phainopepla
A small crested passerine bird, Phainopepla nitens.

phainopeplas
plural of phainopepla

phainoptila
Any bird of the genus Phainoptila, of which Phainoptila melanoxantha (black-and-yellow phainoptila) is the sole species.

phainoptilas
plural of phainoptila

phalarope
Any of three small wading birds in the genus Phalaropus, of the family Scolopacidae, that have lobed toes.

phalaropes
plural of phalarope

pheasant
A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.
The meat of this bird, eaten as food.

pheasant coucal
A species of coucal, Centropus phasianinus, of Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia.

pheasant-tailed jacana
Hydrophasianus chirurgus, a wader in the family Jacanidae.

pheasants
plural of pheasant

phebe
Alternative form of phoebe.

phebes
plural of phebe

phene
Benzene.
A genetically determined phenotype.

philentoma
Any of the birds in the genus Philentoma, found in parts of South East Asia.

philentomas
plural of philentoma

phoebe
Any of several birds of the genus Sayornis.

phoebes
plural of phoebe

phororachus
Obsolete form of phorusrhacos.

pica
A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.
A magpie.

picas
plural of pica

picathartes
Any bird of genus Picathartes

piculet
A small woodpecker of the genus Picumnus and other genera in subfamily Picumninae.

piculets
plural of piculet

pidgeon
Archaic spelling of pigeon.

pidgeons
plural of pidgeon; Archaic spelling of pigeons.

pied avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta, a black and white wading bird of temperate Europe and western and central Asia, wintering in Africa and south Asia.

pied barbet
A bird of the species Tricholaema leucomelas

pied bushchat
Saxicola caprata, an Asian flycatcher

pied crow
Corvus albus, a crow with black and white feathers.

pied cuckoo
Synonym of Jacobin cuckoo.

pied currawong
A species of currawong common in eastern Australia, Strepera graculina.

pied kingfisher
Ceryle rudis, a species of kingfisher found in Asia and Africa.

pied starling
The African bird Lamprotornis bicolor.

pied wagtail
A small passerine bird, Motacilla alba yarrellii.

pied wheatear
Oenanthe pleschanka, an Old World flycatcher native to Asia

pied-billed grebe
Podilymbus podiceps, a bird with a striped beak, primarily found in ponds throughout the Americas.

pigeon
One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.
The meat from this bird.
A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.
A pacifist, appeaser, an isolationist, a dove.
A person hired to transport film footage out of a region where transport options are limited.
A weak or useless person.

pigeon guillemot
A species of guillemot endemic to the Pacific Ocean, Cepphus columba.

pigeon hawk
A merlin (Falco columbarius.

pigeons
plural of pigeon

pijon
Deliberate misspelling of pigeon.

pijons
plural of pijon

pileated woodpecker
A large woodpecker native to North America, Dryocopus pileatus

pilotbird
Pycnoptilus floccosus, an Australian acanthizid.

pilotbirds
plural of pilotbird

pin-tailed sandgrouse
Pterocles alchata, a bird in the sandgrouse family.

pin-tailed snipe
A bird of the species Gallinago stenura, native to Russia and southern Asia.

pincpinc
Synonym of cloud cisticola.

pine bunting
Emberiza leucocephalos, a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.

pine grosbeak
Pinicola enucleator, a large member of the true finch family, Fringillidae.

pine siskin
Spinus pinus, a North American finch.

pine warbler
The New World warbler Setophaga pinus.

pinguin
Obsolete form of penguin (“the bird, or the plant”).

pink cockatoo
Synonym of Major Mitchell's cockatoo.

pink pigeon
Nesoenas mayeri, a pigeon endemic to Mauritius.

pink-billed lark
Spizocorys conirostris, a species of lark.

pink-eared duck
A species of duck, Malacorhynchus membranaceus, endemic to Australia.

