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Any feathered vertebrate.

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Honey creeper

Animals; Birds

Any of the various small American birds of the family Coerebidae. They have a long,slender curved bill adapted to sucking nectar from flowers and are often brightly coloured.This term can also refer ...

Bird of paradise

Animals; Birds

Any songbird of the family Paradisaeidae of New Guinea and its adjacent islands.The males normally have brightly coloured plumage and long tail feathers.

Thrush

Animals; Birds

Any of the various migratory songbirds of the family Muscicapidae, subfamily Turdidae.Noted for their usually brown coloured plumage,spotted breast and melodious song.

Oriole

Animals; Birds

Any passerine songbird of the family Oriolidae which is found mainly in the tropical Old World. The males are characteristically black and bright yellow/orange.

Babbler

Animals; Birds

Any bird of the insect-eating family Muscicapidae that have a loud incessant song. They are found mainly in the Old World tropics and sub-tropics.

Waxwing

Animals; Birds

Any passerine songbird of the N.hemisphere, belonging to the genus Bombycilla and Bombycillidae family.They largely have crested heads, grey-brown plumage, and velvet-red wing tips.

Raptor

Animals; Birds

A bird of prey, such as a hawk, eagle or owl. A type of small meat eating dinosaur whose back legs were good for leaping.

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