grey parrot
An African parrot of Psittacus erithacus species.

grey partridge
A game bird in the pheasant family, Perdix perdix.
The grey francolin, Ortygornis pondicerianus.

grey phalarope
The phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius, having grey plumage during the winter. Compare red phalarope.

grey plover
A black-bellied plover.

grey shrikethrush
A medium-sized grey passerine bird, Colluricincla harmonica, found throughout Australia and New Guinea, especially in open woodlands.

grey teal
A species of dabbling duck, Anas gracilis, found in open wetlands in Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and Indonesia.

grey tinamou
A tinamou, Tinamus tao.

grey tit
Melaniparus afer, a small bird of the tit family Paridae

grey wagtail
A small passerine bird in the family Motacillidae (Motacilla cinerea).

grey warbler
Gerygone igata, an insectivorous bird in the family Acanthizidae, endemic to New Zealand temperate forests.

grey-backed fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides, a species of bird in the family Laniidae.

grey-capped greenfinch
A small passerine bird of species Chloris sinica, in the finch family Fringillidae, native to East Asia.

grey-chested babbler
An African bird of species Kakamega poliothorax.

grey-headed bunting
Synonym of chestnut-eared bunting.

grey-headed chickadee
Poecile cinctus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae

grey-headed woodpecker
Picus canus, a Eurasian member of the woodpecker family, greyer than other similar Eurasian woodpeckers.

grey-hooded attila
A bird native to Brazil, Attila rufus

grey-legged tinamou
A tinamou, Crypturellus duidae.

grey-necked bunting
Emberiza buchanani, a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.

grey-necked wood rail
Aramides cajanea, a bird from the family Rallidae.

grey-tailed tattler
A species of shorebird, Tringa brevipes, of east Asia, Australasia, and Beringia.

grey-throated rail
a bird from the family Rallidae, Canirallus oculeus.

grey-winged trumpeter
Psophia crepitans, a member of a small family of birds, the Psophiidae, which occur only in the Amazon basin in tropical South America.

greylag goose
Anser anser, a goose that breads in northern Eurasia and winters in semitropical Asia.

griffon vulture
A large Old World vulture, Gyps fulvus, native to mountainous areas from Iberia to Burma.

grisard
Synonym of great black-backed gull

grisards
plural of grisard

grosbeak
Any of several finches and cardinals that have a large, powerful bill

grosbeaks
plural of grosbeak

grossbeak
Archaic form of grosbeak.

grossbeaks
plural of grossbeak

ground babblers
plural of ground babbler

ground dove
Birds of family Columbidae that feed mainly on the ground.
Birds of family Columbidae that feed mainly on the ground.
Birds of family Columbidae that feed mainly on the ground.

ground hornbills
plural of ground hornbill

ground roller
Any of the Brachypteraciidae, a small family of non-migratory near-passerine birds restricted to Madagascar, and related to the kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers.

ground rollers
plural of ground roller

groundcreepers
plural of groundcreeper

grouse
Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles.
The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.

grouses
plural of grouse

grus
An accumulation of angular, coarse-grained fragments (particles of sand and gravel) resulting from the chemical and mechanical weathering of crystalline rocks.

gruses
plural of grus

guaiabero
A species of parrot (Bolbopsittacus lunulatus) endemic to the Philippines.

guaiaberos
plural of guaiabero

guan
Any (member) of several species of birds in the genera Aburria, Chamaepetes, Oreophasis, Penelope, Penelopina, and Pipile, of the family Cracidae, limited to the Americas.

guans
plural of guan

gubernatrix
A female governor.

guillemot
Any seabird belonging to the genera Uria and Cepphus of the auk family Alcidae. They have black and white bodies and are good at swimming and diving.

guillemots
plural of guillemot

guinea fowl
Any of several African birds of the family Numididae (6 species) resembling partridges.
The meat of this bird.

guineafowl
Alternative spelling of guinea fowl.

guineafowls
plural of guineafowl

gull
A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.
Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Cepora.

gull-billed tern
A medium-sized tern, Gelochelidon nilotica, family Laridae, with a thick stout black bill, found in marshy and coastal habitats throughout the temperate and tropic zones worldwide.

gulled
simple past and past participle of gull

gulling
present participle and gerund of gull

gullings
plural of gulling

gulls
plural of gull

gunhawks
plural of gunhawk

gyps
plural of gyp

gypsite
An earthy variety of gypsum.

gyr
Clipping of gyrfalcon.

gyr falcon
Alternative form of gyrfalcon.

gyrfalcon
Any large falcon, especially as used to fly at herons.
Falco rusticolus, a large bird of prey that breeds on Arctic coasts and islands of North America, Europe and Asia.

gyrfalcons
plural of gyrfalcon

gyrs
plural of gyr

hadada
Alternative form of hadeda.

hadada ibis
Bostrychia hagedash, an ibis found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

hadadas
plural of hadada

hairy woodpecker
A species of woodpecker, Leuconotopicus villosus

halcyon
A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.
A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.
A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.

halcyons
plural of halcyon

hamerkop
Alternative spelling of hammerkop.

hamerkops
plural of hamerkop

hammerkop
A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the family Scopidae and related to the herons.

hammerkops
plural of hammerkop

handsaw
A saw small enough to be used by one hand.

handsaws
plural of handsaw

hardhead
One who is practical or hardheaded.
A brown diving duck, Aythya australis, native to Australia.
Any of certain saltwater sciaenid (Sciaenidae) fishes.
Mylopharodon conocephalus of fresh waters in California.
Any of several weeds in or formerly classified in the genus Centaurea, especially Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens).
Residual ore that failed to melt during a smelting process.
Clash or collision of heads in contest.
A Scottish billon coin circulated in the reigns of Mary and James VI.

hardheads
plural of hardhead

harier
Archaic spelling of harrier (“a kind of hunting dog”).

hariers
plural of harier

harlequin duck
A North American wild duck, Histrionicus histrionicus.

harpy eagle
A neotropical eagle, Harpia harpyja.

harrier
One who harries.
Any of several birds of prey in the genus Circus of the subfamily Circinae which fly low over meadows and marshes and hunt small mammals or birds.
A runner, specifically, a cross country runner.
A kind of dog used to hunt hares; a harehound.

harriers
plural of harrier

hatrails
plural of hatrail

hawfinch
A large Eurasian finch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), with a thick bill.

hawfinches
plural of hawfinch

hawk
A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.
Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
An uncooperative or purely selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the prisoner's dilemma, a.k.a. the Hawk-Dove game.
Cold, sharp or biting wind.

hawk owl
The northern hawk owl, Surnia ulula.
Any owl in the genus Ninox, native to Australasia.

hawk-eagle
Any of several eagles of the family Accipitridae