# Wild Animals Upper Intermediate

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- CEFR: B2 (Upper-intermediate)
- Theme: Nature & Environment
- Words: 20
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Advanced bird and insect vocabulary that names less common species like the albatross, kestrel, partridge and wren alongside creatures such as the scorpion…

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## Word list

* **albatross** /ˈælbəˌtrɑs/: An ocean bird with the longest wings of any, gliding for days without landing. — “An **albatross** followed the ship for a week and never once flapped.”
* **buzzard** /ˈbʌzərd/: A broad-winged bird of prey that mews like a cat while circling. — “There's a **buzzard** over that field most afternoons.”
* **crane** /kreɪn/: A very tall grey wading bird that dances to win over a mate. — “Two **cranes** were leaping and bowing at each other in the marsh.”
* **goldfinch** /ˈɡoʊldˌfɪntʃ/: A small bird with a red face and a broad gold band across each wing. — “A charm of **goldfinches** worked its way along the thistles.”
* **jay** /dʒeɪ/: A pinkish woodland bird with a flash of blue on the wing that buries acorns. — “A **jay** screeched and every other bird in the wood went quiet.”
* **kestrel**: A small falcon that hangs in one spot above a roadside verge, head dead still. — “There's a **kestrel** on that stretch of the motorway every single day.”
* **lark** /lɑrk/: A brown field bird that sings without pause while climbing high into the sky. — “A **lark** went up and kept going until we couldn't see it at all.”
* **partridge** /ˈpɑrtrədʒ/: A round grey game bird that would rather run than fly when disturbed. — “A covey of **partridges** legged it up the tramline ahead of the dog.”
* **pheasant** /ˈfɛzənt/: A long-tailed game bird whose male is copper-bright with a white collar. — “A **pheasant** wandered into the road and refused to accept the car existed.”
* **starling** /ˈstɑrlɪŋ/: A dark speckled bird that gathers in swirling thousands at dusk. — “We drove out to the pier to watch the **starlings** come in.”
* **wren** /rɛn/: A tiny brown scrap of a bird with its tail cocked straight up. — “For something that small a **wren** makes an absurd amount of noise.”
* **millipede**: A slow round many-legged creature that curls into a tight coil when touched. — “A **millipede** rolled up into a perfect spiral in my palm.”
* **scorpion** /ˈskɔrpiən/: A desert creature with pincers and a curved stinging tail held over its back. — “You shake your boots out every morning or you find a **scorpion** the hard way.”
* **mantis** /ˈmæntɪs/: A green insect that waits with its front legs folded as though praying. — “A **mantis** sat on the mosquito net all night without moving once.”
* **locust** /ˈloʊkəst/: A grasshopper that swarms in millions and strips a whole region bare. — “The **locusts** came through and there was nothing green left standing.”
* **aphid** /ˈæfəd/: A tiny sap-sucking pest that covers new rose shoots in a green fuzz. — “Every bud on that bush is solid with **aphids**.”
* **earwig**: A brown insect with a pair of pincers at its back end. — “An **earwig** dropped out of the dahlia and straight down my sleeve.”
* **firefly** /ˈfaɪərˌflaɪ/: A beetle that flashes a cold light in the dark to attract a mate. — “The whole treeline was full of **fireflies** blinking on and off together.”
* **silkworm** /ˈsɪlkwərm/: The young of a moth whose cocoon is unwound to make fine cloth. — “It takes something like two thousand **silkworms** to make one dress.”
* **tarantula** /təˈræntʃulə/: A big hairy spider that people keep as a pet and fear anyway. — “He let the **tarantula** walk up his arm and I had to look away.”

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