tyrant bird

Thesaurus

Noun

1.tyrant bird - large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wingNew World flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, flycatchertyrannid - a passerine bird of the suborder Tyrannisuperfamily Tyrannidae, Tyrannidae - New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canadakingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus - large American flycatcherContopus virens, pewee, wood pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit - small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North Americaphoebe bird, Sayornis phoebe, phoebe - small dun-colored North American flycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus, vermillion flycatcher, firebird - tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumagecotinga, chatterer - passerine bird of New World tropicsMuscivora-forficata, scissortail, scissortailed flycatcher - grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings