bunting
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- noun
- /ˈbʌntɪŋ/
:
pájaro cantor
- Buntings live in the brushy pastures and woodland edges of the eastern United States.
- indigo buntings
Examples
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Probably what he saw was an indigo bunting.
Fiction book (2000) -
The rustic bunting is up there!
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The bunting flew down the hill!
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Once he saw an indigo bunting and was so excited he shouted, "Look!"
Fiction book (2000) -
I saw a yellow warbler and an indigo bunting at the Point.
Fiction book (1998) -
The bunting flew back toward Casco Cove!
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Indigo buntings steer north by looking for star patterns near the north celestial pole.
Academic text (1995) -
Both the Lazuli Bunting and Lincoln's Sparrow photos were featured in The Audubon's.
Blog text (10) -
The birds of the forestlands, woodlarks and stonechats, were replaced by sedge warblers and reed buntings who loved the riverside.
Fiction book (1992) -
I spotted a bright painted bunting and took a photo of it in the garden.
Compounds
A small North American songbird with bright blue feathers on the male during breeding season
- UK
A small songbird that lives among reeds by water with a streaked brown back and males with black heads
A small brown songbird from Europe and western Asia sometimes eaten as a special food
A small songbird with a bright yellow belly that lives in Russia and Siberia
Surface Forms
Etymology
The bird bunting likely takes its name from an old English word for small, round little birds and was used for various seed-eating songbirds long ago. So, 'bunting' now names these small, often plump songbirds that eat seeds.