PERCHING BIRD Synonyms

• fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies

• blue North American songbird

• a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.

• any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America

• someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

• a female singer

• a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge

• any of several small Old World finches

• having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow

• any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America

• any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds

• any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing

• large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing

• any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill

• crested largely blue bird

• United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)

• small North American finch seen chiefly in winter

• North American songbirds having a yellow breast

• a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage

• any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing

• any carefree episode

• play boisterously

• small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico

• small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead

• long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds

• any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects

• mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black

• American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow

• a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage

• small Old World songbird with a reddish breast

• large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen

• any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals

• any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects

• small brownish European songbird

• gregarious birds native to the Old World