tyrant bird

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tyrant bird - large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing New World flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, flycatcher tyrannid - a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni superfamily Tyrannidae, Tyrannidae - New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus - large American flycatcher Contopus virens, pewee, wood pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit - small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America phoebe bird, Sayornis phoebe, phoebe - small dun-colored North American flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus, vermillion flycatcher, firebird - tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage cotinga, chatterer - passerine bird of New World tropics Muscivora-forficata, scissortail, scissortailed flycatcher - grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings

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