fairy flycatcher
A small passerine bird of the order Stenostiridae.
The stenostirid bird, Stenostira scita, of southern Africa.

fairy flycatchers
plural of fairy flycatcher

fairy gerygone
A species of acanthizid passerine, Gerygone palpebrosa, of tropical northeastern Australia and New Guinea.

fairy lorikeet
A species of small, green and red, lorikeet, Charmosynopsis pulchella, of montane regions of New Guinea.

fairy martin
Petrochelidon ariel, an Australian bird of the swallow family.

fairy penguin
The little penguin, Eudyptula minor.

fairy pitta
A species of pitta, Pitta nympha, breeding in eastern China, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan and wintering in Southeast Asia.

fairy prion
Any of species Pachyptila turtur of small grey seabirds, of the Southern Ocean.

fairy tern
A small tern, Sternula nereis, which is native to the southwestern Pacific.
Synonym of white tern.

fairy warbler
fairy gerygone.

fairy-bluebirds
plural of fairy-bluebird

fairywren
Any of the small passerine birds of the genera Malurus, Chenorhamphus, Clytomyias, and Sipodotus.

fairywrens
plural of fairywren

falcated duck
A palearctic dabbling duck of species Anas falcata.

falcated teal
Synonym of falcated duck.

falcon
Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
Any bird of prey of the subfamilies Falconinae and Herpetotherinae.
A female such bird, a male being a tiercel.
A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century.

falconiforms
plural of falconiform

falcons
plural of falcon

fan-tailed warbler
A parulid warbler, Basileuterus lachrymosus, of Central America.
Synonym of zitting cisticola.

fantails
plural of fantail

fasciated antshrike
A passerine bird of the antbird family, in species Cymbilaimus lineatus (formerly Lanius lineatus).

fasciated wren
Campylorhynchus fasciatus, a species of wren native to Ecuador and Peru.

fatarses
plural of fatarse

faulcon
Obsolete form of falcon.

faulcons
plural of faulcon

felfare
Obsolete form of fieldfare.

felfares
plural of felfare

fellfare
Obsolete form of fieldfare.

fellfares
plural of fellfare

feltyfare
The fieldfare.

feral pigeon
A variety of rock pigeon, Columba livia domestica, that has reverted to the wild and adapted itself to living in urban or rural areas.

fernbird
Megalurus punctatus, an insectivorous bird native to New Zealand.

fernbirds
plural of fernbird

fernwren
A bird of the species Oreoscopus gutturalis, native to Queensland, Australia.

fernwrens
plural of fernwren

ferruginous duck
Aythya nyroca, a medium-sized diving duck from Eurasia

ferruginous hawk
Buteo regalis, a large bird of prey. It is not a true hawk like sparrowhawks or goshawks, but rather belongs to the broad-tailed buteo hawks, known as "buzzards" in Europe

fieldfare
A large thrush, Turdus pilaris, a bird of Eurasia.

fieldfares
plural of fieldfare

fiery minivet
The bird Pericrocotus igneus.

fiery-tailed awlbill
Avocettula recurvirostris, a hummingbird.

figbird
Any of several frugivorous birds, of the genus Sphecotheres, from Australia.

figbirds
plural of figbird

fightwite
In Medieval Britain, a fine imposed on someone for disturbing the peace with a fight or quarrel.

finch
Any Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).
Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.
Any bird of other families of similar appearance to members of family Fringillidae.

finches
plural of finch

finfoots
plural of finfoot

fire-capped tit
Cephalopyrus flammiceps, a small bird of the tit family Paridae

fire-eyed diucon
A species of tyrant flycatcher, Xolmis pyrope, found in southwest South America, having bright red irides.

fire-fronted bishop
Euplectes diadematus, a black and yellow species of weaverbird with a red-orange forehead found in Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.

firecrest
A very small passerine bird, Regulus ignicapilla, that breeds in Eurasia.

