(n.) a small thrush (Turdus pilaris) which breeds in northern Europe and winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of the back are ash-colored; the upper part of the back and wing coverts, chestnut; -- called also fellfare.
Example Sentences:
(1) To the best of our knowledge the fieldfare has the highest specific growth rate ever reported for an avian species.
(2) • Large flocks of chaffinch with some bramblings in woodland, abundant redwing and fieldfare in hawthorn hedges, and rare waxwings appearing in unusually high numbers.
(3) A good year, too, for winter migrants fieldfares and redwings.
(4) In this paper data are presented on the postnatal growth of the body and some organs in the young fieldfare.
Snowbird
Definition:
(n.) An arctic finch (Plectrophenax, / Plectrophanes, nivalis) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight.
(n.) Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in winter time, especially J. hyemalis in the Eastern United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See Junco.
(n.) The fieldfare.
Example Sentences:
(1) All the spirometric tests (FVO, FEV1 and FMEF 25-75) were performed in a standard way as recommended by American Thoracic Society in Snowbird Meeting in 1979.
(2) With temperatures exceeding 38C (100F) the usual "snowbird" visitors from Canada who winter here have mostly gone, leaving an eclectic, permanent population of Latino workers and wealthy gay people – and Republicans.
(3) Based on analysis of more than 2,500 forced vital capacity (FVC) maneuvers, we examined 2 aspects of the standards for spirometry recommended by the 1977 Snowbird Workshop concerning the timing of the FVC maneuver.
(4) Between sessions he would retire to his workshop and devise guitar arrangements of pop and jazz standards or of other people's hits, from Anne Murray's Snowbird to Boots Randolph's Yakety Sax.
(5) Of course, in the winter you get the US snowbirds in their campervans and tie-dye T-shirts, but although there’s more development these days, it’s still mostly wild.