99 Bird Related Vocabulary Words

Print out these Bird Word Wall Vocabulary cards and cut them along the line. Stick them up around your room to immerse your students in the content specific vocabulary.

You can begin your journey to adding English related names to your vocabulary by carefully reading through this section.

Bird words in this article include:

Albatross, Arctic tern, Bald eagle, Beak, Biped, Bird, Blackbird, Bluebird, Blue jay, Bones, Cage, Canada goose, Canary, Cardinal, Carnivore, Cassowary, Chick, Chicken, Claw, Cockatoo, Crane, Crow, Cuckoo, Dodo, Dove, Duck, Duckling, Eagle, Egret, Emperor penguin, Emu, Endangered species, Extinct, Feather, Flamingo, Fly, Food web, Goldfish, Goose, Gosling, Great horned owl, Groundhog, Gull, Guppy, Habitat, Harpy eagle, Hawk, Hen, Heron, Hummingbird, Jay, Junco, Kakapo, Kiwi, Kookaburra, Macaroni penguin, Macaw, Mallard, Meadowlark, Moa, Mockingbird, Nene, Nest, Nightingale, Nocturnal, Nuthatch, Oriole, Oropendola, Ostrich, Owl, Parrot, Peacock, Pelican, Penguin, Peregrine falcon, Pets, Pigeon, Prairie chicken, Puffin, Quail, Quetzal, Rainbow lorikeet, Rhea, Roadrunner, Robin, Rockhopper penguin, Sea gull, Snow goose, Snowy owl, Sparrow, Spotted owl, Swan, Tern, Toucan, Turkey, Umbrella bird, Vulture, Woodpecker, Xenops

