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Five Letter Bird Names

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Suspect one of the Wordle answers might be a bird? Here’s a list of five letter bird names, from the “Scaup,” a diving duck often spotted in coastal waters, to the aerial “Swift,” master of the high skies.

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Brant: Brants are small, dark geese that migrate long distances and are often seen in coastal marshes and estuaries.

Eagle: Eagles are large, powerful birds of prey with broad wings, known for their hunting skills and symbolic importance.

Finch: Finches are small, colorful songbirds, often found in gardens and woods, known for their melodious songs.

Galah: Galahs are Australian parrots, recognizable by their pink and grey plumage and playful, noisy behavior.

Goose: Geese are large waterbirds, known for their migratory habits, honking calls, and often seen in V-shaped flight formations.

Grebe: Grebes are diving waterbirds with lobed toes, known for their elaborate mating dances and swimming skills.

Heron: Herons are tall, long-legged wading birds, often found in wetlands, known for their graceful hunting techniques.

Junco: Juncos are small, North American sparrows, recognized by their dark hoods and active ground foraging behavior.

Murre: Murres are seabirds resembling small penguins in flight, known for their diving skills and for nesting on steep cliffs.

Parus: Parus, a genus name for several tit species, are small, active songbirds with a variety of colors and cheerful songs.

Pewee: Pewees are small, insect-eating songbirds, known for their plaintive calls and perching habit in woodland areas.

Pipit: Pipits are inconspicuous ground birds, known for their ‘pipit’ calls and preference for open fields and grasslands.

Quail: Quails are small, plump ground birds, known for their camouflaged plumage and quick, scurrying movements.

Raven: Ravens are large, intelligent birds, known for their black plumage.

Robin: Robins are familiar garden birds with a red breast, known for their melodious song and presence in many habitats.

Scaup: Scaups are diving ducks, often found on lakes and coastal waters, recognized by their rounded heads and broad bills.

Snipe: Snipes are elusive wading birds, known for their long, straight bills and camouflaged plumage, often found in marshes.

Stilt: Stilts are slender, long-legged wading birds, recognized for their striking black and white plumage and stilt-like legs.

Swift: Swifts are aerial birds known for their rapid, agile flight, spending most of their lives in the air catching insects.

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