bar-crested antshrike
A passerine bird of species Thamnophilus multistriatus, in the antbird family.

bar-shouldered dove
A pigeon of species Geopelia humeralis, of Australia and New Guinea.

bar-tailed godwit
A wader, of species Limosa lapponica, a type of godwit, of the Scolopacidae family

bar-winged rail
An extinct bird, of species †Nesoclopeus poecilopterus, that was endemic to Fiji.

barbet
Any of numerous arboreal birds of the families Capitonidae, Lybiidae, and Megalaimidae, within the order Piciformes.
A dog of a small-bodied breed with long curly hair.

barbets
plural of barbet

bare-legged owl
Margarobyas lawrencii, a species of owl endemic to Cuba.

bare-throated bellbird
A species of bird found in moist subtropical and tropical forests in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, Procnias nudicollis.

bargander
Synonym of shelduck.

barganders
plural of bargander

barn owl
An owl of the species Tyto alba, often having a white face and commonly found in barns and other farm buildings.

barn owls
plural of barn owl

barn swallow
Hirundo rustica, the most widespread species of swallow in the world; a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings, is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.

barn swallows
plural of barn swallow

barnacle goose
A black and white species of bird within the family Anatidae from the northern hemisphere, Branta leucopsis.

barred antshrike
A passerine bird of the antbird family, of species Thamnophilus doliatus.

barred owl
A large American owl (Strix varia) with dark brown transverse bars on the breast.

barred tinamou
A tinamou, Crypturellus casiquiare.

barred warbler
Sylvia nisoria, an Old World warbler.

basilinna
The wife of the archon basileus in her ceremonial capacity, which included taking part in a sacred ritual marriage to the god Dionysus.

bat hawk
A slender, long-winged raptor of species Macheiramphus alcinus, found in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia to New Guinea, and having a diet of mainly bats.

bataleur
Alternative form of bateleur (“kind of eagle”).

bataleurs
plural of bataleur

bateleur
A species of eagle, Terathopius ecaudatus, endemic to Africa and Arabia.

bateleurs
plural of bateleur

batis
Any of several passerine birds in the genus Batis, related to wattle-eyes.
Any of the genus Batis of saltworts.

batises
plural of batis

bay owl
Any of the genus Phodilus of small owls.
Any of the genus Phodilus of small owls.

baywing
Any of the genus Agelaioides of South American birds.

baywings
plural of baywing

baza
Any of three species of small, crested hawks in the genus Aviceda.

bazas
plural of baza

beach stone-curlew
A species of stone-curlew, Esacus magnirostris, of Southeast Asia, Australasia and the western Pacific.

beach thick-knee
Synonym of beach stone-curlew.

beambirds
plural of beambird

bearded mountaineer
Oreonympha nobilis, a hummingbird in the family Trochilidae, found only in Peru.

bearded reedling
Synonym of bearded tit.

bearded tit
A small passerine bird, Panurus biarmicus.

bearded vulture
a long-winged vulture, Gypaetus barbatus, found in southern Europe, Africa and India.

beautiful fruit dove
A frugivorous dove of the species Ptilinopus pulchellus, also known as the rose-fronted pigeon or crimson-capped fruit dove (leading to easy confusion with the crimson-crowned fruit dove): small, approximately 19 cm (7½ in) long, mainly green fruit dove.

becards
plural of becard

bedrails
plural of bedrail

bee hummingbird
A species of hummingbird, Mellisuga helenae, native to Cuba, noted for being the smallest living bird.

bee-eater
Any of various brightly-coloured, insectivorous, near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae, especially the European bee-eater, Merops apiaster.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bee, eater.

bee-eaters
plural of bee-eater

bell miner
A bellbird, a honeyeater of species Manorina melanophrys, endemic to southeastern Australia.

bellbird
Any of various birds with far-carrying bell-like calls, including the New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura), the crested bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis) and bell miner (Manorina melanophrys) of Australia, and the neotropical bellbirds (Procnias spp.) of the Americas.

bellbirds
plural of bellbird

belted kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon, a North American species of kingfisher.

berkut
Synonym of golden eagle.

berkuts
plural of berkut

berlinetta
An especially sporty form of coupé car.

berlinettas
plural of berlinetta

bernieria
A passerine bird, of species Bernieria madagascariensis, sole species of its genus.

beryl-spangled tanager
Tangara nigroviridis, a species of songbird found in the Andes mountains.

besra
A bird of prey of southern Asia, Accipiter virgatus.

besras
plural of besra

bias
Inclination towards something.
The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
A voltage or current applied to an electronic device, such as a transistor electrode, to move its operating point to a desired part of its transfer function.
The difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it.
In the games of crown green bowls and lawn bowls: a weight added to one side of a bowl so that as it rolls, it will follow a curved rather than a straight path; the oblique line followed by such a bowl; the lopsided shape or structure of such a bowl. In lawn bowls, the curved course is caused only by the shape of the bowl. The use of weights is prohibited.
A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.

biases
plural of bias

biasses
plural of bias

bibfinch
Madagascar mannikin (Lepidopygia nana).

bibfinches
plural of bibfinch

bidcock
Synonym of water rail.

bidcocks
plural of bidcock

bird
An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.
A chicken or turkey used as food.
A man, fellow.
A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
An aircraft.
A satellite.
Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer.
The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
A yardbird.
A kilogram of cocaine.
A penis.
Snowbird (retiree who moves to a warmer climate).

birdcliff
Alternative spelling of bird cliff.

birdcliffs
plural of birdcliff

birde
Obsolete spelling of bird.

birdes
plural of birde

birds
plural of bird

birds of paradise
plural of bird of paradise

birds-of-paradise
plural of bird-of-paradise

birdsnest
Alternative form of bird's nest.

birdsnests
plural of birdsnest

birdtable
Alternative form of bird table.

birdtables
plural of birdtable

bittern
Several bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae.

bitterns
plural of bittern

bittur
Obsolete form of bittern.

bitturs
plural of bittur

black and white warbler
A small North American bird, Mniotilta varia, that winters in Florida and Central America.

black antshrike
A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus nigriceps.

black butcherbird
A species of bird, Melloria quoyi, family Artamidae, of northern Australia and New Guinea.

black cicadabird
A species of cuckooshrike (Coracina melas), found in the Aru Islands and New Guinea.

black cockatoo
Any of various species of Australian cockatoo of the genera Calyptorhynchus and Zanda having mainly black plumage; sometimes also the great black cockatoo, Probosciger aterrimus.

black crake
A species of waterbird (Zapornia flavirostra)

black crowned crane
Balearica pavonina, a bird of the crane (Gruidae) family