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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

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

Fortunately, these bats pose no threat to songbird populations.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

The yellow-rumped warbler is a migratory songbird that spends its winters in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025

Our favorite songbird, Selena, was singing happily about something fun and exciting, a song about love at first sight.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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