swallow tanager
noun
The tanager Tersina viridis (family Thraupidae), the male of which is chiefly turquoise blue with a black face, short swallow-like bill, and long wings, and nests in burrows in cliffs in northern South America.
- The swallow tanager was formerly placed in a family of its own, Tersinidae..
Origin
Late 19th century.
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