scrub-bird

[ skruhb-burd ]
/ ˈskrʌbˌbɜrd /

noun

either of two Australian passerine birds of the genus Atrichornis, related to the lyrebirds, having a loud voice and reduced powers of flight: A. clamosus is endangered.

Origin of scrub-bird

First recorded in 1865–70; scrub2 + bird

British Dictionary definitions for scrub bird

scrub bird

noun

either of two fast-running wren-like passerine birds, Atrichornis clamosus or A. rufescens, that constitute the Australian family Atrichornithidae