firecrests
plural of firecrest

firefinch
Any of several species of finch in the genus Lagonosticta, found across sub-Saharan Africa.

firefinches
plural of firefinch

firethroat
A bird of the species Calliope pectarden, native to western and central China.

firethroats
plural of firethroat

firewood-gatherer
A species of birds, Anumbius annumbi.

fisci
plural of fiscus

fiscus
A government treasury.

fish crow
Corvus ossifragus, a wetland crow of the eastern and southeastern United States that feeds largely on fish.

fish eagles
plural of fish eagle

fish hawk
Alternative spelling of fishhawk: the osprey.

flamecrest
A bird of the species Regulus goodfellowi, native to the mountains of Taiwan.

flamecrests
plural of flamecrest

flamingo
A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.
A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.

flamingoes
plural of flamingo

flamingos
plural of flamingo

flammulated owl
Psiloscops flammeolus, a small nocturnal American owl with flame-like markings on the face.

flickers
plural of flicker

flightless cormorant
A species of cormorant, Phalacrocorax harrisi, endemic to the Galápagos Islands.

flindosy
Synonym of crow's ash.

flitwite
In Saxon and old English law, a fine imposed for fighting or quarrelling.

flowerpeckers
plural of flowerpecker

flowerpiercer
Any of the tropical birds in the genus Diglossa, found in Central and South America.

flowerpiercers
plural of flowerpiercer

fluffy-backed tit-babbler
A bird found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand (Macronus ptilosus.).

flycatcher
Any of many kinds of birds of the family Muscicapidae, of Africa, Europe, and Asia, that catch insects in flight; an Old World flycatcher.
Any of many kinds of similar birds of various families, such as Tyrannidae (the New World flycatchers of the Americas), Tityridae, Stenostiridae, Monarchidae, Petroicidae, etc.
A device for catching flies.

flycatchers
plural of flycatcher

flyhawks
plural of flyhawk

forest batis
Batis mixta, a species of perching bird.

forest falcon
Any of the small New World falcons of the genus Micrastur.

forest robin
Stiphrornis erythrothorax, a species of Old World flycatcher.

fork-tailed flycatcher
A bird, Tyrannus savana

fowl
A bird hunted or kept for food, grouped into landfowl (order Galliformes), also called gamefowl, and waterfowl (order Anseriformes: ducks, geese, swans, etc.), which together form the clade Galloanserae.
Any bird.

fowls
plural of fowl

fox kestrel
A bird of prey, of species Falco alopex, native to sub-Saharan Africa.

fox sparrow
Passerella iliaca, a large American sparrow, sometimes split into four species in Passerella.

fox sparrows
plural of fox sparrow

francolin
Any of various terrestrial birds of several genera in family Phasianidae, principally in tribe Gallini.

francolins
plural of francolin

freckled duck
A moderately large, broad-bodied duck, Stictonetta naevosa, native to southern Australia.

freedivers
plural of freediver

freemartins
plural of freemartin

frigate birds
plural of frigate bird

frigatebird
Any of five species of bird in the genus Fregata, the only genus in the family Fregatidae.

frigatebirds
plural of frigatebird

frogmouths
plural of frogmouth

fruit dove
Any bird of the genus Ptilinopus, in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae.

fruit-doves
plural of fruit-dove

fruithunter
A bird of the species Chlamydochaera jefferyi, native to Borneo.

fruithunters
plural of fruithunter

fugie
A cock that will not fight.
A fugitive; a runaway.

fulmar
Either of two species of pelagic seabird in the genus Fulmarus, Fulmarus glacialis and F. glacialoides, which breed on cliffs.

fulmars
plural of fulmar

fulvetta
Any of certain birds belonging to the genera Alcippe (Alcippe fulvettas), Fulvetta (typical fulvettas), Schoeniparus (pellorneid fulvettas), and Lioparus (golden-breasted fulvetta)

fulvettas
plural of fulvetta