screecher noun3 •Agent noun of screech; one who or that which screeches. •A bird, the common swift, Apus apus. •(old-fashioned) A bird of the former category Picariae, distinguished from the songbirds.The names Strepitores, (screechers), and Cantores, (warblers or songsters), have reference to the conformation of the lower larynx — 1838 formsscreechers