laughing kookaburra
A kookaburra of species Dacelo novaeguineae, native to eastern Australia and famed for its loud laugh-like call.

laughing owl
An owl (Sceloglaux albifacies) of New Zealand, now probably extinct, named for its cry.

laughing thrushes
plural of laughing thrush

laverock
lark (bird).

laverocks
plural of laverock

lavrock
Alternative form of laverock.

lavrocks
plural of lavrock

leaden flycatcher
Myiagra rubecula, a passerine bird in the family Monarchidae.

leaf warbler
Any of numerous small insectivorous passerine birds of the genus Phylloscopus.

leaf warblers
plural of leaf warbler

leafbirds
plural of leafbird

leaflove
Any of several songbirds of certain genera in family Pycnonotidae, the bulbul family.

leafloves
plural of leaflove

least auklet
Aethia pusilla, a small auk.

least auklets
plural of least auklet

least bittern
Ixobrychus exilis, a small heron found in the Americas.

least bitterns
plural of least bittern

least boobook
A small species of boobook owl, Ninox sumbaensis, of Sumba Island in the Lesser Sundas.

least flycatcher
A small insect-eating passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, and the smallest member of the genus Empidonax, native to North America.

least sandpiper
Calidris minutilla, a small shorebird.

least tern
Sternula antillarum, a small tern that breeds in North America and locally in northern South America.

lecus
A corm.

leiothrix
Either of two babblers of the genus Leiothrix within the family Leiothrichidae.

leiothrixes
plural of leiothrix

leipoa
A mallee fowl (genus Leipoa).

leipoas
plural of leipoa

lemon-bellied flycatcher
A small passerine bird of species Microeca flavigaster, family Petroicidae, of northern Australia and New Guinea.

lemon-bellied flyrobin
Synonym of lemon-bellied flycatcher.

lesser adjutant
Leptoptilos javanicus, a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.

lesser black-backed gull
A seabird and member of the gull family, Larus fuscus.

lesser crested tern
Thalasseus bengalensis, syn. Sterna bengalensis, a seabird of the tern family.

lesser cuckoo
Any of species Cuculus poliocephalus, found from the Congo to Japan.

lesser flamingo
An Old World species of flamingo, Phoeniconaias minor, syn. Phoenicopterus minor, found principally in the Great Rift Valley of Africa, smaller than flamingos of the other Old World species.

lesser goldfinch
Spinus psaltria, a very small songbird of the Americas.

lesser green leafbird
A species of bird in the family Chloropseidae.

lesser grey shrike
Lanius minor, a member of the shrike family Laniidae.

lesser jacana
Microparra capensis, a wader in the family Jacanidae.

lesser kestrel
A small falcon, Falco naumanni.

lesser nothura
A tinamou, Nothura minor.

lesser prairie chicken
A bird of the grouse family (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), slightly smaller and paler than its near relative the greater prairie chicken.

lesser redpoll
A bird of the subspecies Acanthis flammea cabaret or species Acanthis cabaret.

lesser rhea
A species of large flightless bird, Rhea pennata, found in South America.

lesser roadrunner
A bird native to Central America, Geococcyx velox.

lesser sandplover
A species of migratory plover, Charadrius mongolus, of the Old World.

lesser scaup
A scaup of the species Aythya affinis.

lesser spotted eagle
Clanga pomarina, a large Eastern European bird of prey.

lesser spotted woodpecker
Any of species Dryobates minor of woodpeckers, principally of cooler regions of Eurasia.

lesser whistling duck
Dendrocygna javanica, a whistling duck that breeds in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

lesser white-fronted goose
Anser erythropus, a goose closely related to the larger white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)

lesser whitethroat
Curruca curruca (syn. Sylvia curruca), an Old World warbler.

lesser yellowlegs
A shorebird of North America characterized by its yellow legs (Tringa flavipes).

leucorrheas
plural of leucorrhea

leukorrheas
plural of leukorrhea

leverock
Alternative form of laverock.

leverocks
plural of leverock

lilac-breasted roller
An African bird of species Coracias caudatus.

limpkin
A large bird, Aramus guarauna, found in marshes in the Caribbean, Central America and southern Florida.

limpkins
plural of limpkin

lined antshrike
a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus palliatus

linnet
A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.
A house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), of North America.

linnets
plural of linnet

lintie
A linnet.

linties
plural of lintie

liocichla
A bird of the genus Liocichla, native to China, Southeast Asia and India.

liocichlas
plural of liocichla

little auk
A dovekie, a bird of the species Alle alle.

little bittern
A bittern of the genus Ixobrychus.
A bittern of the genus Ixobrychus.

little black cormorant
A common species of cormorant, Phalacrocorax sulcirostris, of Indonesia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Australia and New Zealand.

little bronze cuckoo
A species of cuckoo, Chrysococcyx minutillus, of Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia.

little bunting
Emberiza pusilla, a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.

little bustard
Tetrax tetrax, a migratory bird of the family Otididae (bustards) found in parts of Europe and Central Asia

little corella
A white cockatoo, Cacatua sanguinea, native to Australia and southern New Guinea.

little egret
A species of egret, Egretta garzetta, family Ardeidae, widely distributed throughout the Old World, the Caribbean, and Eastern North America.

little friarbird
A species of friarbird, Philemon citreogularis, of Australia and New Guinea.

little grebe
A small freshwater bird of Europe (Tachybaptus ruficollis).

little green bee-eater
Synonym of green bee-eater.

little gull
A small migratory gull, Larus minutus, from Northern Europe and Asia.

little lorikeet
A small parrot, Glossopsitta pusilla, mainly green with a red face, and native to Australia.

little minivet
The bird Pericrocotus lansbergei.

little owl
A species of small European owl, Athene noctua.

little penguin
The smallest species of penguin, Eudyptula minor, found in New Zealand, southern Australia, and the Chatham Islands.

little raven
A species of raven, Corvus mellori, endemic to Australia.

little ringed plover
A small plover, Charadrius dubius

little spiderhunter
Arachnothera longirostra, a long-billed nectar-feeding bird in the Nectariniidae family, found in South and Southeast Asia.

little spotted kiwi
A kiwi of species Apteryx owenii.

little stint
A type of sandpiper, (Calidris minuta)

little tern
The seabird Sternula albifrons.

little tinamou
A tinamou, Crypturellus soui.

locustella
A bird, the European cricket warbler.

locustellas
plural of locustella

locustelle
Alternative form of locustella.

locustelles
plural of locustelle

locustfinch
A bird of species Paludipasser locustella, the only species of genus Paludipasser, native to south-eastern Africa.

locustfinches
plural of locustfinch

loggerhead kingbird
Tyrannus caudifasciatus

loggerhead shrike
A species of shrike native to North America, Lanius ludovicianus.

logrunner
Any of several Australian songbirds of the genus Orthonyx.

logrunners
plural of logrunner

long-billed dowitcher
a long-legged and long-billed migratory wading bird, Limnodromus scolopaceus

long-eared owl
Asio otus, a species of owl which breeds in Europe, Asia, and North America. Long eared owls are partially migratory, moving south in winter from the northern parts of their range.

long-legged buzzard
Buteo rufinus, a bird of prey in the Buteo genus, resident or breeding from North Africa to central Asia.

long-tailed duck
An Arctic sea bird (Clangula hyemalis).

long-tailed hawk
A species of hawk, Urotriorchis macrourus

long-tailed jaeger
An Arctic seabird of the skua family, Stercorarius longicaudus.