redbird

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the male is bright red with black wings and tail
noun crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male

From red + bird.

The sky was a glory, the Wilderness rolled in emerald waves, the redbirds sang. — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston
And "Oh," said the Redbird to the Jay, "Don't you wish you could sit and sing that way?" — Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, Joel Chandler Harris
In her brown cloth hat the wings of a redbird gleamed--the feathers and her lips having all there was of bright color about her; for her face was singularly colorless for so young a girl. — That Girl Montana, Marah Ellis Ryan

scarlet tanager, Piranga olivacea, firebird

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