red bird

Origin of red bird

First recorded in 1965–70

I have heard him give the red-bird's call, and heard that loveliest of all birds answer him.

Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man |Marie Conway Oemler
Then the red-bird saw such a remarkable thing happen that his bright eyes almost popped out of his little head.

Southern Lights and Shadows |Various
It may pass, however, as a badly executed likeness of the tufted cardinal grosbeak or red-bird.

Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley |Henry W. Henshaw
In Kentucky the summer red-bird everywhere attracted my attention.

Riverby |John Burroughs

The turkey-cock had gone to its rest; so had the red-bird, so had the jay-bird; so had Sprigg.

The Red Moccasins |Morrison Heady