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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 woodpeckers come the members of the sparrow family that inhabit the Tahoe region. The little black-headed snowbird, Thurber's junco, is the most common of all the Tahoe birds. The thick-billed sparrow, a grayish bird with spotted breast and enormous bill is found on all the brushy hillsides and is noted for its ...
— The Lake of the Sky • George Wharton James


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


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