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yellow-headed blackbird

American  
[yel-oh-hed-id] / ˈyɛl oʊˌhɛd ɪd /

noun

  1. a North American blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, having a yellow head.

Etymology

Origin of yellow-headed blackbird

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

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The yellow-headed blackbird belongs properly north-west of Lake Superior, but frequently gets into Michigan and Illinois.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various

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