Root nouns of 8 letters or fewer that the dictionary defines as birds
187 words across 6 section(s)
ANI EMU JAY KAE MOA OWL ROC TIT TUI
COLY COOT DODO DOVE GLED GUAN HERN IBIS KAGU KIWI KOEL MURR MYNA RHEA RUKH SORA TODY WEKA
AVIAN CAHOW CHICK CRAKE EGRET FINCH GLEDE GOOSE GREBE HERON MURRE MYNAH OUSEL OUZEL PEWEE PITTA STORK VIREO WHAUP WHYDA
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
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
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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