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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

This does happen in many Beijing parks, where songbird owners gather with their caged pets to chat and compare notes.

From BBC Dec. 28, 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

When she heard the first news of Siddhartha’s disappearance, she went to the window where she kept a rare songbird in a golden cage.

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

A team analysed the songs of more than 100,000 songbirds and revealed that the world's birdsongs are composed of eight fundamental types of sound that the researchers call "motifs".

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Each year, billions of songbirds migrate between breeding and wintering grounds.

From Science Daily Nov. 2, 2025

Welcoming these beautiful beings onto your land will also attract songbirds, who rely on them to feed their babies.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

The afternoon was alive with the racket of a thousand different songbirds calling to us from the grove, surrounding us with their chants, their hymns, their lullabies.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles




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