songbird

[sawng-burd, song-]

noun

1. a bird that sings.

2. any passerine bird of the suborder Oscines.

3. Slang.,  a woman vocalist.

songbird

/ ˈsɒŋˌbɜːd /

noun

1. any passerine bird of the suborder Oscines, having highly developed vocal organs and, in most, a musical call

2. any bird having a musical call

Word History and Origins

Origin of songbird¹

First recorded in 1765–75; song + bird

Example Sentences

This region shelters not only migratory songbirds but also jaguars, tapirs, and scarlet macaws.

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The crickets and cicadas make a ceaseless, deafening buzz, coyotes cry mournfully in the distance, songbirds cheep and squawk at the first hint of dawn.

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There was a pretty songbird labeled a snow lark and a gray-furred rodent called an alpine marmot.

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As a small-scale songbird rehabilitator I am not equipped, for instance, to take on a pileated woodpecker, which can smash its way out of any enclosure not made of steel.

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Each year, billions of songbirds migrate between breeding and wintering grounds.

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