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Wild Animals vocabulary — A2

Everyday wildlife vocabulary that mixes common birds like the pigeon, sparrow and hawk with small flying creatures such as the fly, wasp and mosquito.

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pigeon
/ˈpɪdʒən/
A grey city bird that struts about pecking crumbs off the pavement.
Example: A pigeon got into the station and everyone watched it instead of the board.
crow
/kroʊ/
A big glossy black bird with a harsh call, seen out on ploughed fields.
Example: A pair of crows were mobbing the buzzard right across the valley.
peacock
/ˈpiˌkɑk/
A bird whose male spreads a huge fan of shimmering eyed feathers.
Example: The peacock screamed all night and nobody in the hotel slept.
ostrich
/ˈɔstrɪtʃ/
The biggest bird alive, too heavy to fly but able to outrun a horse.
Example: An ostrich kicked the fence and bent the whole panel.
seagull
/ˈsiˌɡʌl/
A noisy grey and white coastal bird that steals chips out of your hand.
Example: A seagull took my ice cream in one go and I never saw it coming.
robin
/ˈrɑbən/
A small brown garden bird with a bright red breast.
Example: A robin follows my dad round the garden whenever he digs.
sparrow
/ˈspɛroʊ/
A small brown streaky bird that hops about in noisy little gangs.
Example: There's a whole gang of sparrows living in that hedge.
dove
/dʌv/
A small pale bird with a soft cooing call, long used as a symbol of peace.
Example: They let a white dove go at the end of the ceremony.
hawk
/hɔk/
A sharp-eyed hunting bird with broad wings that ambushes smaller birds.
Example: A hawk came through the garden and took something off the feeder.
flamingo
/fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/
A tall pink wading bird that stands on one leg in shallow lakes.
Example: A hundred flamingos lifted off the lake at once and the sky went pink.
spider
/ˈspaɪdər/
A small eight-legged creature that spins a web to catch its food.
Example: There's a spider in the bath again and I'm not touching it.
fly
/flaɪ/
A small buzzing insect with two wings that lands on your food.
Example: One fly in the car and the whole journey is ruined.
mosquito
/məˈskitoʊ/
A tiny insect that bites at night and leaves an itchy lump.
Example: I got eaten alive by mosquitoes on the first evening.
wasp
/wɑsp/
A yellow and black insect with a narrow waist that stings again and again.
Example: A wasp got into the jam and the picnic was over.