common greenshank
A small wader, Tringa nebularia.

common ground dove
Columbina passerina, a small bird that inhabits the southern United States, parts of Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America.

common gull
A medium-sized gull, Larus canus.
A butterfly of southern and eastern Asia (Cepora nerissa).

common hawk-cuckoo
The bird Hierococcyx varius.

common hill myna
Any of species Gracula religiosa of starlings native to south Asia, commonly used in aviculture.

common house martin
A migratory bird of the species Delichon urbicum, breeding in Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia.

common kestrel
A small falcon, Falco tinnunculus.

common kingfisher
Alcedo atthis, a Eurasian and North African species of kingfisher.

common linnet
A common small bird (Linaria cannabina), of Europe, western Asia and north Africa.

common loon
The great northern diver (Gavia immer)

common moorhen
A member of the species Gallinula chloropus.

common murre
A large auk, Uria aalge.

common nightingale
The nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos.

common pheasant
A bird of the species Phasianus colchicus, native principally to temperate parts of Asia, naturalized elsewhere.

common pochard
A diving duck of temperate and cool Eurasia (Aythya ferina)

common quail
Coturnix coturnix, a bird in pheasant family.

common raven
A large all-black passerine bird in the crow family, Corvus corax.
A dark-colored South Asian swallowtail butterfly, Papilio castor

common redpoll
A bird of the species Acanthis flammea

common redshank
A small wader, Tringa totanus.

common redstart
A small passerine bird (Phoenicurus phoenicurus).

common reed bunting
A bird, Emberiza schoeniclus

common rhea
greater rhea

common ringed plover
A bird of species Charadrius hiaticula

common rock thrush
Monticola saxatilis, a chat belonging to the family Muscicapidae.

common rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinus, a small passerine bird.

common sandpiper
A small species of wading bird, Actitis hypoleucos, widely distributed across Africa, Eurasia, and Australasia.

common scoter
Melanitta nigra, an arctic sea bird in the family Anatidae

common shelduck
A species of shelduck, Tadorna tadorna.

common snipe
A bird of the species Gallinago gallinago.

common starling
A bird of the species Sturnus vulgaris.

common swift
Apus apus, a swallow-like bird native to Europe and much of temperate Asia, rarely alighting on the ground.

common swifts
plural of common swift

common teal
Synonym of Eurasian teal.

common tern
A small, gull-like shore bird of the species Sterna hirundo, of wide geographic distribution.

common whitethroat
Sylvia communis, an Old World warbler, now sometimes Mezophilus communis or Curruca communis.

common wood pigeon
A wood pigeon of species Columba palumbus.

common woodpigeon
Alternative spelling of common wood pigeon.

condor
Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California.
A gold coin of some South American countries bearing the figure of one of these vultures.
An Argentinian short range ballistic missile.
The completion of a hole four strokes under par (a quadruple birdie, triple eagle, or double albatross).
A combination of four options of the same type at four strike prices, giving limited profit and limited risk.

condores
plural of condor

condors
plural of condor

conebill
Any of various small tanagers of the genus Conirostrum.

conebills
plural of conebill

conquedle
Synonym of bobolink.

conquedles
plural of conquedle

convivia
plural of convivium

coot
Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
A foolish or eccentric fellow

coots
plural of coot

cordonbleu
Alternative form of cordon-bleu.

cordonbleus
plural of cordonbleu

corm
A short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as drought.

cormorant
Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).
A voracious eater; also, a person who, or thing which, is aggressively greedy for wealth, etc.

cormorants
plural of cormorant

corms
plural of corm

corn bunting
A passerine bird (Emberiza calandra, syn. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra) whose male and female plumages are (untypically for buntings) similar.

corn crake
Alternative form of corncrake.

corn crakes
plural of corn crake

corncrake
A bird of the rail family, Crex crex, that breeds in meadows and arable farmland across Europe and western Asia, migrating to Africa in winter.

corncrakes
plural of corncrake

corvi
plural of corvus

corvid
Pertaining to or resembling the Corvidae.

corvids
plural of corvid

corvorant
Synonym of cormorant.

corvorants
plural of corvorant

corvus
A hooked ram for destroying walls.
A grappling hook in Ancient Roman naval warfare.

corvuses
plural of corvus

coscoroba
A bird of the genus Coscoroba, the only swan not belonging to Cygnus.

coscoroba swan
Synonym of coscoroba.

coscorobas
plural of coscoroba

cotinga
Any of the neotropical passerine birds of the family Cotingidae.

cotingas
plural of cotinga

cotton pygmy goose
A small perching duck of species Nettapus coromandelianus.

coua
A terrestrial bird of the genus Coua, in the cuckoo family.

couas
plural of coua

coucals
plural of coucal

courlan
Limpkin.

courlans
plural of courlan

coursers
plural of courser

cowbird
Any bird of the genus Molothrus. The cowbirds are brood parasites.

cowbirds
plural of cowbird

coween
Synonym of long-tailed duck.

coweens
plural of coween

crab plover
Any wading bird of species Dromas ardeola.

crab-plover
Alternative form of crab plover.

crag martin
Any of four species of passerine birds in the Ptyonoprogne genus of the swallow family, including the Eurasian crag martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris) and the rock martin (Ptyonoprogne fuligula).

crane
Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.
Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.
A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.

craned
simple past and past participle of crane

cranes
plural of crane

craning
present participle and gerund of crane

cranings
plural of craning

cream-colored courser
A wader, Cursorius cursor.

creepers
plural of creeper

cremaster
A thin muscle attached to the testicles.
In the pupae of certain species of butterfly, a hook-shaped protuberance from the rear of the chrysalis casing, by which the caterpillar fixes itself to the pad of silk it has cemented to the underside of a perch.

cremasters
plural of cremaster

crescentchests
plural of crescentchest

crested auklet
The small seabird Aethia cristatella.

crested bellbird
Any of species Oreoica gutturalis of bellbirds, of non-tropical Australia.

crested caracara
The bird Caracara plancus.

crested caracaras
plural of crested caracara

crested duck
A duck of species Lophonetta specularioides, of South America.

crested hawk-eagle
Synonym of changeable hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus)

crested honey buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchus, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

crested ibis
An ibis of the nearly extinct species Nipponia nippon, formerly native to much of east Asia, being restored in the wild from captive populations.