songbird
noun
song·bird
ˈsȯŋ-ˌbərd 
1
a
: a bird that utters a succession of musical tones
b
: an oscine bird
2
: a female singer
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Berry-producing shrubs also invite colorful songbirds into the garden and provide a vital source of high-energy food to sustain them when the weather turns cold.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2025
From the flutter of rare butterflies to the call of migrating songbirds, the park hums with life above and below the surface.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025
Desert willow’s trumpet flowers, which are mildly fragrant, attract hummingbirds and the tree serves as a nesting site for a variety of songbirds.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 29 Nov. 2025
And although the objets d’art hidden inside Fabergé eggs were typically feats of intricate mechanics (a miniature wind-up steam train, or a clockwork songbird flapping its wings), the Winter Egg’s surprise is rooted in nature: a hanging basket filled with wood anemones.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2025
From the flutter of rare butterflies to the call of migrating songbirds, the park hums with life above and below the surface.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025
Desert willow’s trumpet flowers, which are mildly fragrant, attract hummingbirds and the tree serves as a nesting site for a variety of songbirds.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 29 Nov. 2025
And although the objets d’art hidden inside Fabergé eggs were typically feats of intricate mechanics (a miniature wind-up steam train, or a clockwork songbird flapping its wings), the Winter Egg’s surprise is rooted in nature: a hanging basket filled with wood anemones.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Songbird.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/songbird. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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songbird
noun
song·bird
-ˌbərd
: a bird that utters a series of musical tones
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