cahows
plural of cahow

calandra lark
Any bird in the genus Melanocorypha, but especially in the species Melanocorypha calandra of the Mediterranean region and central Asia.

calliaphone
Synonym of calliope.

calliaphones
plural of calliaphone

calliope
A musical organ, consisting of steam whistles played with a keyboard. Often used with merry-go-rounds.

calliopes
plural of calliope

calliophone
Alternative form of calliaphone.

calliophones
plural of calliophone

camaroptera
Any of several passerine birds in the genus Camaroptera.

camaropteras
plural of camaroptera

canaries
plural of canary

canary
A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.
A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.
An informer or snitch; a squealer.
A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.
A (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (nembutal).
A yellow sticker applied by the police to a vehicle to indicate it is unroadworthy.
Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)
A value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow, allowing the program to identify and recover from it.
A change that is tested by being rolled out first to a subset of machines or users before rolling out to all.
A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.
A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
A sovereign (coin).
A previously-issued ticket, retained by a ticket-seller, conductor or driver and resold to a subsequent passenger as a means of defrauding the transport company.

canebrake groundcreeper
Clibanornis dendrocolaptoides, a bird of South America.

canvasback
A North American wild duck, Aythya valisineria, popular as a game bird.

canvasbacks
plural of canvasback

canyon wren
Catherpes mexicanus, a small North American songbird of the wren family.

capercaillie
A large, black grouse of the genus Tetrao in the bird family Phasianidae, especially the western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus.

capercaillies
plural of capercaillie

capercailye
Alternative form of capercaillie.

capercailyes
plural of capercailye

capercailzie
Alternative form of capercaillie.

capercailzies
plural of capercailzie

capercallies
plural of capercally

capercally
Alternative form of capercaillie.

capuchinbird
A bird of the species Perissocephalus tricolor, native to northeastern South America.

capuchinbirds
plural of capuchinbird

caracara
Any of several South American and Central American birds of prey in the subfamily Caracarinae.

caracaras
plural of caracara

carancha
Synonym of caracara.

caranchas
plural of carancha

carbo
carbohydrate

carbos
plural of carbo

cariama
Alternative form of seriema.

cariamas
plural of cariama

carine
A keel.

carines
plural of carine

carrion crow
The common European black crow Corvus corone.
The American black vulture Coragyps atratus.

casiornis
Any of the tropical birds in the genus Casiornis, found in Central and South America.

cassowaries
plural of cassowary

cassowary
Any large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius that is native to Australia and New Guinea, has a characteristic bony crest on its head, and can be very dangerous.

castrel
Obsolete form of kestrel.

castrels
plural of castrel

catamenia
The female menstrual discharge.

catbird
An American passerine bird of the genera Dumetella and Melanoptila.
Any of four species of Australasian bowerbirds of the genera Ailuroedus and Scenopoeetes.
A babbler-like bird from eastern Africa, Parophasma galinieri.

catbirds
plural of catbird

cattle egret
A small egret, Bubulcus ibis, of the heron family (Ardeidae)

cattle egrets
plural of cattle egret

cave swallow
A medium-sized, squarish-tailed swallow (Petrochelidon fulva).

cave swiftlet
The swiftlet Collocalia linchi.

cedar waxwing
A medium-sized passerine bird native to North and Central America (Bombycilla cedrorum).

cedarbirds
plural of cedarbird

chachalaca
Any of several cracid birds, of the genus Ortalis, limited to the Americas, that resemble the guans.

chachalacas
plural of chachalaca

chaffie
A chaffinch.

chaffies
plural of chaffie

chaffinch
A small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family, found throughout Europe and eastward to Iran and eastern Mediterranean coastlands.

chaffinches
plural of chaffinch

chaja
A South American bird, the crested screamer (Chauna torquata), which can be used as guard animals.

chajas
plural of chaja

chakor
Alternative form of chukar.

chakore
Alternative form of chukar.

chakores
plural of chakore

chakors
plural of chakor

chancellories
plural of chancellory

changeable hawk-eagle
A bird of prey of species Nisaetus cirrhatus

channel-billed cuckoo
A large, grey cuckoo, Scythrops novaehollandiae, of Indonesia, New Guinea and northeastern Australia,

channelbill
Synonym of channel-billed cuckoo.

channelbills
plural of channelbill

chat-tanagers
plural of chat-tanager

chats
plural of chat

chatshrike
Synonym of white-tailed shrike (“Lanioturdus torquatus”).

chatshrikes
plural of chatshrike

chattering lory
Lorius garrulus, a forest-dwelling parrot endemic to North Maluku, Indonesia.

cheer pheasant
A species of pheasant, Catreus wallichii, of the western Himalayas.

chelidon
Synonym of elbow pit.

chelidons
plural of chelidon

chestnut munia
Lonchura atricapilla, a bird of the passerine family Estrildidae, of southern and eastern Asia.

chestnut rail
A bird from the family Rallidae, Eulabeornis castaneoventris.

chestnut teal
Anas castanea, a dabbling duck found in southern Australia.

chestnut-backed antshrike
A passerine bird of the antbird family (Thamnophilus palliatus, syn. Lanius palliatus)

chestnut-backed chickadee
A small bird of species Poecile rufescens, in the tit family (Paridae).

chestnut-bellied tit
Sittiparus castaneoventris, a small bird of the tit family Paridae

chestnut-breasted mannikin
A species of mannikin (estrildid finch), Lonchura castaneothorax, of Australia, New Guinea, and New Caledonia.

chestnut-eared bunting
Emberiza fucata, a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.

chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk
A bird, Accipiter castanilius, found in the forests of Lower Guinea

chestnut-naped antpitta
A bird, Grallaria nuchalis ruficeps

chestnut-tailed starling
A bird, Sturnia malabarica

chewit
the lapwing.

chewits
plural of chewit

chicadee
Alternative form of chickadee.

chicadees
plural of chicadee

chichore
Obsolete form of chukar.

chickadee
A small passerine bird (songbird) of the genus Parus or the family Paridae.
Affectionate term of address.

chickadees
plural of chickadee

chicken
A domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus).
The meat from this bird eaten as food.
The young of any bird; a chick.
A coward.
A young or inexperienced person.
A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
The game of dare.
The game of dare.
A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.
A kilogram of cocaine.
A small pewter pot used in a tavern.

chicken hawk
Alternative form of chickenhawk.

chickenhouse
Synonym of chicken coop.

chickenhouses
plural of chickenhouse

chickens
plural of chicken

chickenwire
Alternative form of chicken wire.

chickies
plural of chickie

chickore
Archaic form of chukar.

chickores
plural of chickore

chicky
Chicken.
Chick (young bird).

chiffchaff
A small, common warbler, of species Phylloscopus collybita, with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia.
Any of several other species of the same genus.

chiffchaffs
plural of chiffchaff

chikhor
Alternative form of chukar.

chikhors
plural of chikhor

chikkor
Alternative form of chukar.

chikor
Alternative form of chukar.