The phrase "a type of bird" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when categorizing or describing a specific kind of bird within a broader classification.
Example: "The sparrow is a type of bird commonly found in urban areas."
Alternatives: "a kind of bird" or "a species of bird."
The experiments involve a type of bird flu virus known as H5N1.
The experiments involve a type of bird flu virus known as H5N1, which rarely infects people but is highly deadly when it does.
But the virus, a type of bird flu, does not often infect people, and when it does, they almost never transmit it to one another.
If a type of bird has yellow feathers on one side of the continent, red feathers on the other side, and a mixture in between, is it one species?
If a type of bird is mentioned in one of Dali's often hilariously playful titles, you can be sure she will look up what parts of North America the bird is sometimes sighted in.
The most-famous song is "Kurja," which tells the story of a woman who wishes to send a message to her absent husband by a kurja (a type of bird), who is promised a priceless reward for his service.
This may require hanging netting around the balcony and stringing a type of bird-deterrent barbed wire, called Nixalite, on ledges.
Cassowaries (a type of flightless bird), birds of paradise, bowerbirds, sandpipers, and swifts are among the notable birdlife.
Typical birdlife includes cassowaries (a type of flightless bird), birds-of-paradise, megapodes (mound builders), bowerbirds, plumed herons, green pigeons, and lories (a type of parrot).
Half of these students were asked to provide examples of members of a group, for example, naming any type of bird.
Take the greater ani, a type of cuckoo bird.
