Funny Bird Puns!
Here is a collection of bird puns, ornithology jokes and wordplay relating to our feathered friends.
From names of people that sound like birds through eggcellent quips there should be something for bird pun fans to peck away at.
You may be pheasantly surprised and eaglelly anticipating.
Time to get on with it before you start twitching.
Here are the puns.
From names of people that sound like birds through eggcellent quips there should be something for bird pun fans to peck away at.
You may be pheasantly surprised and eaglelly anticipating.
Time to get on with it before you start twitching.
Here are the puns.
Puns
1920s bird - flapper
bird puns are my raven d'etre
bought girlfriend a tiny bird as a small toucan of appreciation
busy bird - frequent flyer
cheating bird - fowl play
chicken Man superhero - "Faster than a speeding pullet"
deaf bird needs a heron aid
distant relative - migrate aunt
divorced bird watcher - seven year twitch
Egyptian owl - Hootankhamun
excited bird watcher - hornithologist
fast bird - Mo Sparrow
forgot the words - humming bird
holiday in the Canary Islands or Turkey
hungry bird - peckish
nothing succeeds (sucks seeds) like a budgie
ornithology film was a turkey
out of breath - puffin
parrot drying out - polyunsaturated
pestering bird - harrier
quick drink - swallow a swift one
sadly looking at an empty riverbank. Egrets, I've had a few, but then again, too few to mention
that sick falcon is almost ill eagle
the ooh-aah bird lays square eggs
where birds hang out - crow bar
bird puns are my raven d'etre
bought girlfriend a tiny bird as a small toucan of appreciation
busy bird - frequent flyer
cheating bird - fowl play
chicken Man superhero - "Faster than a speeding pullet"
deaf bird needs a heron aid
distant relative - migrate aunt
divorced bird watcher - seven year twitch
Egyptian owl - Hootankhamun
excited bird watcher - hornithologist
fast bird - Mo Sparrow
forgot the words - humming bird
holiday in the Canary Islands or Turkey
hungry bird - peckish
nothing succeeds (sucks seeds) like a budgie
ornithology film was a turkey
out of breath - puffin
parrot drying out - polyunsaturated
pestering bird - harrier
quick drink - swallow a swift one
sadly looking at an empty riverbank. Egrets, I've had a few, but then again, too few to mention
that sick falcon is almost ill eagle
the ooh-aah bird lays square eggs
where birds hang out - crow bar
Expressions
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush - appreciate what you have
as the crow flies - straight line between two points
bird brain - a fool
birds of a feather flock together - flocks of birds tend to contain a single species
Black Swan - an unpredictable event, often in business or banking terms
budgie smugglers - tight swimming trunks
chickens come home to roost - when the results of your actions become apparent
crow's feet - lines around the eyes
dead as a dodo - can't get much deader than that
early bird catches the worm - successful people get up and get on with the day
empty nester - kids left home
feather your nest - make yourself rich in a not entirely honest way
get your ducks in a row - get organized
give someone the bird - raise middle finger in a rude gesture - also flip the bird
if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck - it is probably a duck
kill two birds with one stone - achieve more than one thing with a single action
one swallow does not a summer make - one thing doesn't mean everything will fall into place
parrot fashion - to repeat without learning
turkeys voting for Xmas - any foolish idea
water off a duck's back - shrug it off
as the crow flies - straight line between two points
bird brain - a fool
birds of a feather flock together - flocks of birds tend to contain a single species
Black Swan - an unpredictable event, often in business or banking terms
budgie smugglers - tight swimming trunks
chickens come home to roost - when the results of your actions become apparent
crow's feet - lines around the eyes
dead as a dodo - can't get much deader than that
early bird catches the worm - successful people get up and get on with the day
empty nester - kids left home
feather your nest - make yourself rich in a not entirely honest way
get your ducks in a row - get organized
give someone the bird - raise middle finger in a rude gesture - also flip the bird
if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck - it is probably a duck
kill two birds with one stone - achieve more than one thing with a single action
one swallow does not a summer make - one thing doesn't mean everything will fall into place
parrot fashion - to repeat without learning
turkeys voting for Xmas - any foolish idea
water off a duck's back - shrug it off
Films about Birds
Birdman - Michael Keaton film
The Birds - Hitchcock classic horror
Chicken Run - animation
Duck Soup - Marx Brothers
The Eagle Has Landed - WWII film with Michael Caine
Happy Feet - tap-dancing penguin
Kes - falconry boy
Lord of the Wings - Frodo flies on an eagle
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey, Jack Nicholson
Wild Geese - Richard Burton and Roger Moore
The Birds - Hitchcock classic horror
Chicken Run - animation
Duck Soup - Marx Brothers
The Eagle Has Landed - WWII film with Michael Caine
Happy Feet - tap-dancing penguin
Kes - falconry boy
Lord of the Wings - Frodo flies on an eagle
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey, Jack Nicholson
Wild Geese - Richard Burton and Roger Moore
Joke
Why are there no aspirin in the jungle?
Because the parrots eat 'em all (paracetamol)
Because the parrots eat 'em all (paracetamol)
People with Bird Names
Big Bird - Sesame Street character
Birdman of Alcatraz - famous prisoner
Russell Crowe - actor
Sir Francis Drake - sailor
Eddie the Eagle - British ski jumper
Ethan Hawke - actor
Robin Hood - gave to the poor
Florence Nightingale - nurse
Alan Partridge - comedy character
Gregory Peck - actor
Walter Pidgeon - actor
Steven Seagull - actor
Jack Sparrow - Parrots of the Caribbean
Clarice Starling - Silence of the Lambs
Taylor Swift - singer
Sir Christopher Wren - architect
Birdman of Alcatraz - famous prisoner
Russell Crowe - actor
Sir Francis Drake - sailor
Eddie the Eagle - British ski jumper
Ethan Hawke - actor
Robin Hood - gave to the poor
Florence Nightingale - nurse
Alan Partridge - comedy character
Gregory Peck - actor
Walter Pidgeon - actor
Steven Seagull - actor
Jack Sparrow - Parrots of the Caribbean
Clarice Starling - Silence of the Lambs
Taylor Swift - singer
Sir Christopher Wren - architect
Social Birds
eBird - secondhand bargains
FlockBook - keep up with the flock
Nestflix - roosting movie time
OnlyFlaps - for bird fans
Peckedit - Reddit for birds
SnapChick - pics with amusing captions
Swoopify - music on the wing
Wingipedia - all you need to know
YouTwit - video for bird-brains
FlockBook - keep up with the flock
Nestflix - roosting movie time
OnlyFlaps - for bird fans
Peckedit - Reddit for birds
SnapChick - pics with amusing captions
Swoopify - music on the wing
Wingipedia - all you need to know
YouTwit - video for bird-brains
Bird Songs
Blackbird - Paul McCartney
Do The Funky Chicken - Rufus Thomas
Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller
Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Surfin' Bird - Bird is the Word - Trashmen 1963
The Birdie Song - novelty hit
Do The Funky Chicken - Rufus Thomas
Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller
Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Surfin' Bird - Bird is the Word - Trashmen 1963
The Birdie Song - novelty hit
Words for Bird Punning
A few handy words for making bird puns
beak, bird, chick, egg, feather, flap, flock, fly, migrate, nest, peck, roost, soar, swoop, wing
beak, bird, chick, egg, feather, flap, flock, fly, migrate, nest, peck, roost, soar, swoop, wing
Tail Feathers
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As you flock off be aware there are more puns on this site that might be worth a fly past
As you flock off be aware there are more puns on this site that might be worth a fly past