Collocations for "bird"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "bird" in context.
WordReference English Collocations © 2025
bird
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [song, game, flightless, wading] bird
- [a protected, an endangered, a rare] bird
- a [migratory, domestic] bird
- a bird of [paradise, prey]
- like a caged bird
- is the [state, national] bird
- have a pet bird
- a bird is [chirping, singing, cawing]
- the birds [flew, soared] overhead
- the birds were migrating [south, for the winter]
- would like to fly like a bird
- birds [in the sky, on the wing]
- the [sky, tree] is filled with birds
- [track, spot, observe, watch] birds
- [pluck, shoot, eat] a bird
- always [best, wise] to have a bird in the hand
- kill two birds with one stone
- birds of a feather flock together
- a little bird told me (that)
- [flipped, gave] him the bird
- (talk to him about) the birds and the bees
- slang, UK: met this bird the other night
- [has, is suffering from] bird flu
- has the bird (flu) virus
- a bird's nest
- a bird [feeder, table, house, cage, bath, seed, dog]
- bird [species, guide, call, spotter]
- slang: you bird brain!
- birding in [Canada, the forest]
- birded all over
- birded around the [forest, country]
- birded along the [river, lake, forest]
- the bird feeder is squirrel proof
- a squirrel-proof birdfeeder
'bird' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
beat
- cage
- call
- charm
- claw
- clip
- coax
- cock
- companion
- crest
- cry
- dive
- dove
- early
- elusive
- environment
- extinct
- feather
- feeder
- finger
- flap
- flip
- flu
- fly
- glide
- grasshopper
- hawk
- hide
- high
- integration
- land
- liver
- look
- louse
- marking
- mate
- mating
- motion
- national
- nest
- nurture
- omen
- orange
- paint
- peck
- pet
- pink
- poop
- prey
- puff