hawk-owls
plural of hawk-owl

hawkmoth
Alternative form of hawk moth.

hawkmoths
plural of hawkmoth

hawks
plural of hawk

hazel grouse
A bird in the grouse family, Tetrastes bonasia, native to most of temperate-cool Eurasia.

heavy-footed moa
A large extinct species of moa, Pachyornis elephantopus.

hedge sparrow
Former name for the bird Prunella modularis, the dunnock.

heleia
Any of various birds in genus Heleia, of Indonesia and the Philippines.

helldivers
plural of helldiver

helmet vanga
A vanga of species Euryceros prevostii, mainly blue-black, with rufous wings and a huge arched blue bill, found in parts of northeastern Madagascar.

helmeted friarbird
A species of friarbird, Philemon buceroides, of eastern Indonesia, New Guinea, and northern Australia.

helmeted guineafowl
A game bird in the guinea fowl family, Numida meleagris

hemimelias
plural of hemimelia

hemispingus
Any species of bird in (former?) genus Hemispingus

hen harrier
A bird of prey, Circus cyaneus, which breeds in the northern parts of Eurasia.

hepatic tanager
A bird native to the Americas, Piranga flava

heremit
A hermit; an eremite.

heremite
A hermit; an eremite.

hermit
A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.
A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.
A hermit crab.
Any in the subfamily Phaethornithinae of hummingbirds.

hermit thrush
A species of solitary thrush native to North America (Catharus guttatus).

hermit warbler
A small passerine, Setophaga occidentalis.

hermits
plural of hermit

heron
Any long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.

herons
plural of heron

herring gull
Any of a group of large seagulls in the Larus genus.
Any of a group of large seagulls in the Larus genus.

heterochylia
The irregular production (both overproduction and underproduction) of gastric juices in any part of the digestive tract.

heterophasia
A form of aphasia characterized by habitual substitution of meaningless or inappropriate words for those intended.

highland tinamou
A tinamou, Nothocercus bonapartei.

hill myna
Any member of the species of genus Gracula, of south Asia.

hill partridge
Any partridge of the genus Arborophila, of which numerous species inhabit Southern Asia and the East Indies.

hill pigeon
Columba rupestris, a species of pigeon widely spread throughout northern Asia.

hoactzin
Alternative form of hoatzin.

hoactzins
plural of hoactzin

hoary redpoll
A passerine bird of species Acanthis hornemanni.

hoatzin
A bird of the species Opisthocomus hoazin of the order Opisthocomiformes, with claws on the wing fingers of the juvenile and an enlarged crop used as a rumen.

hoatzins
plural of hoatzin

hoazin
Alternative form of hoatzin.

hoazins
plural of hoazin

hobbies
plural of hobby

hobby
An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the Irish Hobby.
Synonym of hobby horse (“a favorite topic”).

honey buzzard
Any of certain birds of prey in family Accipitridae
Any of certain birds of prey in family Accipitridae
Any of certain birds of prey in family Accipitridae
Any of certain birds of prey in family Accipitridae
Any of certain birds of prey in family Accipitridae

honeycreeper
Any of various nectar-feeding birds of the tanager family, belonging to the genera Cyanerpes, Chlorophanes, and Iridophanes.
Any of the Hawaiian honeycreepers, passerine songbirds of Hawaii.

honeycreepers
plural of honeycreeper

honeyeater
Any of the many Australasian birds of the family Meliphagidae, which have a tongue adapted for obtaining nectar from flowers.

honeyeaters
plural of honeyeater

honeyguide
Any of several brood-parasitic Old World tropical birds, of the family Indicatoridae, that primarily feed on wax, especially beeswax.

honeyguides
plural of honeyguide

hooded crane
Grus monacha, a bird of the crane (Gruidae) family, native to East Asia

hooded crow
A grey and black Eurasian crow, Corvus cornix.

hooded merganser
A species of fish-eating duck, Lophodytes cucullatus.

hooded oriole
Icterus cucullatus, a medium-sized New World oriole.

hooded parrot
A species of Australian parrot, Psephotus dissimilis, endemic to the northern parts of the Northern Territory, males of which have a black cap.

hooded tinamou
A tinamou, Nothocercus nigrocapillus.

hoopoe
Any Old World bird of genus Upupa, especially Upupa epops (Eurasian hoopoe), known for its distinctive plumage, fanlike crest, and slender bill.

hoopoe-lark
Any bird in the genus Alaemon, found across northern Africa to Somalia and Pakistan.

hoopoes
plural of hoopoe

hoopoo
Archaic form of hoopoe.

hoopoop
Obsolete form of hoopoe.

hoopoos
plural of hoopoo

hornbill
Any of various birds of the family Bucerotidae, with bills resembling a cow's horns. Many species have a casque above the bill, and many imprison their young in a tree.

hornbills
plural of hornbill

horned coot
A bird of species Fulica cornuta

horned grebe
A type of grebe native to the Northern Hemisphere, Podiceps auritus, that has tufts of feathers during the breeding season positioned like horns on the sides of the head.

horned lark
A lark, Eremophila alpestris, with distinctive facial markings.

horned larks
plural of horned lark

horned owls
plural of horned owl

horned puffin
A species of puffin, Fratercula corniculata, similar in appearance to the Atlantic puffin except with different bill colours and a significant fleshy "horn" above each eye.

horned screamer
Anhima cornuta, a South American bird, member of the family Anhimidae, with black upper parts, head and breast and white speckles on the crown, throat and wing coverts.

horned sungem
Heliactin bilophus, a hummingbird of Bolivia, Brazil, and Suriname.

hornero
Any of several species of passerine birds in the genus Furnarius, native to South America.

horneros
plural of hornero

houbara
a houbara bustard

houbara bustard
Chlamydotis undulata, a bustard, chiefly of North Africa and south-east Asia.

houbaras
plural of houbara

houlets
plural of houlet

house finch
A passerine bird of species Haemorhous mexicanus, in the family Fringillidae.

house martin
A migratory passerine bird of the swallow family, genus Delichon
A migratory passerine bird of the swallow family, genus Delichon

house sparrow
A bird of the species Passer domesticus, native to much of Eurasia, introduced in many other temperate environments.

house wren
Troglodytes aedon, a very small songbird of the wren family.

huia
A wattlebird (†Heteralocha acutirostris), endemic to New Zealand's North Island but extinct since the early twentieth century.

huias
plural of huia

hummingbird
Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.

hummingbirds
plural of hummingbird

hwamei
Either of two passerine birds of the genus Garrulax, family Leiothrichidae, of mainland China and Taiwan.

hwameis
plural of hwamei

hyacinth macaw
A large, blue parrot, Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus, native to central and eastern South America.

hylia
Any bird in the family Hyliidae.

hylias
plural of hylia

hyliota
Any of several species of passerine birds in the genus Hyliota, found in Africa.

hyliotas
plural of hyliota

hylocitrea
Any bird of the species Hylocitrea bonensis.

hylocitreas
plural of hylocitrea

hypocolius
The grey hypocolius (Hypocolius ampelinus), the sole member of the family Hypocoliidae.

hypocoliuses
plural of hypocolius

hyposterna
plural of hyposternum

ibes
plural of ibis

ibides
plural of ibis

ibis
Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.

ibisbill
Ibidorhyncha struthersii, a species of wading bird inhabiting the shingle riverbanks of the high plateau of Central Asia and the Himalayas.

ibisbills
plural of ibisbill

ibises
plural of ibis