pintado
A fine cotton cloth; chintz.
The Cape petrel, Daption capense.
A guinea fowl, especially as food.
Any of various spotted fishes in tropical waters of the west Atlantic, especially the cero, Scomberomorus regalis.

pintadoes
plural of pintado

pintados
plural of pintado

pintail
A pintail duck, a type of dabbling duck with a characteristic pointed tail.
A pintail duck, a type of dabbling duck with a characteristic pointed tail.
A pin-tailed snipe, Gallinago stenura.
Any of various species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Acisoma, endemic to Africa and Asia.
The end of a fastening pin or mandrel on a Huckbolt or pop rivet that is broken off when installation is complete.
A surfboard with a pointed back end.

pintails
plural of pintail

pinyon jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus, a bluish-grey jay of North America.

piopio
A bird of either of two extinct passerine songbird species of New Zealand, comprising the genus Turnagra: North Island piopio (†Turnagra tanagra) and South Island piopio (†Turnagra capensis).

piopios
plural of piopio

piping bellbird
A bellbird of the species Ornorectes cristatus.

piping plover
A sand-colored, sparrow-sized North American shorebird of species Charadrius melodus.

pipipi
A bird of New Zealand, Mohoua novaeseelandiae.

pipipis
plural of pipipi

pipit
Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country.

pipits
plural of pipit

pipra
Any member of the bird genus Pipra; a manakin.

pipras
plural of pipra

piprites
Any of the tropical birds in the genus Piprites, found in Central and South America.

piscator
A fisherman; an angler.

piscators
plural of piscator

pitohui
A bird of the genus Pitohui in the family Oriolidae (formerly in Pachycephalidae), endemic to New Guinea, some of which have powerful batrachotoxins in skin and feathers.
One of several birds of similar appearance, now taxonomically separated from Pitohui proper and placed in families Oreoicidae and Pachycephalidae.

pitohuis
plural of pitohui

pitryasis
Misspelling of pityriasis.

pitta
Alternative spelling of pita.

pittas
plural of pitta

pityriases
plural of pityriasis

pityriasis
Any of several varieties of skin diseases characterized by the shedding of flakes or scales, such as dandruff.

plain leaf warbler
Phylloscopus neglectus, a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae.

plain-breasted hawk
A species of hawk, Accipiter ventralis.

plain-winged antshrike
a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus schistaceus

plains-wanderer
Pedionomus torquatus, a small quail-like bird in the monotypic family Pedionomidae, endemic to south-eastern Australia.

ploughbill
A wattled ploughbill (Eulacestoma nigropectus), of New Guinea, sole species of family Eulacestomatidae.

ploughbills
plural of ploughbill

plovercrest
A hummingbird of the genus Stephanoxis, native to Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.

plovercrests
plural of plovercrest

plovers
plural of plover

plumbeous ibis
Any of species Theristicus caerulescens of South American ibise .

plumed whistling duck
A species of duck, Dendrocygna eytoni, primarily of the Australian mainland, having large pale ornamental plumes on the flanks.

plushcap
A bird of the species Catamblyrhynchus diadema, native to the Andes.

plushcaps
plural of plushcap

poachard
Alternative form of pochard.

poachards
plural of poachard

pochard
Any of various diving ducks of the subfamily Aythyinae (genera Aythya and Netta), especially the common pochard, Aythya ferina.

pochards
plural of pochard

podargus
Any of the birds of the genus Podargus in the frogmouth family.

podarguses
plural of podargus

poditti
Synonym of yellow-billed kingfisher (“Syma torotoro”).

polyominos
plural of polyomino

polysialia
hypersalivation

pomarine jaeger
Synonym of pomarine skua.

pomarine skua
An Arctic seabird, Stercorarius pomarinus.

pond heron
A heron of the genus Ardeola.

poo-uli
An extinct bird, Melamprosops phaeosoma, a kind of Hawaiian honeycreeper.

poorwills
plural of poorwill

porphyrio
A swamphen.