Columbia Encyclopedia

(Encyclopedia) snake-bird: see darter.

(Encyclopedia) song, bird: see birdsong.

(Encyclopedia) umbrella bird: see cotinga.

(Encyclopedia) rice bird: see bobolink.

(Encyclopedia) reed bird: see bobolink.

(Encyclopedia) Bird Island: see Aves Island.

(Encyclopedia) bird sanctuary: see wildlife refuge. ...

(Encyclopedia) spectacle bird: see white-eye.

(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912–2007, b. Karnack, Tex., as Claudia Alta Taylor. She married (1934) Lyndon B. Johnson and played an active role in his political career. As first lady (1963–69), she was th...

(Encyclopedia) bird of paradise, common name for any of 43 species of medium- to crow-sized passerine birds of New Guinea and the adjacent islands, known for the bright plumage, elongated tail feathers called wires,...