Phrase guide

migratory bird

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bird of passage

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: migrant

Narrower terms: passage migrant

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: прелетна птица (preletna ptica) — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Chinese: 渡鳥 /渡鸟 (tō͘-chiáu) — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 候鳥 /候鸟 (hòuniǎo) — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Danish: trækfugl — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Dutch: trekvogel — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Finnish: muuttolintu — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • French: oiseau migrateur — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Georgian: გადამფრენი ფრინველი (gadampreni prinveli) — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • German: Zugvogel — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Hindi: प्रवासी पक्षी (pravāsī pakṣī) — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Hungarian: vándormadár — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Ingrian: kesälintu — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Irish: éan imirce — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Irish: éan imirceach — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Irish: éan aistreánach — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Irish: éan aistreáin — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Japanese: 渡り鳥 (watari-dori) — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Korean: 철새 (cheolsae) — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Latvian: gājputns — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trekkfugl — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trekkfugl — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Russian: перелётная пти́ца (pereljótnaja ptíca) — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Northern Sami: bárbmọloddi — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Serbo-Croatian: ptica selica — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Spanish: ave de paso — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Spanish: ave migratoria — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Spanish: ave pasajera — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Spanish: pájaro migratorio — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Swedish: flyttfågel — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant
  • Tagalog: ibong-lagalag — migratory bird — see also bird of passage, migrant