Birds

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blue tit

Back 1

лазоревка,синицa

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small insectivorous birds.
widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head.

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blackbird

Back 2

дрозд черный

merl, merle, ousel, ouzel

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common black European thrush, songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast

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chaffinch

Back 3

зяблик

Hint 3

A small European songbird with a cheerful song.

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hummingbird

Back 4

колибри

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tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight

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crossbill

Back 5

клест

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finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed,
(having curved mandibles with narrow tips that cross when the bill is closed.)

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siskin

Back 6

чиж

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small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak

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Sparrow hawk

Back 7

ястреб-перепелятник

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Small North American falcon that hovers over fields and pastures, feeding chiefly on insects and mice.
A small hawk of Europe, Africa, and central Asia that preys on sparrows and other small birds.

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peregrine= peregrine falcon

Back 8

обыкновенный сокол, сапсан

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a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry
adj. coming from abroad
travelling or migratory; wandering

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Warbler

Back 9

певчая птица,разг. телефон со звучным звонком,певец; певица

Hint 9

a small active songbird

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skua ['skjuːə]

Back 10

поморник большой (чайка)

Hint 10

Any of several large predatory sea birds related to the jaeger

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tern

Back 11

крачка
три строфы,три числа

Hint 11

small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail

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Avocet

Back 12

шилоноска, шилоклювка

Hint 12

long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill

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shearwater

Back 13

буревестник

Hint 13

long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves

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godwit

Back 14

веретенник

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large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill

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barnacle goose

Back 15

белощекии гусь

Hint 15

European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north

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Barn owl
['bɑːnaul]

Back 16

сипуха

Hint 16

mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control

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swan
[swɔn]

Back 17

лебедь,бард

Hint 17

stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
a large, usually white, water-bird of the duck family, with a long graceful neck

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cygnet ['sɪgnət]

Back 18

молодой лебедь

Hint 18

a young swan

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cob

Back 19

лебедь-самец,чайка

Front 20

mew [mjuː]

Back 20

чайка (часто о европ. виде чаек Larus canus), сажать сокола в клетку на период линьки

Hint 20

any seagull, esp the common gullю Also called mew gull,sea mew

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Bittern

Back 21

выпь

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relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes

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grouse [graus]

Back 22

шотландская куропатка

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any gallinaceous bird, occurring mainly in the N hemisphere, having a stocky body and feathered legs and feet

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black grouse

Back 23

тетерев-косач

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grouse of which the male is bluish-black

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great grouse

Back 24

тетерев-глухарь

Hint 24

sage hen

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hazel grouse
['heɪz(ə)l]

Back 25

рябчик

Hint 25

Hazel Hen is one of the smaller members of the grouse family of birds. It is a sedentary species, breeding across northern Eurasia and central and eastern Europe in spruce

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guillemot ['gɪlɪmɔt]

Back 26

кайра (птица)

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small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas

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redstart

Back 27

горихвостка

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European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins
redtail

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Blackcap

Back 28

славка-черноголовка

Hint 28

chickadee,small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown

Front 29

grebe
[griːb]

Back 29

поганка (птица)

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small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet

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Bullfinch
['bulfɪnʧ]

Back 30

снегирь

Hint 30

common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast

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Buzzard

Back 31

канюк, сарыч (амер. гриф)

Hint 31

European short-winged hawk,any diurnal bird of prey
honey buzzard, turkey buzzard

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heron

Back 32

цапля

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grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill

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capercaillie [ˌkæpə'keɪlɪ]
= capercailzie[ˌkæpə'keɪlzɪ]

Back 33

глухарь

Hint 33

large black European woodland grouse

Front 34

carrion crow ['kærɪənˌkrəu]

Back 34

чёрная ворона

Hint 34

a common predatory and scavenging European crow similar to the rook but having a pure black bill .
American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard

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egret ['iːgrət]

Back 35

белая цапля,головка одуванчика,

Hint 35

any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season

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aigrette ['eɪgret]

Back 36

белая цапля,плюмаж;

Hint 36

a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume

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osprey ['ɔspreɪ]
fish hawk

Back 37

скопа, орлик, рыбак

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large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years

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chiffchaff ['ʧɪfʧæf]

Back 38

пеночка-кузнечик (птица)

Hint 38

A small European warbler with yellowish-green plumage.

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bunting

Back 39

овсянка (птица семейства Emberizidae)

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any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or N. America.They all have short stout bills.
A snug-fitting, hooded sleeping bag of heavy material for infants.

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chough [ʧʌf]

Back 40

клушица (птица)

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a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage

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sandpiper

Back 41

песочник (птица)

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Any of various small wading birds , usually having a long straight sensitive bill with which it picks up insects, worms, and soft mollusks in mud and sand.

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scoter ['skəutə]

Back 42

турпан

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large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere

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Coot

Back 43

лысуха

Hint 43

slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks
Inform. An eccentric or crotchety person, esp. an old man.

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Cormorant

Back 44

большой баклан,скряга,обжора;

Hint 44

large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish

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Corncrake
landrail ['lændreɪl]

Back 45

дергач, коростель

Hint 45

common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields

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cuckoo ['kukuː]

Back 46

кукушка

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ny of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail
cuckoo - a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
bozo, fathead, goof, goofball, jackass, twat, zany, goose

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curlew ['kɜːljuː]

Back 47

кроншнеп

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large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill

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dotterel ['dɔtr(ə)l]dottrel

Back 48

ржанка,слабоумный

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rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia

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plover ['plʌvə]

Back 49

зуёк, ржанка

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any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers

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Dunlin

Back 50

чернозобик

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small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions

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Dunnock

Back 51

лесная завирушка

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another name for hedge sparrow
small brownish European songbird

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Dipper

Back 52

оляпка

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small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom

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Eider

Back 53

гага = eiderdown гагачий пух

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duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females

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vulture ['vʌlʧə]

Back 54

гриф , стервятник,

Hint 54

any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion

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goshawk ['gɔshɔːk]

Back 55

ястреб-тетеревятник

Hint 55

large hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry