red-winged blackbird

[ red-wingd ]

noun
  1. a North American blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, the male of which is black with scarlet patches, usually bordered with buff or yellow, on the bend of the wing.

Origin of red-winged blackbird

1
First recorded in 1770–80

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How to use red-winged blackbird in a sentence

  • I hear the notes of a Thrasher in those bushes, and the Red-winged Blackbirds are calling all through the marsh meadow.

    Citizen Bird | Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues
  • However, the bluebirds, robins, and red-winged blackbirds near me resent his close approach.

  • Crocuses bloomed and red-winged blackbirds cried amid the yellowing willows in the bottoms.

    Hawk Eye | David Cory
  • Above a marsh red-winged blackbirds chased a crow in a swift melodrama of the air.

    Main Street | Sinclair Lewis
  • During the day we had seen many meadow larks, red-winged blackbirds, and doves.