black cuckoo-shrike
Alternative form of black cuckooshrike.

black cuckooshrike
An African black cuckooshrike (Campephaga flava), found across Southern Africa.
A New Guinea cuckooshrike (Coracina melas), found in the Aru Islands and New Guinea.

black curassow
A bird of species Crax alector.

black currawong
A type of currawong from Tasmania.

black drongo
Dicrurus macrocercus, a small Asian passerine bird of the family Dicruridae.

black francolin
A game bird in the francolin family (Francolinus francolinus, of south and southwestern Asia)

black geese
plural of black goose

black grouse
A large, black bird with a lyre-shaped tail, Lyrurus tetrix (syn. Tetrao tetrix).

black guillemot
A seabird, Cepphus grylle, of the auk family (Alcidae).

black ibis
Pseudibis papillosa, an ibis found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent.

black kite
A species of kite, Milvus migrans, widely distributed throughout the Old World.

black kites
plural of black kite

black oriole
Oriolus hosii, a species of oriole bird.

black partridge
A small partridge of Southeast Asia (Melanoperdix niger).

black pitohui
A perching bird of the species Melanorectes nigrescens, from New Guinea.

black redstart
A small passerine bird, Phoenicurus ochruros, from south and central Europe

black scoter
Melanitta americana, an arctic sea bird in the family Anatidae.

black skimmer
A bird (Rynchops niger) native to the Americas.

black stork
A large bird of species Ciconia nigra in the stork family Ciconiidae, wintering in tropical Africa, found in much of western Eurasia.

black swan
Cygnus atratus, a swan with black plumage and a red bill which is endemic to Australia.
Something believed impossible or not to exist, especially if an example is subsequently found; also, something extremely rare; a rara avis.
A rare and hard-to-predict event with major consequences.

black tern
A small seabird (Chlidonias niger), of the tern family (Sternidae)

black terns
plural of black tern

black tinamou
A tinamou, Tinamus osgoodi.

black turnstone
Any of species Arenaria melanocephala of birds of the Pacific coast of North America.

black vulture
An American vulture species, Coragyps atratus, with black plumage.
A north African and Eurasian vulture species, Aegypius monachus.

black vultures
plural of black vulture

black woodpecker
Any of species Dryocopus martius of woodpeckers (family Picidae).

black woodpeckers
plural of black woodpecker

black-and-yellow grosbeak
An Asian finch, Mycerobas icterioides

black-backed antshrike
a passerine bird of the antbird family, Sakesphorus melanonotus.

black-backed grosbeak
A small bird native to South America, Pheucticus aureoventris

black-backed gull
The greater black-backed gull or lesser black-backed gull.

black-backed water tyrant
Fluvicola albiventer, a species of tyrant flycatcher bird.

black-bellied plover
An Arctic bird, Pluvialis squatarola.

black-bellied sandgrouse
Pterocles orientalis, a bird in the sandgrouse family.

black-bellied wren
Pheugopedius fasciatoventris, a species of wren.

black-bibbed tit
Poecile hypermelaenus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae

black-billed capercaillie
A large black grouse endemic to Siberia, closely related to western capercaillie; Tetrao parvirostris.

black-billed flycatcher
A bird native to the Americas, Aphanotriccus audax

black-billed magpie
Pica hudsonia, a magpie native to North America.

black-browed albatross
Thalassarche melanophris, a large seabird in the albatross family.

black-browed barbet
Psilopogon oorti, a species of Asian barbet bird.

black-capped babbler
A bird of the species Pellorneum capistratum, Pellorneum nigrocapitatum or Pellorneum capistratoides; formerly considered one species.

black-capped chickadee
A small bird of species Poecile atricapillus, from the tit family Paridae

black-capped petrel
A species of petrel, Pterodroma hasitata, of Caribbean waters.

black-capped tinamou
A tinamou, Crypturellus atrocapillus.

black-chinned siskin
A species of South American finch, Spinus barbatus.

black-crested antshrike
A South American passerine bird in the antbird family, living in undergrowth in mangrove or other swampy forest and thickets near water, Sakesphorus canadensis.

black-crested titmouse
A bird of species Baeolophus atricristatus, of the tit family Paridae, found from Oklahoma to east-central Mexico.

black-crowned night heron
A medium-sized heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia.

black-faced bunting
Emberiza spodocephala, a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.

black-faced cormorant
A bird of southern Australia, Phalacrocorax fuscescens.

black-faced ibis
Theristicus melanopis, a South American bird in the family Threskiornithidae.

black-fronted dotterel
A small species of wader, Thinornis melanops, endemic to Australia and New Zealand.

black-headed bunting
Emberiza melanocephala, a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.

black-headed duck
A South American duck of freshwater habitats, Heteronetta atricapilla, known for laying its eggs in the nests of other ducks.

black-headed greenfinch
Chloris ambigua, a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae, native to southeast Asia.

black-headed gull
A small gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, which breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada.

black-headed parrot
Pionites melanocephalus, a small, stocky parrot with a black head, forehead, and nape.

black-headed saltator
Saltator atriceps, a species of tanager.

black-hooded antshrike
A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus bridgesi

black-legged kittiwake
A seabird species in the gull family Laridae, Rissa tridactyla.

black-naped oriole
A bird of species Oriolus chinensis, native to much of Asia.

black-necked crane
Grus nigricollis, a bird of the crane (Gruidae) family, native to Asia

black-necked grebe
A freshwater bird, Podiceps nigricollis, of the grebe family (Podicipedidae)

black-necked swan
The only South American species of swan, Cygnus melancoryphus.

black-tailed flycatcher
A South-American flycatcher, Myiobius atricaudus

black-tailed godwit
A wader, Limosa limosa, a type of godwit, of the Scolopacidae family

black-tailed nativehen
A species of nativehen, Tribonyx ventralis, endemic to Australia.

black-tailed trainbearer
A species of hummingbird with a long black tail and native to western parts of South America, Lesbia victoriae

black-throated accentor
Prunella atrogularis, a small passerine bird in the family Prunellidae

black-throated antshrike
a passerine bird of the antbird family, Frederickena viridis.

black-throated diver
Gavia arctica, a medium-sized member of the loon or diver family that breeds in Eurasia, with grey head, black throat, white underparts and chequered black-and-white mantle.

black-throated loon
The black-throated diver.

black-throated magpie-jay
Calocitta colliei, a bird native to North America and Central America.

black-throated thrush
Turdus atrogularis, a migratory Asian thrush with a black throat

black-vented oriole
Icterus wagleri, a species of Central American oriole which is coated in black and orange feathers.

black-winged kite
Elanus caeruleus, a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

black-winged pratincole
A wader, Glareola nordmanni.

black-winged stilt
A species of long-legged waders; (Himantopus himantopus).

blackbird
A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird).
A native of the South Pacific islands.

blackbirds
plural of blackbird

blackish-gray antshrike
A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus nigrocinereus.