Ornithology

/ˌɔːnɪθˈɒləd‍ʒi/

/ˌɔɹnɪˈθɑɫədʒi/

[noun]

Ornithology

[NOUN]

the branch of zoology that studies birds

Examples

1. He's the professor of ornithology at the University of Penn.

2. He and Professor Aly McKnight recently hiked several miles into nearby woods as part of an ornithology class.

3. According to the Max Plank Institute for Ornithology in Germany, the frigate bird sleeps while it's flying.

4. So Dr. Clark is the IP Johnson Founding Director at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology's Bioacoustics Research Program and a senior scientist in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell.