emu

Almost leathery.

syrinx

Is it o-ka-lee
Or con-ka-ree, is it really jug jug,
Is it cuckoo for that matter?-
Much less whether a bird's call
Means anything in
Particular, or at all.

Amy Clampitt, Syrinx

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syrinx |ˈsiri NG ks|
noun ( pl. -inxes )
1 a set of panpipes.
2 Ornithology the lower larynx or voice organ in birds, situated at or near the junction of the trachea and bronchi and well developed in songbirds.

ORIGIN early 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek surinx ‘pipe, channel.’

the meaning of birds

…it is not news that we live in a world
Where beauty is unexplainable
And suddenly ruined
And has its own routines. We are often far
From home in a dark town, and our griefs
Are difficult to translate into a language
Understood by others.

Charlie Smith, The Meaning of Birds