S.No.	Word	Meaning

1	Albatross	The albatross is web-footed bird that can fly for a long period of time.
2	Arctic tern	The Arctic tern is a small bird that flies from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back again each year.
3	Bald eagle	The bald eagle is a large bird of prey. It is the symbol of the USA.
4	Beak	A beak is the hard, outer part of a some animal’s mouth. Birds, octopi, squid, and other animals have beaks. Some dinosaurs had them too.
5	Biped	A biped is an animal that walks on two legs. People and birds are bipeds. Tyrannosaurus rex was a biped.
6	Bird	Birds have feathers and wings. Most birds can fly.
7	Blackbird	Blackbirds are black!
8	Bluebird	The bluebird is a beautiful song bird that is the symbol of many of the states in the USA.
9	Blue jay	The blue jay is a beautiful, noisy blue bird.
10	Bones	Bones are hard, structural parts of the body of many animals, including birds.
11	Cage	Some people keep birds in cages.
12	Canada goose	The Canada goose is a large North American bird that honks.
13	Canary	Canaries sing very well.
14	Cardinal	The Northern Cardinal is a bird with a short, wide bill. The male is bright red; the female is brownish-red
15	Carnivore	Carnivores are organisms that eat meat. Many birds, like eagles, are carnivores.
16	Cassowary	A huge, flightless bird from Australia with a helmet like crest on its head.
17	Chick	A chick is a baby chicken. Some other baby birds are also called chicks.
18	Chicken	A chicken is a farm animal.
19	Claw	A claw is a hard, sharp, curved nail on the feet of some animals. Bears, cats, birds, dinosaurs, and many other animals have claws.
20	Cockatoo	Cockatoos are birds that have a large, feathery crest and a hooked bill. They are from Australia and Indonesia.
21	Crane	The crane is a wading bird with a long neck, a long bill, and long legs.
22	Crow	A crow is a very smart black bird.
23	Cuckoo	Cuckoos are birds whose call sounds like coo-coo.
24	Dodo	The dodo is an extinct, flightless bird that lived on an island in the Indian Ocean near Africa.
25	Dove	The dove is a bird that is a symbol of peace.
26	Duck	Ducks are birds that have webbed feet and a flattened bill. They swim well and live near the water.
27	Duckling	A duckling is a young duck.
28	Eagle	The eagle is a large bird of prey. It has a hooked bill and sharp talons.
29	Egret	The egret is a large wading bird.
30	Emperor penguin	The emperor penguin is the largest penguin; it lives on ice packs in Antarctica
31	Emu	The emu is a large Australian bird that cannot fly
32	Endangered species	Endangered species are types of animals or plants that may become extinct soon. Many birds species are endangered.
33	Extinct	When a group of animals or plants goes extinct, they are gone forever. Some extinct animals include dinosaurs, saber-toothed cats, and dodo birds.
34	Feather	Birds have feathers.
35	Flamingo	The flamingo is a pink bird that eats shrimp.
36	Fly	The fly is a small, flying insect.
37	Food web	The food web (or food chain) is all of the interactions between predators and prey in which plants and animals obtain food.
38	Goldfish	A goldfish is a type of carp that makes a nice pet.
39	Goose	Geese are migrating birds that honk!
40	Gosling	A gosling is a baby goose
41	Great horned owl	The great horned owl is a large bird of prey from North and South America.
42	Groundhog	The groundhog is a rodent that is also called the woodchuck.
43	Gull	Gulls are birds that live near oceans and lakes.
44	Guppy	Guppies are a type of small tropical fish.
45	Habitat	A habitat is the natural place where a plant or an animal lives. For example, a toucan’s habitat is the rainforest.
46	Harpy eagle	The harpy eagle is one of the largest eagles in the world. It lives in rainforests of Central America and South America
47	Hawk	The hawk is a bird of prey, a raptor.
48	Hen	A hen is a female chicken. Hens lay eggs.
49	Heron	A large wading bird with distinctive plumage and a long, sharp bill.
50	Hummingbird	Hummingbirds are tiny birds that drink flower nectar. They can hover in the air and even fly backwards.
51	Jay	Jays are beautiful, noisy birds.
52	Junco	This junco is a small songbird from North America
53	Kakapo	The kakapo is a large, flightless, nocturnal, solitary parrot from New Zealand.
54	Kiwi	The kiwi is a chicken-sized flightless bird from New Zealand. It is generally nocturnal (most active at night).
55	Kookaburra	The kookaburra is an Australian bird whose call sounds like laughing.
56	Macaroni penguin	The macaroni penguin is a penguin from the Antarctic that has a yellow, feathery crest on its head.
57	Macaw	Macaws are parrots from rainforests in the Americas.
58	Mallard	The Mallard is a common wild duck.
59	Meadowlark	The meadowlark is a brightly colored songbird that lives in meadows and grasslands.
60	Moa	The moa were huge, extinct, flightless birds from New Zealand.
61	Mockingbird	The mockingbird is a North American bird that can mimic the songs of many other birds.
62	Nene	The Nene is Hawaii’s state bird. It is an endangered goose that lives on volcanic slopes.
63	Nest	Some animals, like birds, make nests to hold their young – even some dinosaurs built nests for their eggs.
64	Nightingale	The nightingale is a bird that sings beautiful songs
65	Nocturnal	Nocturnal animals are more active at night. Owls are nocturnal birds
66	Nuthatch	The nuthatch is a small perching bird that can climb down trees and opens nuts using its bill like a hatchet.
67	Oriole	The oriole is a black and orange bird that eats fruit and nectar. It builds a hanging nest.
68	Oropendola	The crested oropendola is a tropical black bird that makes long, pendulous nests.
69	Ostrich	The ostrich is the largest bird. It can’t fly, but it runs very fast.
70	Owl	Owls are birds of prey that have large eyes and very good eyesight. Most owls hunt at night.
71	Parrot	The parrot is a beautiful bird that can imitate sounds very well.
72	Peacock	The peacock is a beautiful bird from India. The male has a large train of feathers.
73	Pelican	The pelican is fish-eating bird with a huge, pouched bill.
74	Penguin	Penguins are birds that cannot fly but swim very well.
75	Peregrine falcon	The peregrine falcon is the fastest-flying bird. It prey upon other birds.
76	Pets	Pets are animals that live with us, like parrots and canaries.
77	Pigeon	There are a lot of pigeons in cities.
78	Prairie chicken	The prairie chicken is a bird that lives in grasslands of North America.
79	Puffin	The puffin is an Arctic sea bird.
80	Quail	A quail is a bird; it spends a lot of time on the ground.
81	Quetzal	The quetzal is a beautiful rain forest bird with very long tail feathers.
82	Rainbow lorikeet	A small, colorful, brush-tongued parrot from Australia.
83	Rhea	The rhea is a large, flightless bird from South America.
84	Roadrunner	The roadrunner is a bird is a fast running bird that rarely flies.
85	Robin	The robin is a common bird with red-colored feathers on its breast.
86	Rockhopper penguin	The rock hopper penguin is a small, aggressive, crested bird that cannot fly.
87	Sea gull	The sea gull is the common name for some birds that live near oceans and lakes.
88	Snow goose	The snow goose is a migratory bird from North America.
89	Snowy owl	The snowy owl is a white owl that lives in the North American tundra (a cold, snowy environment).
90	Sparrow	The sparrow is a small, common songbird.
91	Spotted owl	The spotted owl is an owl from the Pacific coast of North America.
92	Swan	Swans are long necked water birds.
93	Tern	Terns are birds that are sometimes called sea swallows.
94	Toucan	The toucan is a rain forest bird that has a big, colorful beak
95	Turkey	Turkeys are large birds that nest on the ground.
96	Umbrella bird	The Umbrella bird is a rain forest bird with a large tuft of feathers on its head.
97	Vulture	The vulture is a big, bald-headed bird that eats dead animals.
98	Woodpecker	The woodpecker is a bird that can peck holes in trees.
99	Xenops	Xenops is a rain forest bird from the Americas.

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