mourning dove
A grey-coloured dove, Zenaida macroura, that has a mournful call, native to North America

mourning warbler
A small New World songbird of species Geothlypis philadelphia.

mouse-colored antshrike
Thamnophilus murinus, a passerine bird of the antbird family, native to South America.

mousebird
Any of a group of arboreal birds of the family Coliidae within the order Coliiformes, confined to sub-Saharan Africa, which build cup-shaped nests of twigs.

mousebirds
plural of mousebird

moustached kingfisher
A rare species of kingfisher endemic to Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea, Actenoides bougainvillei.

moustached warbler
A passerine bird, Acrocephalus melanopogon.

mozzie
Alternative form of mossie (“mosquito”).

mozzy
Alternative form of mossie (“mosquito”).

munia
Any of certain estrildid finches of the genera Lonchura (most instances) and Amandava (two species).

munias
plural of munia

murg
Alternative form of murgh.

murgh
chicken

murre
Any seabird of the genus Uria in the family Alcidae (the auks).

murrelets
plural of murrelet

murres
plural of murre

musk duck
Biziura lobata, a highly aquatic, stiff-tailed duck native to southern Australia.

mute swan
A species of white plumaged swan, Cygnus olor, having a distinctive orange bill with a black tip, native to Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere as an ornamental waterbird.

myiagra
A flycatcher, of genus (Myiagra)

myiagras
plural of myiagra

myiobius
Any of the tropical birds in the genus Myiobius, found in Central and South America.

myna
One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.

mynah
Alternative spelling of myna.

mynahs
plural of mynah

mynas
plural of myna

myza
Any of the tropical birds in the genus Myza, found in Sulawesi, Indonesia.

myzas
plural of myza

myzomela
Any bird in genus Myzomela.

myzomelas
plural of myzomela

myzornis
A bird of the genus Myzornis.

myzornises
plural of myzornis

nankeen kestrel
A falcon of species Falco cenchroides, an Australian kestrel.

neddickies
plural of neddicky

neddicky
A species of passerine bird, Cisticola fulvicapilla, found in central and southern Africa.

neddickys
plural of neddicky

needle-tailed swift
Synonym of white-throated needletail.

needletails
plural of needletail

negatron
Synonym of electron.

negatrons
plural of negatron

nellie
Clipping of high nellie, a type of roadster bicycle.

nellies
plural of nelly

nene
The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.

nenes
plural of nene.

neopipo
Any of the genus Neopipo of birds. The cinnamon neopipo (Neopipo cinnamomea) is the only species.

neopipos
plural of neopipo

neotropics
Tropical America: the tropical areas of North, Central and South America; the tropics of the New World.

nestor
Any parrot of the genus Nestor.

nestors
plural of nestor

nicator
Any of several passerine birds in the genus Nicator.

nicators
plural of nicator

night heron
Any of the nocturnal species of herons of the genera Nycticorax, Nyctanassa, and Gorsachius.

night parrot
Pezoporus occidentalis, a small parrot endemic to Australia.

night-heron
Alternative form of night heron.

nightchurr
Alternative form of nightjar.

nightchurrs
plural of nightchurr

nightingale
A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale.

nightingales
plural of nightingale

nightjar
Any of various medium-sized nocturnal birds, of the family Caprimulgidae from the order Caprimulgiformes, that feed predominantly on moths and other large flying insects.

nightjars
plural of nightjar

nigrita
Any member of genus Nigrita, certain estrildid finches.

nigritas
plural of nigrita

niltava
Any of the birds in the genus Niltava, found in the China, Southeast Asia and South Asia.

niltavas
plural of niltava

nisus
A mental or physical effort to attain a specific goal; a striving.
The periodic procreative desire manifested in the spring by birds, etc.
The contraction of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles to evacuate faeces or urine.

nisuses
plural of nisus

noisy miner
A grey honeyeater (Manorina melanocephala), that has a large range of songs, calls, and alarms, is endemic to eastern and south-eastern Australia, and has a black head, orange-yellow beak and feet, and a yellow patch behind the eye.

noisy pitta
The bird Pitta versicolor.

noisy scrubbird
The bird Atrichornis clamosus, endemic to southwestern Australia.

northern bobwhite
A bird of the species Colinus virginianus, native to eastern North America.

northern boobook
A species of boobook owl, Ninox japonica, breeding in East Asia and wintering in Southeast Asia.

northern cardinal
A North American songbird, of species Cardinalis cardinalis, with a distinctive crest on the head and a mask on the face. The male is a vibrant red, while the female is a dull reddish olive.

northern flicker
Colaptes auratus, a medium-sized member of the woodpecker family, native to most of Central and North America.

northern fulmar
An Arctic seabird, Fulmarus glacialis.

northern gannet
A seabird, Morus bassanus.

northern goshawk
Astur gentilis, a bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.

northern harrier
Circus hudsonius, native to most of North America and Central America

northern hawk owl
A medium-sized owl native to boreal forests of North America and Eurasia; Surnia ulula.

northern house martin
The common house martin (Delichon urbicum).

northern jacana
Jacana spinosa, a wader in the family Jacanidae.

northern lapwing
A crested plover, Vanellus vanellus.

northern mockingbird
A mockingbird of species Mimus polyglottos, principally of North America.

northern oriole
A vernacular name applied to all members of Icterus galbula when that species name included both the eastern Baltimore oriole (now in a more narrowly circumscribed species Icterus galbula) and the western Bullock's oriole (now separated as Icterus bullockii).

northern pintail
A large duck of the species Anas acuta, of wide geographic distribution.

northern raven
A common raven, Corvus corax.

northern screamer
The black-necked screamer, Chauna chavaria.

northern shoveler
Spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata, a duck breeding in northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and across most of North America.

northern shrike
Lanius borealis, a large songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae) native to North America and Siberia.

northern storm petrels
plural of northern storm petrel

northern wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe, an Old World flycatcher.

nothag
Alternative form of nuthatch.

nothagge
Alternative form of nuthatch.

nothura
Any member of the genus Nothura of birds in the tinamou family.

nothuras
plural of nothura

notornis
The takahe, Porphyrio mantelli, a flightless rail native to New Zealand.

nukupuu
Any of the birds of the genus Hemignathus.

nukupuus
plural of nukupuu

nunbird
Any bird in either the genus Monasa or the genus Hapaloptila.

nunbirds
plural of nunbird

nuncii
plural of nuncius

nuncius
A nuntius.

nuntii
plural of nuntius

nuntius
A messenger.
A nuncio.

nutcracker
An implement for cracking nuts.
An implement for cracking nuts.
Any bird of the genus Nucifraga in the crow family.
A bootleg mixed drink made from a blend of alcohols and fruit juices.
Something that is difficult to figure out; a puzzle.

nutcrackers
plural of nutcracker

nuthack
Alternative form of nuthatch.

nuthacks
plural of nuthack

nuthatch
Any of various small passerine birds from the genus Sitta, found throughout the northern hemisphere and noted for their unusual proclivity for climbing down trees head first.

nuthatches
plural of nuthatch

nutmeg mannikin
Scaly-breasted munia

nyctalopes
plural of nyctalops

nyctalops
A person who has nyctalopia, night blindness.

oak titmouse
A bird of species Baeolophus inornatus of small tits in family Paridae, found from southern Oregon to Baja California.