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Snowbird   /snˈoʊbˌərd/   Listen
Snowbird

noun
1.
Medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter.  Synonyms: fieldfare, Turdus pilaris.
2.
White Arctic bunting.  Synonyms: Plectrophenax nivalis, snow bunting, snowflake.
3.
Small North American finch seen chiefly in winter.  Synonym: junco.





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"Snowbird" Quotes from Famous Books



... the junco, or common snowbird, came into the big barn and built her nest in the side of the haymow, only a few feet from me. The clean, fragrant hay attracted her as it had attracted me. One would have thought that in a haymow she had nesting material near at hand. But no; her nest-building instincts had to ...
— The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers • John Burroughs


Words linked to "Snowbird" :   thrush, bunting, slate-colored junco, dark-eyed junco, Turdus, finch, Junco hyemalis, genus Turdus, genus Plectrophenax, Plectrophenax, genus Junco


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