In Akan culture, a symbol representing a bird with head turned backwards and feet facing forward, carrying a precious egg in its mouth. It is associated with a proverb stating that it is not wrong to go back for something one has forgotten.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Synonym of roadrunner

(Philippines) sparrow / (Philippines) Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) / (Philippines) chestnut munia (Lonchura atricapilla)

Short for a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

(idiomatic) The view from directly or high above. / (by extension) A general overview or summary of a topic.

Any of three African species of turaco of the genus Corythaixoides. / (South Africa) A bird of the species Corythaixoides concolor

(simile) to have a beautiful singing voice / (simile) to divulge secrets with little coercion

(colloquial, simile) To eat in small amounts rather than in a single full meal.

Alternative form of bird colonel