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Definition of Eastern kingbird
1. Noun. A kingbird that breeds in North America and winters in tropical America; distinguished by a white band on the tip of the tail.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eastern Kingbird
Literary usage of Eastern kingbird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1898)
"The name of the eastern Kingbird is considered to date from ... Catesby, while
he may have included the eastern Kingbird in his account of " The Tyrant," ..."
2. Monitoring Bird Populations by Point Counts edited by C. John Ralph, John R. Sauer, Sam Droege (1998)
"Total territories on plots Mapped points Number of territories Species Bobolink
Common Snipe Common Yellowthroat eastern kingbird Homed Lark Red-winged ..."
3. Proceedings for the Eight Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference by M. Boya Edwards (2001)
"The eastern kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus, cerulean warbler, Dendroica cerulea,
prothonotary warbler, Protonotaria citrea, and orchard oriole, Icterus spurius ..."
4. Popular Science News (1902)
"... Ше Wilson's account of the eastern Kingbird is one of the best that has ever
been published. Little or nothing has been added to it by ornithological ..."
5. Birds of the Rockies by Leander Sylvester Keyser (1902)
"Common summer resident; occurs only on plains and in foothills up to 6000 feet;
same form as the eastern kingbird. 447. Arkansas kingbird. ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... distinguished by the concealed flame-colored crest, attenuate outer primaries
and square tail and contains many species. The eastern kingbird (Tyrannus ..."
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