kiskadee

[ kis-kuh-dee ]

noun

1. any of several American flycatchers of the genus Pitangus, especially P. sulphuratus great kiskadee, ranging from the southwest U.S. to Argentina and noted for their loud calls and aggressive nature.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kiskadee¹

First recorded in 1890–95; said to be imitative

Example Sentences

So the researchers waited until a kiskadee was perched near a stream.

From Science Magazine

As our guide announces termite mounds sitting like enormous mud balloons in the crooks of trees, a Kiskadee bird with its sunshiny belly, and snake cactus that has coiled round and round a horizontal branch like an insistent noose, I do the now math. 

From Salon

See also: With a constantly refreshed stock of comfy-yet-cutting-edge sweaters, dresses and jewelry, Kiskadee caters to fashion-minded women with a penchant for current styles.

From Washington Post

Without summer's tourist crush, you can enjoy the friendly toot of ferry horns on the harbor and the call of the kiskadee, a local songbird.

From Southern Living

At half-past five a kiskadee shouted at the top of his lungs from the bamboos, but he probably had a nightmare, for he went to sleep and did not wake again for half-an-hour.

From Project Gutenberg