migratory bird

noun

A bird that moves from one area of the world to another according to the season, usually from north to south and vice versa.

Meanings

nounmigratory bird (plural migratory birds)

plural migratory birds

  1. A bird that moves from one area of the world to another according to the season, usually from north to south and vice versa.

    Synonyms: bird of passage

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA bird that moves from one area of the world to another according to the season, usually from north to south and vice versa.

Translations

Bulgarian прелетна птица
  • прелетна птица (preletna ptica)migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
Chinese Mandarin 候鳥 /候鸟
  • 候鳥 /候鸟 (hòuniǎo)migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
Danish trækfugl
  • trækfuglmigratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
Dutch trekvogel
  • trekvogelmigratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
Finnish muuttolintu
  • muuttolintumigratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
French oiseau migrateur
  • oiseau migrateurmigratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
German Zugvogel
  • Zugvogelmigratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
Hindi प्रवासी पक्षी
  • प्रवासी पक्षी (pravāsī pakṣī)migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
Hungarian vándormadár
  • vándormadármigratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
Irish éan imirce, éan imirceach
  • éan imircemigratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • éan imirceachmigratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • éan aistreánachmigratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • éan aistreáinmigratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
Japanese 渡り鳥
  • 渡り鳥 (watari-dori)migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
Korean 철새
  • 철새 (cheolsae)migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
Latvian gājputns
  • gājputnsmigratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
Norwegian Bokmål trekkfugl
  • trekkfuglmigratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
Russian перелётная пти́ца
  • перелётная пти́ца (pereljótnaja ptíca)migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
Spanish ave de paso, ave migratoria
  • ave de pasomigratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • ave migratoriamigratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • ave pasajeramigratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • pájaro migratoriomigratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
Swedish flyttfågel
  • flyttfågelmigratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
Tagalog ibong-lagalag
  • ibong-lagalagmigratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
Cite this entry
APA

migratory bird. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/migratory%20bird

MLA

“migratory bird.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/migratory%20bird. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “migratory bird,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/migratory%20bird.

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