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zangvogel

Definitions of zangvogel
  1. noun
    passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
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    types:
    kwikstaart, wipstaart
    Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks
    duinpieper
    a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage
    vink
    any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
    weefster, wever
    finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
    vliegenvanger
    any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing
    lijster
    songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
    paradijsvogel
    any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area
    paalgording, spreeuw
    gregarious birds native to the Old World
    spotmeeuw, spotvogel
    long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
    zwaluw
    small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
    pestvogel
    brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips
    bastaardnachtegaal
    small brownish European songbird
    boekvink
    small European finch with a cheerful song
    distelvink
    small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings
    kneu
    small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead
    sijs
    small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak
    goudvink
    American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer
    kneu
    small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico
    Canarische eilanden, kanarie, kanariepietje, piet, pietje
    any of several small Old World finches
    trappelzak
    any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America
    rijstvogeltje
    small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields
    fluiter
    Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call
    zanglijster
    common Old World thrush noted for its song
    kramsvogel, winterlijster
    medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
    koperwiek
    small European thrush having reddish flanks
    beflijster, ringlijster
    European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck
    roodborstje
    large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen
    nachtegaal
    European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
    tapuit, wijntapper
    small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump
    roodborstje
    small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
    grasmus
    greyish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and underparts
    grasmus
    Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller
    fluiter
    small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song
    rijstvogeltje
    migratory American songbird
    kraai
    black birds having a raucous call
    raaf
    large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
    roek
    common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
    ekster
    long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call
    rotskruiper
    crimson-and-grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa
  2. noun
    any bird having a musical call
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