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Bird dog names

Birds as dog names, for a gundog bred to find them or any dog that chases pigeons for fun.

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Girl names (27)

Black Swan
The black swan of Australia, with a bright red bill
Brolga
A tall grey crane of Australia famous for their dancing · Gamilaraay · big dogs
Corella
A white Australian cockatoo · Wiradjuri
Dove
A small white pigeon, long a symbol of peace
Egret
A slender white heron
Euphonia
A small finch of the Americas, Greek for sweet voiced · Greek · small dogs
Fairywren
A tiny bright blue wren of Australia · small dogs
Feather
A soft bird feather, for a light little dog · small dogs
Firecrest
A tiny bird with a flame orange crown stripe · small dogs
Flamingo
A tall pink wading bird, from the Latin flamma, flame
Goldcrest
Britain's smallest bird, with a golden crown stripe · small dogs
Gouldian
The rainbow coloured Gouldian finch of northern Australia
Halcyon
A mythical bird that calmed the winter sea · Greek
Huia
A treasured black songbird of New Zealand with white tipped tail feathers · Maori
Hummingbird
A tiny bird that hovers and hums · small dogs
Lark
The bird that sings on the wing at dawn · small dogs
Linnet
A small brown finch of open country · small dogs
Meadowlark
A yellow breasted songbird of prairies and farmland
Moorhen
A black water bird with a red bill
Nightingale
A plain brown bird with a famous song · small dogs
Plume
A long showy feather
Quail
A small speckled ground bird, from the Old French quaille · small dogs
Sittella
A small Australian bird that hops down tree trunks · Greek · small dogs
Skylark
A small brown bird that sings while soaring high · small dogs
Sparrow
A small brown garden bird, from the Old English spearwa · small dogs
Swan
A large white water bird with a long curved neck · big dogs
Thrush
A songbird with a speckled breast · small dogs

Boy names (26)

Bullfinch
A plump finch with a rosy red chest · small dogs
Buzzard
A broad winged bird of prey · big dogs
Capercaillie
The giant grouse of Scottish pine forests · Scottish Gaelic · big dogs
Cardinal
A crested red songbird of North America
Condor
The great vulture of the Andes · big dogs
Eagle
The great bird of prey of cliffs and crags · big dogs
Falco
Latin for falcon · Latin
Falcon
A fast hunting bird, from the Latin falco
Goshawk
A powerful hawk that hunts in woodland · big dogs
Grosbeak
A finch with a big heavy beak
Harrier
A hawk that quarters low over open fields
Hawfinch
A big beaked finch that can crack cherry stones · small dogs
Heron
A tall grey wading bird with a long neck and beak · big dogs
Jabiru
A big black necked stork of northern Australia · Tupi
Jay
A noisy woodland bird with a flash of blue
Kestrel
A small hovering falcon · small dogs
Kingbird
A bold flycatcher that chases off much bigger birds
Mallard
The common wild duck with a green head
Nighthawk
A night flying nightjar of the Americas
Osprey
The fish hawk · big dogs
Peacock
A large bird known for the male's bright tail fan
Rifleman
New Zealand's smallest bird · small dogs
Roadrunner
A desert cuckoo of the American South West that runs at speed
Rook
A sociable member of the crow family
Thrasher
A long tailed songbird that thrashes through leaves
Wedgetail
Australia's biggest eagle, with a wedge shaped tail · big dogs

Names for either (183)

