Night Birds Crossword Clue

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Possible answers to night birds


- Birds in slow motion
- Birds of the night
- Members of parliament are slow to adjust
- Night birds
- Nocturnal birds
- Nocturnal birds of prey
- Wisdom symbols

- Active at night
- Active by night
- Clan to run operation at night-time
- Night loving
- Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as, nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc.; -- opposed to diurnal.
- Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night; as, nocturnal birds and insects.
- An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the stars, etc., at sea.

- A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.
- A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.
- To frighten, as with a lowbell.

- A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise.

- One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk.

- One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata).

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