Meanings
plural migratory birds
- 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
migratory bird. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/migratory%20bird
“migratory bird.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/migratory%20bird. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “migratory bird,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/migratory%20bird.
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