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100 Words Every Birdwatcher Should Know

August 10, 2026

100 Words Every Birdwatcher Should Know

No. Item Definition
1. albatross a very large oceanic seabird
2. avocet a wader with upturned bill
3. back upper rear body surface
4. belly the underside of the body
5. bill a bird’s beak
6. bird a feathered flying animal
7. breast front chest area
8. brood to sit on eggs
9. call a bird’s shorter vocal sound
10. camouflage coloring that helps conceal
11. chick a young bird
12. courtship behavior to attract a mate
13. coverts small feathers covering bases
14. crest feathers on top of head
15. crow a large intelligent black bird
16. crown top of a bird’s head
17. dive to plunge downward quickly
18. dove a small gentle pigeon
19. duck a common swimming waterbird
20. eagle a large powerful raptor
21. egg the shelled reproductive body
22. eyeline line through or near eye
23. eyering ring of feathers around eye
24. falcon a swift hunting bird
25. feather one of a bird’s plumage parts
26. field mark visible feature used for identification
27. finch a small conical-billed bird
28. flap to beat the wings
29. fledgling a young bird learning to fly
30. flock a group of birds
31. forage to search for food
32. goose a large waterfowl bird
33. grebe a diving bird with lobed toes
34. gull a common coastal bird
35. habitat the natural home environment
36. hatch to emerge from an egg
37. hawk a medium-sized bird of prey
38. heron a long-legged wading bird
39. hover to stay nearly motionless aloft
40. hummingbird a tiny hovering nectar-feeder
41. ibis a wading bird with curved bill
42. jay a noisy colorful corvid
43. kingfisher a fish-eating bird with large bill
44. lark a songbird known for singing
45. loon a diving waterbird
46. magpie a long-tailed black-and-white corvid
47. mantle back area between wings
48. mask dark facial marking
49. migrant a bird that migrates
50. migration seasonal movement between regions
51. mockingbird a bird that mimics songs
52. molt to shed and replace feathers
53. nape back of the neck
54. nest structure where birds lay eggs
55. nightjar a nocturnal insect-eating bird
56. nuthatch a tree-climbing songbird
57. oriole a bright orange-and-black songbird
58. owl a nocturnal bird of prey
59. passerine a perching bird
60. perch a place where birds sit
61. plover a small shorebird with short bill
62. plumage a bird’s feathers collectively
63. predator an animal that hunts prey
64. preen to clean and arrange feathers
65. prey an animal hunted for food
66. primaries outer flight feathers
67. quail a small ground-dwelling bird
68. rail a secretive marsh bird
69. range the area a species occupies
70. raptor a bird of prey
71. raven a large black corvid
72. resident a bird present year-round
73. robin a familiar thrush-like songbird
74. roost a place birds rest
75. rump area above the tail
76. seabird a bird of marine habitats
77. secondaries inner flight feathers
78. shorebird a bird of shores and mudflats
79. soar to fly without much flapping
80. song a bird’s musical vocalization
81. songbird a perching bird, often musical
82. sparrow a small seed-eating bird
83. supercilium stripe above the eye
84. tail the rear feathers of a bird
85. talon a bird’s sharp claw
86. tarsus lower leg segment
87. tern a slender seabird with pointed wings
88. territory an area defended by a bird
89. throat front of the neck
90. thrush a songbird often with spotted breast
91. underwing the wing’s underside
92. vireo a small greenish songbird
93. vulture a scavenging bird of prey
94. wader a bird that feeds in shallows
95. warbler a small active songbird
96. waterfowl ducks, geese, and swans
97. wing the forelimb used for flight
98. wingbar stripe across the wing
99. woodpecker a tree-drilling bird
100. wren a tiny active songbird

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