spruce grouse
A medium-sized grouse closely associated with the coniferous boreal forests or taiga of North America (Dendrapagus canadensis, syn. Falcipennis canadensis).

spruce siskin
Synonym of Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus)

spur-winged goose
An anatid bird native to sub-Saharan Africa, Plectropterus gambensis.

spur-winged lapwing
Vanellus spinosus, a plover of the eastern Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa.

spur-winged plover
Vanellus spinosus, a plover of the eastern Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa.
Vanellus miles, the masked lapwing.

spurfowl
Any of three species of bird in the genus Galloperdix, of south Asia, and of the numerous species of Pternistis, of Africa, of the pheasant family Phasianidae.

spurfowls
plural of spurfowl

squacco heron
Synonym of squacco.

squatarole
Synonym of black-bellied plover.

squataroles
plural of squatarole

standardwing
Alternative form of standard-wing.

standardwings
plural of standardwing

stankie
Synonym of moorhen (“water bird”).

stankies
plural of stankie

star finch
An Australian species of estrildid finch, Neochmia ruficauda.

starling
A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.
A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.
A fish, rock trout (Hexagrammos spp.), of the North Pacific, especially, Hexagrammos decagrammus, found in US waters.

starlings
plural of starling

starthroats
plural of starthroat

steamerduck
Alternative form of steamer duck.

steamerducks
plural of steamerduck

steppe eagle
Aquila nipalensis, a bird of prey of the family Accipitridae. Previously considered to be closely related to the non-migratory tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) and the two forms have previously been treated as conspecific.

sterling
An English silver penny first introduced by the Normans.
A penny issued in other countries, such as Scotland.
The currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; hence, genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency.
Short for sterling silver (“an alloy containing not less than 92.5 percent silver, the remainder usually being copper; articles made from this alloy collectively”).
Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness (0.91666 for gold and 0.925 for silver).
Synonym of pennyweight (“a unit of mass equal to 24 grains, or ¹⁄₂₀ of a troy ounce”)
Money generally.
The standard degree of fineness.

sterna
plural of sternum

stilt sandpiper
A type of sandpiper, (Calidris himantopus)

stinkbird
The hoatzin.

stinkbirds
plural of stinkbird

stinker
One who stinks.
A contemptible person or thing.
Something difficult (e.g. a given puzzle) or unpleasant (e.g. negative review, nasty letter).
Something of poor quality.
Any of several species of large Antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odour, such as the giant fulmar.
A chemist.
A hot day.
A black eye.
A western grey kangaroo.
A giant petrel.

stinkers
plural of stinker

stints
plural of stint

stitchbird
Notiomystis cincta, a rare honeyeater-like bird endemic to parts of New Zealand.

stitchbirds
plural of stitchbird

stock dove
A pigeon of species Columba oenas, found in much of Europe, in the family Columbidae.

stock pigeon
A pigeon of species Columba oenas, of western Eurasia.

stockdove
A common European wild pigeon (Columba oenas).
Any of various related species, such as the yellow-eyed pigeon (Columba eversmanni) or wood pigeon.

stockdoves
plural of stockdove

stoggies
plural of stoggy

stoggy
the woodpigeon.

stone curlew
Any of several species of large terrestrial birds in the family Burhinidae.

stone-curlew
Alternative spelling of stone curlew.

stone-curlews
plural of stone-curlew

stonechat
Any of various small Old World passerine birds of the genus Saxicola that feed on insects.

stonechats
plural of stonechat

stonepecker
Synonym of turnstone (“type of bird”).

stonepeckers
plural of stonepecker

stork
A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order Ciconiiformes and its family Ciconiidae.
The mythical bringer of babies to families, or good news.
The seventeenth Lenormand card.

storks
plural of stork

storm petrel
Any of several small seabirds, of the families Hydrobatidae (northern storm petrels) or Oceanitidae (southern storm petrels), having dark plumage and a white rump.

storm petrels
plural of storm petrel

storm-petrel
Alternative spelling of storm petrel.

storm-petrels
plural of storm-petrel

stormbirds
plural of stormbird

straw-necked ibis
A species of ibis, Threskiornis spinicollis, of Australia and southern New Guinea, having stiff, spiky, straw-coloured feathers on the front of the neck.

streak-backed antshrike
a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus insignis.

streaked scrub warbler
A small passerine bird of the species Scotocerca inquieta.

streaked wren-babbler
Gypsophila brevicaudata, a species of perching birds.

streamcreeper
Ellipsis of sharp-tailed streamcreeper.

streamcreepers
plural of streamcreeper

streamertail
Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Trochilus, endemic to Jamaica, with greatly elongated rectrices in the males.

streamertails
plural of streamertail

striated babbler
Argya earlei, a bird of southern Asia.

striated heron
A small species of heron, Butorides striata, of cosmopolitan distribution (sometimes including the green heron, Butorides virescens, of North America).

striges
plural of strix

stripe-breasted tit
Melaniparus fasciiventer, a small bird of the tit family Paridae

striped honeyeater
A species of honeyeater, Plectorhyncha lanceolata, of eastern Australia, having black and white streaking on the head and mantle.

striped owl
Any of species Asio clamator of the tropical and subtropical Americas.
A barred owl (Strix varia).

striped wren-babbler
Kenopia striata, a species of jungle babbler native to southern Asia.

strix
A bird-like demon feeding on human flesh and blood.

strixes
plural of strix

stubble quail
Coturnix pectoralis, an Australian bird.

stylalgia
Synonym of Eagle syndrome

subalpine warbler
Any bird of the species Curruca cantillans (eastern subalpine warbler) or Curruca iberiae (western subalpine warbler), both species formerly part of Sylvia cantillans.

subindicator
A subordinate indicator

subindicators
plural of subindicator

sugarbirds
plural of sugarbird

sulphur-crested cockatoo
A large Australian cockatoo, Cacatua galerita, with a yellow erectile crest.

sultan tit
Melanochlora sultanea, a small bird of the tit family Paridae

summer tanager
Piranga rubra, a medium-sized American songbird.

sun-bittern
Alternative spelling of sunbittern.

sunbirds
plural of sunbird

sunbittern
Any member of species Eurypyga helias of birds found in the New World tropics, the sole member of the family Eurypygidae.

sunbitterns
plural of sunbittern

sungem
Synonym of horned sungem.

sungems
plural of sungem

sungrebe
A species of aquatic bird, Heliornis fulica, in a monotypic genus of the family Heliornithidae, found in Central and South America.

sungrebes
plural of sungrebe

superb fairywren
Any of species Malurus cyaneus of fairywrens, of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania.

superb lyrebird
A large species of songbird, Menura novaehollandiae, family Menuridae, endemic to eastern Australian forests, noted for its lyrate tail feathers and its extraordinary powers of vocal mimicry.

superb parrot
A species of parrot, Polytelis swainsonii, native to Australia.

surf scoter
A species of sea duck, Melanitta perspicillata, which breeds in northern North America.

surfbird
A small sandpiper, Aphriza virgata, endemic to the northwestern parts of North America.

surfbirds
plural of surfbird

sussarara
Alternative form of siserary.

suya
A marinated spicy kebab from Nigeria.

suyas
plural of suya