sombre rock chat
A bird species, Oenanthe dubia, found in Ethiopia and Somalia

sombre tit
Poecile lugubris, a small bird of the tit family Paridae

song sparrow
Melospiza melodia, a medium-sized American sparrow.

song sparrows
plural of song sparrow

song thrush
A songbird in the thrush family, found across Eurasia (Turdus philomelos).

sooty albatross
A medium-sized marine bird of the species Phoebetria fusca, having a sooty brown or black color.

sooty grouse
Any of species Dendragapus fuliginosus of grouses, of the Pacific Coast ranges of North America.

sooty oystercatcher
A wading bird endemic to Australia, of species Haematopus fuliginosus.

sooty tern
A seabird of species Onychoprion fuscatus, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans.

sooty-headed bulbul
A bird of species Pycnonotus aurigaster, of the bulbul family Pycnonotidae, of southeastern Asia.

sooty-headed wren
Pheugopedius spadix, a species of wren with a black head found only in Colombia and small parts of Panama.

sora
A rail (Porzana carolina) bird of North, Central, and northern South America.

soras
plural of sora

soree
Obsolete form of sora (the bird).

sorees
plural of soree

southern black tit
Melaniparus niger, a small bird of the tit family Paridae

southern caracara
Southern crested caracara.

southern cassowary
A large flightless black bird, Casuarius casuarius.

southern crested caracara
A species of bird, Caracara plancus, found in South America.

southern lapwing
Vanellus chilensis, a wader in the order Charadriiformes, found in Central and South America.

southern masked weaver
A bird native to Africa, Ploceus velatus

southern screamer
Synonym of crested screamer.

spangled coquette
Lophornis stictolophus, a trochilid hummingbird of South America.

spangled kookaburra
A kookaburra of the Aru Islands, with blue wings and tail, a white chest and belly, dark eyes, and a striking white-spotted black head, Dacelo tyro.

sparhawk
Alternative form of sparrow hawk.

sparhawks
plural of sparhawk

sparrow
The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.
A member of the family Passerellidae (or Emberizidae, under classification systems that subsume the New World sparrows under Emberizidae), comprising small New World songbirds.
Generically, any small, nondescript bird.
A quick-witted, lively person.

sparrow-hawk
Dated spelling of sparrowhawk.

sparrowhawk
A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
Any of numerous other relatively small birds of Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus.
Alternative form of sparrow hawk; American kestrel, Falco sparverius, of similar size and habit.

sparrowhawks
plural of sparrowhawk

sparrows
plural of sparrow

spatcheler
Misspelling of spatula.
Nonstandard spelling of spatula.

spatchelers
plural of spatcheler

spatula
A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.
A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.
A palette knife.
A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.
A tongue depressor.
A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino.
A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges.

spatulae
plural of spatula

spatulas
plural of spatula

speckle-fronted weaver
Sporopipes frontalis, a species of weaverbird.

speckled boobook
A species of boobook owl, Ninox punctulata, endemic to Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia; plumage covered with dense white spotting.

speckled teal
Anas flavirostris, a South American teal.

speckled warbler
A warbler of species Pyrrholaemus sagittatus, native to Australia.

spectacled cormorant
An extinct species of cormorant, Phalacrocorax perspicillatus, that once lived on Bering Island.

spectacled flowerpecker
A species of flowerpecker, Dicaeum dayakorum, native to the rainforests of Borneo.

spectacled prickletail
The bird Siptornis striaticollis.

spectacled warbler
A species of warbler (Curruca conspicillata).

speirops
A bird of any of the species Zosterops brunneus, Zosterops leucophoeus, Zosterops lugubris, or Zosterops melanocephalus, native to the islands of the Gulf of Guinea and a mountain in Cameroon.

spellweaver
A spellcaster.

spellweavers
plural of spellweaver

spice finch
Scaly-breasted munia

spina
A spine; the backbone.
One of the quills of a spinet.
A barrier dividing the Ancient Roman hippodrome longitudinally.

spinae
plural of spina

spindalis
Any of various passerine species of birds of the genus Spindalis, of Caribbean distribution.

spindalises
plural of spindalis

spine-tailed swift
Synonym of white-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus).

spinifex pigeon
Geophaps plumifera, native to Australia.

spinifexbird
A species of locustellid grassbird, Poodytes carteri, endemic to spinifex grasslands of outback Australia.

spinifexbirds
plural of spinifexbird

spiny-cheeked honeyeater
A honeyeater, Acanthagenys rufogularis, of mainland Australia.

splendid fairywren
Any of species Malurus splendens of fairywrens, of outback Australia.

spokesbirds
plural of spokesbird

spoonbill
Any of various large, long-legged wading birds of the genus Platalea, in the ibis family Threskiornithidae, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill.
A species of fish, Polyodon spathula, native to the river basins of Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri, or its extinct close relatives.

spoonbills
plural of spoonbill

spot-backed antshrike
a passerine bird of the antbird family, Hypoedaleus guttatus.

spot-billed pelican
Pelecanus philippensis (grey pelican)

spot-breasted lapwing
Vanellus melanocephalus, a species of bird native to Ethiopia.

spot-throat
A bird of species Modulatrix stictigula, found in Africa.

spot-winged antshrike
a passerine bird of the antbird family (Pygiptila stellaris, syn Thamnophilus stellaris).

spotless crake
An unspotted crake, of species Zapornia tabuensis, of Southeast Asia, Australasia, and various Pacific islands, formerly Porzana tabuensis.

spotless starling
Sturnus unicolor, a passerine bird in the starling family Sturnidae.

spotted bowerbird
A bowerbird widely distributed across inland Queensland and New South Wales, Chlamydera maculata

spotted crake
A water bird of species Porzana porzana, breeding in the marshes and sedge beds across temperate Europe into western Asia, wintering in eastern Africa and south Asia.

spotted creeper
Any passerine bird of the genus Salpornis.

spotted eagle-owl
An eagle-owl of species Bubo africanus, one of the smallest eagle-owls, found in Africa.

spotted flycatcher
A small passerine bird found in Europe, Asia, and Africa, Muscicapa striata.

spotted nothura
A tinamou, Nothura maculosa.

spotted nutcracker
Nucifraga caryocatactes, a passerine bird slightly larger than the Eurasian jay.

spotted owl
A North American owl of the species Strix occidentalis.

spotted owlet
A small Asian owl of the species Athene brama.

spotted pardalote
Pardalotus punctatus, a very small Australian bird.

spotted redshank
Tringa erythropus, a species of wader.

spotted sandpiper
Actitis macularius, a small wading bird.

spotted sandpipers
plural of spotted sandpiper

spotted whistling duck
A species of whistling duck, Dendrocygna guttata (family Anatidae), of the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, and northern Australia.

sprosser
Synonym of thrush nightingale.

sprossers
plural of sprosser