks, Cocoa Puffs

Tern

Bird that migrates each year from North to South Pole - 25,000 miles - Arctic variety

Woodpecker

Bird that pecks at trees to get insects - Yurok Indians used scalps as a form of wealth - types: red-headed, ivory-billed, yellow-bellied sapsucker, red-breasted, red-bellied, red-cockaded

Thrush

Bird that rhymes with "rush"

Goose

Bird with "silly" used in clues

Partridge

Bird with a TV "family" - come on get happy

Duck

Canard (French) - types: canvasback, mallard, Eider, Muscovy, Mandarin, pochards, perching, stiff-tailed, dabbling, Bufflehead, Teal, scaups

Quetzal

Colorful Cent Amer bird sacred to Aztecs/Mayan

Toucan

Colorful tropical bird

Magpie

Crow relative - known for their love of shinny objects/hoarding - name is also word for a chatterbox or hoarder or thief (thief in Rossini opera)

Raven

Crow relative - notable Poe poem

Rook

Crow relative that is also a chess piece

Frill

Decorative/ornament trimming around the neck of a bird

Nene

Double-talk Hawaiian goose (state bird)

Teal

Duck with a blue-green color for a name

Swallow

Famous migration to Capistrano - "One of a ______ does not make a summer" - 2-pointed tail

Swift

Fast-small bird that resembles a swallow - name also means fast

Ostrich

Fastest flightless bird - largest living bird - found in Africa - buries head in sand - Struthia camelus

Gamecock

Fighting rooster breed - U South Car mascot

Osprey

Fish-eating hawk - also a tilt-rotor hybrid aircraft used by military

Auk

Flightless Arctic seabird - includes puffins - Great species now extinct - N. Hemisphere's version of penguin

Raptor

Generic word for bird of prey - Latin for "carry off"

Swan

Genus cygnus - types: black (Aust.), trumpeter, Mute, Bewick's - males: cob - females: pen

Parrot

Group of various birds that repeat words - types: cackapo, cockatiel, macaw, parakeet, lorikeet, cockatoo

Emu

Large flightless bird of Australia - national bird - 2nd largest bird in world (largest in Australia)

Eider

Large sea duck used as down filling

Rhea

Large, flightless South Amer bird related to ostrich

Dodo

Large, flightless bird - extinct in 1681 - native to Mauritius Island

Cassowary

Large, flightless bird of New Guinea and Indonesia - blue head, long dagger toes

Condor

Largest North Amer bird - type of vulture - found in South Amer/Andes and Cali.

Crane

Long-leg bird distinguished from heron by bustle of feathers on butt - types: blue, wattled, sandhill, whooping

Spoonbill

Long-legged wadding bird named for its prominent flatware-like bill/beak

Heron

Long-legged wading bird - distinguished from crane by lack of feathers on butt - type: great blue

Puffin

Member of auk family - Arctic penguin looking, parrot like bill and large bushy eyebrows

Mockingbird

Mimicing bird - state bird of 5 southern states (Ark, Tex)

Mallard

Most common duck species in North Amer - green head

Titmouse

N. American bird with rodent name - tufted variety

Whooping Crane

N. American crane known for its call (can carry 2 mi) - tallest N. Amer bird - now endangered

Whippoorwill

N. American insect eating songbird - name is the same as its song

Bald Eagle

National bird - Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Owl

Nocturnal - types: howler, short-eared, great-horned, screech, barn - Parliament group

Barn Owl

Owl named for a structure

Lorikeet

Parakeet and lori relative

Cockatoo

Parrot with a crest of feathers on his head

Blue Fairy penguin

Penguin native to Australia - name of tiny mythical creature in name

Flamingo

Pink bird found in South Amer, Africa

Hatchery

Place where eggs of birds or fish are cultivated

Crest

Plumage on the top of a bird's head like a cockatiel - also word for the highest point of a wave

Pelican

Pouched bird (beak) - state bird of Louisiana

Cardinal

Red bird - state bird of 7 states (record) - also means "of prime importance" or a number (ex: 2 or 3) as opposed to second or third - also a deep red color

Robin

Red bird with blue eggs - you make a wish when you see the first one of the spring

Tanager

Scarlet variety - migratory bird

Vultures

Scavengers/carrion eaters

Pheasant

Served under glass when cooked - types: long-tailed, ring-necked

Wren

Small bird - types: house, cactus, rock

Kiwi

Small flightless bird of New Zealand - also slang for a New Zealander

Sparrow

Small, common bird

Quail

Small, plump game bird - name also means to cower or shrink

Hummingbird

Smallest bird/eggs - fast wings - mainly responsible for pollination - types: ruby-throated, blue-throated

Down

Soft feathers from geese or ducks used in pillows

Ornithology

Study of birds

Gizzard

Thick-walled muscular pouch that grinds food in a bird's lower stomach

Peregrine

Type of falcon - word for "pilgrim"/"wanderer" - fastest diving bird - aka: duck hawks

Pigeon

Used in messenger carrying - types: carrier, homing

Egrets

Wading Everglades bird - symbol of Audobon Society - types: great & snowy

Canary

Yellow cage/pet songbird - slang for woman singer, stool pigeon and a shade of yellow - used in mines to detect bad air