olive-backed thrush

American  

[ol-iv-bakt] / ˈɒl ɪvˌbækt /

noun

1. Swainson's thrush.

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Etymology

Origin of olive-backed thrush

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Example Sentences

There is an assortment of taxidermied specimens, including a mouse and an olive-backed thrush; eggs from a brown pelican; a porcupine fish; and the jaw of a crocodile.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2014

The olive-backed thrush and its relative, the russet-backed, occupy the whole of the United States at some time during the year.

From Food Habits of the Thrushes of the United States USDA Bulletin 280 by Beal, F. E. L.

In its appearance to the eye among the trees, one would not distinguish it from the gray-cheeked thrush of Baird, or the olive-backed thrush, but its song is totally different.

From In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs by Burroughs, John

Personally I do not know a bittern from an olive-backed thrush.

From Four Americans Roosevelt, Hawthorne, Emerson, Whitman by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

This way my thoughts were running when all at once two birds dashed by me—a black-poll warbler in hot pursuit of an olive-backed thrush.

From The Foot-path Way by Torrey, Bradford