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post bird
post bird n. British regional the spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata.
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1849 P. H. Gosse Nat. Hist.: Birds 104 The Spotted Flycatcher..is in some of the rural districts of England known as the ‘Post-bird’. A dead branch, or the projecting twig of a tree..or the angle of the roof of a house, is..not unfrequently chosen as the watch-post.
1882 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 18 65/1 Local Names.—(Kent)..Spotted Flycatcher..‘Post-bird’.
1983 Birds Spring 35/1 The flycatcher spends much of its time sitting motionless on a perch..a habit which has given rise to one of its country names, the ‘post bird’.
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