scrub-bird

[skruhb-burd]

noun

1. either of two Australian passerine birds of the genus Atrichornis, related to the lyrebirds, having a loud voice and reduced powers of flight: A. clamosus is endangered.

scrub bird

noun

1. either of two fast-running wren-like passerine birds, Atrichornis clamosus or A. rufescens, that constitute the Australian family Atrichornithidae

Word History and Origins

Origin of scrub-bird¹

First recorded in 1865–70; scrub ² + bird

Example Sentences

The Lyre Bird, which according to the classification we are following, with the scrub bird, forms the fifth group of the perching birds, belongs to Australia.

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