5-letter Birds that contain O

List of 5-letter Birds that contain O

1

Booby

Sula nebouxii

A large, torpedo-shaped seabird that hunts by plunge-diving from heights of 30 metres — remarkable for its sky-blue or bright red feet used in elaborate courtship displays, and for colonial nesting on remote islands.

2

Goose

Branta canadensis

A large migratory waterfowl with a black neck and white chinstrap, abundant across North America and increasingly resident in suburban parks where milder winters and grass lawns allow year-round survival.

3

Heron

Ardea herodias (great blue heron)

A long-legged wading bird that stands motionless in shallow water, then strikes with neck-spear precision — the great blue heron a familiar sight at North American wetlands.

4

Hobby

Falco subbuteo

A dashing, long-winged falcon — sleek and swift, with the silhouette of a large swift, the hobby is one of Britain's most aerial predators, specialising in catching dragonflies and swallows in flight at speed; adults have slate-grey upperparts, heavily streaked underparts, and vivid rusty-red thighs and undertail; a summer visitor from Africa, arriving in late spring when dragonflies emerge.

5

Junco

Junco hyemalis

A small, ground-foraging sparrow nicknamed the "snowbird," common in winter across North America with regional color forms so different they were once classified as separate species.

6

Robin

Turdus migratorius

A large, orange-breasted thrush common across North American lawns and gardens, an early sign of spring and the most numerous land bird on the continent.

7

Stork

Ciconiidae (family)

A large long-legged wading bird famous in folklore for delivering babies — about 19 species worldwide ranging from the white stork's chimney-top nests to the marabou's massive 3 m wingspan.

8

Vireo

Vireonidae (family)

Small olive-green songbirds of American forests known for persistent singing — especially the red-eyed vireo, which holds the record for most songs sung in a day at over 22,000 individual songs.