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songbird

[sawng-burd, song-] / ˈsɔŋˌbɜrd, ˈsɒŋ- /


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For example, researchers can randomly assign plots of forest to receive nest boxes in order to test whether they help songbird populations grow.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026

The research focused on the Seychelles warbler, a small songbird that lives on Cousin Island in the Seychelles.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 13, 2026

A philosopher, historian, songbird of grief and prophet, Didion foretold the city’s future with startling accuracy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

As a small-scale songbird rehabilitator I am not equipped, for instance, to take on a pileated woodpecker, which can smash its way out of any enclosure not made of steel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025

He saw Kamala’s songbird in its cage; he lived it all over again, breathed Samsara, was again old and tired, again felt nausea and the desire to die, again heard the holy Om.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

Locals on the island have long made money from hunting wild songbirds and selling them, mainly to domestic customers.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

In Yellowstone National Park, their return has been praised with reducing the overabundant elk population and allowing decimated trees such as willows and aspen to recover, which subsequently brought the return of beavers and songbirds.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2026

It helps nurture a slower, older way of life, with pocket flocks and modest dairy herds enclosed by thick hedgerows foaming with cow parsley and twittering songbirds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

With songbirds in decline across Europe, he said it is important to "cherish" moments like this.

From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025

One word echoed in his brain, over and over, like a songbirds call: “Kismet.”

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon


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