Any bird of the Australasian family Ptilonorhynchidae noted for building display structures (bowers) and decorating them with bright objects such as shells, glass, flowers, etc.

(euphemistic, idiomatic) (Informal education about) sex.

Avian influenza.

(idiomatic) A person who wakes early or arrives early, typically before most others.

Alternative spelling of seabird

(baseball, slang) A ball which falls over the infielders’ heads for a hit, as if it were a bird shot by a hunter. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead, bird.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wading, bird.

A large terrestrial bird of prey, Sagittarius serpentarius, native to Africa with very long legs that preys on reptiles, especially snakes.

Any of various passerine birds of the family Paradisaeidae native to Oceania. In many of the species the breeding plumage of the males is brightly coloured.

Short for a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.