Vocabulary of Bird species

Albatross – альбатрос Ostrich – страус

Black tern – чорна крачка Ovenbird – пічник

Blue tit – лазоревка Pigeons (or doves) – голуби

Booby – олуша Robin – дрозд

Bowerbird – шабашник Ruffed grouse – грівістий рябчик

Brown pelican – коричневий пелікан Satin bowerbird – атласний шалашник

Catbird – дрозд Screech-owl – вухата сова, сипу́ха

Cuckoo – зозуля

Eagle – орел Snowy owl – полярна сова

Eiderduck – гага

Emperor penguin – імператорський Starlings – шпак

пінгвін

Gannet – Баклан

Gentoo penguin – папуанський Swan – лебідь

пінгвін

Golden pheasant – золотий фазан Sраrrow – горобець

Goose – гуска

Grackle – гракл Turkey – індик

Gull – чайка

Hawk – ястреб Turkey vulture – турецький гриф

Heron – чапля Vultures – стерв'ятники

Honey-guide birds – птах, Wild turkey – дика індичка

вказівник меду

Hummingbird – колібрі

Wood duck – каролинська качка

Jay – сойка Woodpecker – дятел

Kingfisher – зимородок

Wren – кропивник

Kiwi – ківі

Nutcracker – горіщанка

Phrasal verbs and units vocabulary

A sharp eye – гострий зір

Altricial young – молодняк з повільним розвитком

Exhausting challenge – нагальна потреба

Lightning reaction – миттєва реакція

Precocial young – гарно розвинений молодняк

To be fused into – бути об’єднаним в

To be made of – бути зробленим із

To break out – виламувати; розбивати

To break up – блювати; піднімати вгору; розбивати

To bring up – виховувати, ростити

To bury up – закопувати

To come to hand – потрапляти під руку

To cool down – охолоджувати

To end up – закінчувати

To end up – мати поганий кінець

To fly to and from the nest – літати із гнізда та у гніздо

To grind up – перемелювати

To keep open – тримати відкритим

To keep warm – підтримувати тепло

To make up – складати

To meet the demands – відповідати вимогам

To pick up – піднімати

To save on weight – підтримувати вагу

To scoop up – зачерпнути

To shed off water – відбивати воду

To spring off – зіскакувати; злетіти

To turn a blind eye – закривати очі на щось

To turn round – обертатися навколо

To warm up – підігрівати

To wary of danger – застерігатися від небезпеки

To wither away – всихати

To wolf down – жадібно ковтати

Glossary

Alula -A tuft of feathers on the leading edge of a bird’s wing that it raises to prevent it from stalling as it slows down.

Barbs -Tiny side branches off a feather shaft that make up a bird’s feather vane.

Breed -To mate, lay eggs.

Birds of prey – a bird, such as a hawk, eagle, or owl that hunts and kills other animals, esp. vertebrates, for food.

Camouflage -The colour and patterning of a bird’s feathers that match its particular surroundings, making it hard to see.

Colony -A large group of birds that lives together in one place to breed or roost, or the place in which they live.

Contour feathers -Also called body feathers, these are the small, overlapping feathers on a bird’s head that give it a streamlined shape.

Crop -A bag-like extension of a bird’s gullet used to store food. It is often used to carry food back to the nest.

Down feathers -Very soft, fine feathers that trap air close to a bird’s body and help to keep it warm.

Egg tooth -A small structure on the tip of a chick’s upper bill, which it uses to crack open the eggshell when hatching. The egg tooth drops off soon after hatching.

Flight feathers -The long feathers that make up a bird’s wings and are used to fly. They can be grouped into primary feathers (on the outer wing) and secondary feathers (on the inner wing).

Flock -A group of birds, usually of the same species, flying or feeding together.

Gizzard -The muscular chamber in a bird’s stomach, where the food that it has eaten is ground to a pulp.

Habitat -The type of environment where a bird is normally found, such as wetland, forest, or grassland.

Hatching -The process by which a baby bird breaks out of its egg by chipping its way through the shell with the tiny egg tooth on its beak.

Invertebrate -A type of small animal that has no backbone, such as a worm, an insect, a spider or a crab.

Mammals – Any of various warm-blooded vertebrate animals of the class Mammalia, including humans, characterized by a covering of hair on the skin and, in the female, milk-producing mammary glands for nourishing the young.

Pellet -A hard lump of indigestible bits of food, such as fur or bones, that birds such as owls cough up.

Plumage -A bird’s feathers.

Predator -An animal that kills other animals for food.

Predatory dinasaurs – lived by killing other animals for food.

Preening -The way in which birds keep their feathers in good condition, drawing them through their beaks to clean and smooth them.

Prey -An animal that is hunted and killed by another animal.

Primary feathers -The long flight feathers on the outer half of a bird’s wings that provide the power for flying.

Scientific class Aves – (vertebrate zoology) A class of animals composed of the birds, which are warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates primarily adapted for flying.

Secondary feathers -The inner wing feathers that provide lift during flight.

Species -A group of similar animals that can breed together and produce fertile offspring.

Territory -An area occupied by an animal. Birds may defend their territories against other birds of the same species.

Theropods – Any of various carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs of the group Theropoda. Theropods walked on two legs and had small forelimbs and a large skull with long jaws and sharp teeth. Most theropods were of small or medium size, but some grew very large, like Tyrannosaurus. Theropods lived throughout the Mesozoic Era.

BIRD PROVERBS

1. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

2. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

3. One swallow does not make a summer.

4. Wise as an owl.

5. Eagle eye.

6. Kill two birds with one stone.

7. Like water off a duck’s back.

8. Like a duck to water.

9. Light as a feather.

10. Hen party.

11. Watch like a hawk.

Bird websites

1. http://www.rspb.org.uk

The website of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Europe’s largest wildlife conservation charity.

2. http://www.birdlife.net

The BirdLife Partnership looks at the welfare and conservation of birds across the world. The website includes news reports and project updates.

3. http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~tony/birds/

Hear birds’ songs through your computer speakers by clicking on the birds. Use the map to link through to more birds across the world.

4. http://birds.cornell.edu

From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, this site looks at bird research and provides a useful “all about birds” educational section.

5. http://www.earthlife.net/birds/intro.html

An introduction to many bird-related topics, such as migration and anatomy, with easy explanations and fun facts.

6. http://www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/

Birdwatching site for the UK including a bird guide, quizzes, and gallery.

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