BIRDS

5-letter Birds that contain R

Birds with exactly 5 letters that contain R — full profile for each.

You're looking for 5-letter birds containing R — here are 7 matches, each linked to a full profile.

List of 5-letter Birds that contain R

    1

    Crane

    Gruidae (family)

    A tall, long-legged wading bird famous for elaborate courtship dances, lifelong pair bonds, and distinctive trumpeting calls — 15 species worldwide, with several critically endangered and others recovered through dedicated conservation.

    2

    Egret

    Egretta and Ardea (genera)

    A type of heron — typically all-white and slim — historically devastated by feather hunters for hat decoration in the early 1900s, now a major conservation success story whose protection helped found the modern environmental movement.

    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

    Raven

    Corvus corax

    The largest songbird and one of the most intelligent — a massive black corvid celebrated in mythology and Edgar Allan Poe alike, with documented problem-solving rivaling great apes.

    5

    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.

    6

    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.

    7

    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.

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