cirl bunting


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cirl bunting /səːl/
noun a bunting related to the yellowhammer, the male having a distinctive facial pattern and a black throat. [Emberiza cirlus.]
– origin C18: cirl from Ital. cirlo, prob. from zirlare ‘whistle as a thrush’.
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