reedbird

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

reedbird
    n 1: migratory American songbird [syn: {bobolink}, {ricebird},
         {reedbird}, {Dolichonyx oryzivorus}]
    2: small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and
       winters in Africa [syn: {sedge warbler}, {sedge bird}, {sedge
       wren}, {reedbird}, {Acrocephalus schoenobaenus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Reedbird \Reed"bird`\ (r?d"b?rd`), n. (Zool.)
      (a) The bobolink.
      (b) One of several small Asiatic singing birds of the
          genera {Sch[oe]nicola} and {Eurycercus}; -- called
          also {reed babbler}.

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bobolink \Bob"o*link`\, n. (Zool.)
   An American singing bird ({Dolichonyx oryzivorus}). The male
   is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also,
   {ricebird}, {reedbird}, and {Boblincoln}.
   [1913 Webster]

         The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. --W.
                                                  Irving.
   [1913 Webster] Bobsled

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