Albatross
The great wanderer of the southern seas · big dogs
Anhinga
The snakebird, a water bird with a long thin neck · Tupi
Auklet
A small diving seabird of the North Pacific · small dogs
Avocet
A black and white wader with an upturned bill
Babbler
A chatty bird that lives in noisy family groups, for a talkative dog
Bellbird
A bird whose call rings like a bell in Australian and New Zealand bush
Bittern
A shy reed bed heron with a booming call
Blackbird
A garden songbird with a golden bill
Blackcap
A warbler with a neat black cap · small dogs
Bluebird
A small bright blue songbird · small dogs
Bobolink
A bubbly singing bird of North American meadows
Boobook
A small brown Australian owl named after their call · small dogs
Bowerbird
An Australian bird that decorates a bower with blue treasures
Brahminy
The brahminy kite, a chestnut and white sea eagle
Brambling
A winter finch with orange and black feathers · small dogs
Budgerigar
The little green budgie of the Australian outback · Gamilaraay · small dogs
Budgie
A small bright Australian parakeet · small dogs
Bunting
A small seed eating bird, also a word for cheerful flags · small dogs
Butcherbird
An Australian songbird with a hooked bill and a beautiful song
Canary
A little yellow bird famous for singing · small dogs
Caracara
A falcon of the Americas that walks about on long legs · Tupi
Cassowary
A huge flightless bird of the Queensland rainforest · Malay · big dogs
Catbird
A bird that mews like a cat, a funny name for a dog
Chaffinch
A common finch with a cheerful rattling song · small dogs
Chickadee
A tiny bird of North America named after their call · small dogs
Chiffchaff
A small warbler named after their two note song · small dogs
Chough
A black crow with a red bill and legs
Cockatiel
A small crested parrot from Australia · Dutch · small dogs
Cockatoo
A loud crested white parrot
Cormorant
A dark seabird that holds its wings out to dry
Crane
A tall elegant bird known for its dancing · big dogs
Crossbill
A finch with crossed bill tips for prising open pine cones · small dogs
Crow
A large glossy black bird known for its harsh call
Cuckoo
A bird named after its call, which nests in other nests
Curlew
A moorland wader with a long curved bill
Currawong
A black Australian bird with a ringing call
Dipper
A bobbing bird that walks underwater in fast streams · small dogs
Dotterel
A small plump plover · small dogs
Dunlin
A small busy wader of mudflats · small dogs
Dunnock
A small brown hedge sparrow of British gardens · small dogs
Eider
A sea duck famous for their soft down
Fantail
A tiny bird that spreads its tail like a fan · small dogs
Fieldfare
A large thrush that visits Britain in winter
Figbird
An Australian bird that feeds on figs
Finch
A small seed eating songbird, from the Old English finc · small dogs
Firetail
A small Australian finch with a red rump · small dogs
Fledgling
A young bird just learning to fly, for a puppy finding their feet · small dogs
Friarbird
A bald headed Australian honeyeater
Frogmouth
A wide mouthed night bird that looks like a broken branch
Galah
A pink and grey cockatoo, and Aussie slang for a silly person · Yuwaalaraay
Gannet
A seabird that dives hard, also a greedy eater
Godwit
A long billed wader that flies nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand
Goldeneye
A diving duck with bright golden eyes
Goldfinch
A finch with gold flashes across its wings · small dogs
Grackle
A glossy black American songbird
Grebe
A diving water bird with lobed feet
Greylag
The grey goose that is the ancestor of farmyard geese
Hihi
The stitchbird, a rare honeyeater of New Zealand · Maori · small dogs
Hobby
A small swift falcon that catches dragonflies in flight
Hoiho
The yellow eyed penguin of New Zealand · Maori
Honeyeater
An Australian bird that sips nectar from flowers
Hoopoe
A pink bird with a fan shaped crest and a hoop hoop call
Ibis
A long billed wading bird of the Nile · Egyptian
Jackdaw
A small grey headed crow that collects shiny things
Junco
A small grey sparrow called the snowbird · Spanish · small dogs
Kahu
The swamp harrier hawk of New Zealand · Maori
Kaka
A cheeky forest parrot of New Zealand · Maori
Kakapo
The rare flightless night parrot of New Zealand · Maori
Kakariki
A small green New Zealand parakeet · Maori · small dogs
Kaki
The black stilt, one of the world's rarest wading birds · Maori
Karearea
The New Zealand falcon, fast and fierce · Maori
Kea
A bold alpine parrot of New Zealand · Maori
Kereru
The plump New Zealand wood pigeon · Maori
Killdeer
A plover named after their loud call
Kingfisher
A bright bird that dives headlong for fish
Kinglet
A tiny bird with a golden crown · small dogs
Kite
A graceful bird of prey with a forked tail
Kittiwake
A gentle gull that nests on sea cliffs
Kiwi
The flightless bird of New Zealand · small dogs
Kokako
A blue wattled songbird of New Zealand with a haunting call · Maori
Kookaburra
An Australian kingfisher with a laughing call
Korimako
The New Zealand bellbird with a song like chiming bells · Maori
Korora
The little blue penguin, the smallest penguin in the world · Maori · small dogs
Kotare
The New Zealand kingfisher · Maori
Kotuku
The white heron, a rare and treasured bird of New Zealand · Maori
Kuaka
The bar tailed godwit, which flies from Alaska to New Zealand · Maori
Lapwing
A crested plover with a wheeling flight, also called peewit
Loon
A diving bird of northern lakes with a haunting call
Lorikeet
A small rainbow coloured parrot · small dogs
Lyrebird
An Australian bird with a lyre shaped tail and a gift for mimicry
Macaw
A large brilliantly coloured rainforest parrot
Magpie
A black and white bird known for hoarding
Matuku
The Australasian bittern, a reed bird of New Zealand · Maori
