red-shoulderedadj.
/ˈrɛdˌʃəʊldəd/, U.S. /ˈrɛdˌʃoʊldərd/ In the names of birds: having red upper wing coverts.
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having wings > of particular colour
gold-winged1605
red-winged1633
golden-winged1729
blue-winged1733
red-shouldered1785
black-winged1829
1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 206 (heading) Leverian, and red-shouldered falcon.
1790 Nat. Hist. in J. White Jrnl. Voy. New S. Wales App. 263 The Red Shouldered Paroquet..Psittacus Discolor.
1809 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VII. ii. 421 Red-Shouldered Oriole. Oriolus phœniceus.
1913 G. M. Mathews List Birds Austral. 138 Neophema pulchella. Red-shouldered Grass Parrot.
1987 E. W. Burr Compan. Bird Med. i. 4/2 The smallest, the Red-shouldered Macaw, is only 12 in. (30.5 cm) long and basically green with red on the point of the shoulder.
1997 Wilson Bull. 109 279 We examined the social and behavioral context of male and female duet and solo songs in Red-shouldered Blackbirds (Agelaius assimilis).
Compounds
red-shouldered buzzard n. now rare = red-shouldered hawk n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Buteo (buzzard) > buteo lineatus (red-shouldered hawk)
hen hawk1742
winter falcon1785
red-shouldered buzzard?a1808
winter hawk1811
red-shouldered hawk1812
?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. VIII. 61 (heading) The Red-shouldered Buzzard.
1890 Cent. Dict. at Red-shouldered The red-shouldered buzzard is Buteo lineatus, one of the commonest of the large hawks of the United States.
1903 W. L. Dawson Birds of Ohio II. 407 The Red-shouldered Buzzard is, after the Sparrow Hawk, the commonest bird of prey in the state.
red-shouldered hawk n. a common North American buzzard, Buteo lineatus.
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Buteo (buzzard) > buteo lineatus (red-shouldered hawk)
hen hawk1742
winter falcon1785
red-shouldered buzzard?a1808
winter hawk1811
red-shouldered hawk1812
1812 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VI. 86 Red-Shouldered Hawk. Falco Lineatus... The Red-Shouldered Hawk is nineteen inches in length.
1907 ‘N. Blanchan’ Birds Every Child should Know xv. 216 Two hundred and twenty stomachs of red-shouldered hawks were examined by Dr. Fisher, and only three contained remains of poultry.
2005 Canad. Geographic May 34/2 The red-shouldered hawk and Bicknell's thrush, both rare in Canada, populate the area.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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