singing bird
singing bird — noun
1. a small or medium-sized bird that makes pleasant musical sounds with its voice,
a small or medium-sized bird that makes pleasant musical sounds with its voice, such as a robin or a nightingale
Every morning a singing bird perched outside Chiara's window and woke her up.
collocation: a singing bird perched (somewhere)
Mark put a feeder in the garden to attract more singing birds in spring.
attract + singing bird(s)
The children learned to identify five different singing birds by their songs.
Dahlia bought a field guide to the singing birds of Taiwan before her trip.
A small singing bird landed on the fence and began to sing loudly.
常見錯誤
2. a bird whose feet are designed for gripping branches and that belongs to the lar
a bird whose feet are designed for gripping branches and that belongs to the largest group of bird species, the order Passeriformes
Most singing birds have three toes pointing forward and one pointing backward for gripping branches.
anatomical description: toes designed for gripping
Indra's biology class studied the nest-building habits of tropical singing birds.
Scientists estimate that over half of all bird species belong to the singing bird group.
Rachid observed a flock of singing birds feeding on insects in the treetops.
The feathers of many singing birds are brightly coloured during the mating season.
- passerine
the standard technical term in ornithology; more formal than 'singing bird'
- perching bird
emphasises the foot structure rather than the vocal ability
用法筆記
In biology contexts, this sense refers to the scientific classification Passeriformes, not just to birds that produce musical sounds. Some singing birds in this sense have simple calls rather than songs.