“brown-headed”

The following 2 entries include the term brown-headed.

brown-headed cowbird

noun

: a cowbird (Molothrus ater) widespread in the U.S. and southern Canada in which the male is black with a brown head and the female is gray

brown-headed nuthatch

noun

: a nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) of the southeastern U.S. that is bluish gray above with the top and back of the head grayish brown


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