Miromiro
The tomtit of New Zealand · Maori · small dogs
Moa
The giant flightless bird of ancient New Zealand · Maori · big dogs
Mockingbird
A songbird that copies the songs of other birds
Mohua
The yellowhead, a golden songbird of South Island beech forests · Maori · small dogs
Morepork
The New Zealand owl, named after their call · small dogs
Murre
A black and white seabird that nests on cliffs
Nankeen
The nankeen kestrel and night heron, named for a buff cotton cloth · Chinese
Nene
The Hawaiian goose · Hawaiian
Nightjar
A night bird with a churring call and wonderful camouflage
Nuthatch
A small bird that climbs down tree trunks head first · small dogs
Oriole
A golden yellow songbird of tall trees
Ouzel
The ring ouzel, a mountain blackbird with a white collar
Owl
A night hunting bird with large forward facing eyes
Owlet
A young or small owl · small dogs
Oystercatcher
A black and white shorebird with a bright orange bill
Pardalote
A tiny spotted Australian bird, from the Greek for leopard like · Greek · small dogs
Pateke
The brown teal, a small duck of New Zealand · Maori · small dogs
Peewee
The Aussie name for the magpie lark, after their call · small dogs
Peewit
The country name for the lapwing, after their call · small dogs
Pelican
A large white water bird with a deep throat pouch · big dogs
Penguin
A black and white seabird that swims instead of flying
Petrel
A small seabird that lives out on the ocean
Pewee
A small flycatcher named after their call · small dogs
Pigeon
The familiar grey bird of towns and cities
Pintail
A slender duck with a long pointed tail
Pipipi
The brown creeper, a small New Zealand songbird · Maori · small dogs
Pipit
A small streaky brown bird of fields and moors · small dogs
Piwakawaka
The New Zealand fantail, a cheeky bird who follows walkers · Maori · small dogs
Plover
A round shorebird that runs then stops still
Ptarmigan
A mountain grouse that turns white in winter · Scottish Gaelic
Pueo
The Hawaiian short eared owl · Hawaiian
Puffin
A black and white seabird with a bright striped beak · small dogs
Puffling
A baby puffin · small dogs
Pukeko
A deep blue swamp hen of New Zealand · Maori
Quill
A large wing feather once used as a pen
Red Kite
A forked tailed bird of prey with rusty red plumage
Redpoll
A tiny finch with a red cap · small dogs
Redshank
A wader with bright red legs
Redstart
A small songbird with a rusty red tail · small dogs
Redwing
A small thrush with red patches under its wings · small dogs
Riflebird
A velvety black bird of paradise from Queensland
Robin
A small bird with a red breast, also a form of Robert · small dogs
Roller
A bright blue bird that tumbles through the air in display flights
Ruru
The little New Zealand owl, also called morepork · Maori · small dogs
Sanderling
A small pale wader that runs along the edge of the waves · small dogs
Sandpiper
A small wader that works the tide line · small dogs
Shrike
A bold songbird with a hooked bill, called the butcher bird
Silvereye
A tiny olive bird with a ring of white around the eye · small dogs
Siskin
A small yellow green finch · small dogs
Smew
A small diving duck in black and white · small dogs
Spinebill
A small honeyeater with a long curved bill · small dogs
Spoonbill
A wading bird with a spoon shaped bill
Starling
A speckled black bird that flies in huge flocks · small dogs
Stonechat
A small bird whose call sounds like two stones tapped together · small dogs
Stork
A tall long legged bird that nests on roofs · big dogs
Swallow
A fork tailed bird that arrives with summer
Swift
The bird that sleeps on the wing
Takahe
A rare flightless New Zealand bird once thought extinct · Maori
Takapu
The Australasian gannet · Maori
Tanager
A brightly coloured songbird of the Americas · Tupi
Tattler
A grey wader named after their noisy alarm call
Tauhou
The silvereye of New Zealand, Maori for stranger · Maori · small dogs
Tawny
The tawny owl, the hooting owl of British woods
Tern
A slender seabird with a forked tail
Thornbill
A tiny brown Australian bird · small dogs
Tieke
The saddleback, a New Zealand bird with a chestnut saddle · Maori
Titi
The sooty shearwater of New Zealand, also called muttonbird · Maori
Torea
The oystercatcher in Maori · Maori
Toroa
The albatross in Maori · Maori · big dogs
Toucan
A tropical bird with a huge, colourful beak
Toutouwai
The New Zealand robin · Maori · small dogs
Towhee
A large sparrow named after their call · small dogs
Treecreeper
A small brown bird that spirals up tree trunks · small dogs
Tui
A New Zealand songbird with a white throat tuft · Maori
Turnstone
A wader that flips over stones looking for food, like a dog on the beach
Vireo
A small green songbird, Latin for I am green · Latin · small dogs
Wagtail
A small bird that bobs its tail as it walks · small dogs
Warbler
A small bird with a rippling song · small dogs
Wattlebird
A big Australian honeyeater with dangling wattles
Waxwing
A silky crested bird with wax red wing tips
Weka
A curious flightless New Zealand bird · Maori
Wheatear
A small bird of open country with a white rump · small dogs
Whio
The blue duck of New Zealand's fast rivers, named after their whistle · Maori
Whipbird
An Australian bird whose call cracks like a whip
Whooper
The whooper swan, a big white swan with a trumpeting call · big dogs
Wompoo
A colourful fruit dove named after their call
Wonga
The wonga pigeon of eastern Australia · Dharug
Woodlark
A small lark with a sweet fluting song · small dogs
Woodpecker
A bird that drums on trees, for a dog who never stops tapping
Yellowhammer
A bright yellow bunting that sings a little bit of bread and no cheese · small dogs

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