Meaning Group: Birds — Words Only

Root nouns of 8 letters or fewer that the dictionary defines as birds

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187 words across 6 section(s)

3-Letter Birds

ANI EMU JAY KAE MOA OWL ROC TIT TUI

4-Letter Birds

COLY COOT DODO DOVE GLED GUAN HERN IBIS KAGU KIWI KOEL MURR MYNA RHEA RUKH SORA
TODY WEKA

5-Letter Birds

AVIAN CAHOW CHICK CRAKE EGRET FINCH GLEDE GOOSE GREBE HERON MURRE MYNAH OUSEL
OUZEL PEWEE PITTA STORK VIREO WHAUP WHYDA

6-Letter Birds

AVOCET AVOSET BARBET BROLGA CHEBEC CHUKAR CORVID CURLEW DRONGO DUNLIN FALCON
GODWIT HOOPOE HOOPOO JABIRU JACANA MAGPIE MARTIN MOPOKE MOTMOT MUDHEN PHENIX
PHOEBE PIGEON PLOVER PUFFIN RAPTOR RATITE REDLEG SHRIKE TAKAHE TOMTIT TOUCAN
TROGON TURACO TURKEY VERDIN WHIDAH WHYDAH WILLET

7-Letter Birds

ANHINGA BIRDMAN BITTERN BLUEJAY BULLBAT BUSTARD BUZZARD COTINGA COURLAN DORHAWK
DOTTREL FATBIRD FINFOOT HALCYON HOATZIN JACAMAR JACKDAW JAYBIRD LAPWING LIMPKIN
MANAKIN MARTLET MEGAPOD OILBIRD ORTOLAN OSTRICH PELICAN PENGUIN PHOENIX QUETZAL
REDBIRD RUDDOCK SAWBILL SERIEMA SPARROW SUNBIRD TANAGER TINAMOU TOURACO TROCHIL
TURACOU VULTURE WAXBILL WAXWING WRYNECK

8-Letter Birds

BELLBIRD BLACKCAP BLUEBACK BOATBILL BOBWHITE BRANTAIL CAGELING CARDINAL DAKERHEN
DOTTEREL FIREBIRD FLAMINGO GRAYBACK GUACHARO GUITGUIT HANGBIRD HORNBILL KILLDEER
KINGBIRD LYREBIRD MANUCODE MEGAPODE MOORFOWL MURRELET NESTLING NIGHTJAR NOTORNIS
NUTHATCH OXPECKER PAURAQUE PEETWEET PHEASANT PLUMIPED POORWILL PUFFBACK PUFFBIRD
RAINBIRD REDSHANK REEDLING RINGNECK SANDPEEP SHOEBILL SNOWBIRD SONGBIRD STARLING
SURFBIRD TITMOUSE TROOPIAL TROUPIAL TUBENOSE UMBRETTE WHEATEAR WHIMBREL WILDFOWL
WOODCOCK

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