pet bird; cage bird
A bird kept as a pet or in a cage, as opposed to a wild bird (野鳥).
See also: 野鳥
My grandmother talks to her pet bird every day.
The type of food differs between cage birds and wild birds.
Standard spelling with okurigana; the most common written form.
Abbreviated kanji spelling without okurigana; seen in some contexts but less common.
Compound of 飼い (kai, 'keeping, raising') + 鳥 (tori, 'bird'), with rendaku voicing of tori to dori.