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
