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| Baltimore oriole |
an orange and black North American songbird that builds finely woven, pendant nests. |
| bluebird |
a small North American songbird having blue plumage, and, in the male, a reddish breast. |
| bobolink |
a black, yellow, and white North American migratory songbird, so named for its cry. |
| catbird |
a dark gray North American songbird having one call that sounds like the mewing of a cat. |
| dickcissel |
a sparrowlike American songbird characterized, in the male, by a yellow breast and a black mark at the throat. |
| gold-finch |
a small brownish European songbird marked with red, black, and yellow. [1/2 definitions] |
| laverock |
a primarily Scottish word for "lark," a kind of songbird with a long hind claw and a musical song. |
| mavis |
a small Eurasian songbird with brown wings and a spotted white breast; song thrush. |
| pine warbler |
a small, yellow and greenish songbird found esp. in pine woods of the eastern United States. |
| robin |
a large North American songbird related to the thrush, with an orange-red breast, dark brown head and back, and a bright yellow bill. [1/2 definitions] |
| scarlet tanager |
a U.S. songbird, the male of which has a bright scarlet body with black wings and tail. |
| song sparrow |
a common North American songbird with streaked brownish plumage. |
| song thrush |
a common Eurasian songbird with brown upper plumage and a white, brown-spotted breast. |
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