Bluethroat
noun
a small brownish European songbird, Cyanosylvia svecica, related to the thrushes, the male of which has a blue throat: family Muscicapidae
Historical Examples
Egyptian Birds Charles Whymper
Birds Found on the Arctic Slope of Northern Alaska James W. Bee
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