Brewer's blackbird

[ broo-erz ]
/ ˈbru ərz /

noun

a blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus, of the U.S., the male of which has greenish-black plumage with a purplish-black head.

Origin of Brewer's blackbird

1855–60, Americanism; named after Thomas M. Brewer (1814–80), American ornithologist