BIRDS

11-letter Birds that contain R

Birds with exactly 11 letters that contain R — full profile for each.

You're looking for 11-letter birds containing R — here are 7 matches, each linked to a full profile.

List of 11-letter Birds that contain R

    1

    Corn Bunting

    Emberiza calandra

    The largest British bunting — a large, streaky, plain-brown bird of arable fields with no distinctive markings but an utterly unmistakable song, often described as jangling keys; the corn bunting has declined severely across Britain as intensive farming reduced the cereal stubble, rough grassland, and insect-rich field margins on which it depends; polygamous males may mate with up to 18 females in a season.

    2

    Frigatebird

    Fregata magnificens

    A large, long-winged tropical seabird with a remarkable red throat pouch that males inflate like a balloon during courtship, and a well-earned reputation as an aerial pirate that terrorizes other seabirds into dropping their food.

    3

    House Martin

    Delichon urbicum

    A familiar summer visitor that builds its distinctive mud nest under the eaves of houses — arriving from southern Africa each April, house martins construct domed cup nests from hundreds of individual pellets of mud gathered from puddle edges; the white rump is the key identification feature separating it from the swallow.

    4

    Hummingbird

    Archilochus colubris

    The most common hummingbird in eastern North America, weighing less than a U.S. nickel, capable of hovering, flying backward, and migrating across the Gulf of Mexico nonstop.

    5

    Mockingbird

    Mimus polyglottos (Northern); various other Mimus and Mimidae species

    A medium-sized gray songbird famous for mimicking dozens of other species — capable of imitating 200+ songs and sounds across a lifetime, with the northern mockingbird as Harper Lee's literary symbol of innocence.

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    Treecreeper

    Certhia familiaris

    A tiny, mouse-like bird that spirals methodically up tree trunks probing crevices for insects with its long, curved bill — always ascending, never descending, flying to the base of a new tree to start over; its brown and white bark-pattern plumage makes it nearly invisible on oak and ash bark.

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    Whitethroat

    Sylvia communis

    A scratchy, energetic warbler of bramble scrub and overgrown hedgerows — the male has a white throat that puffs out during his jerky song-flight display, in which he rises a few metres into the air and parachutes back down singing; a common summer visitor that suffered a catastrophic population crash in 1969 due to Sahel drought.

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