kiskadee

English

A great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus).

Wikispecies

Etymology

Onomatopoeia, from the bird's call.

Noun

kiskadee (plural kiskadees)

1. Either of two species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family.
   • 2022, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds, Hamish Hamilton, page 104:

     They always come out after the storm and join the kiskadees, the best way of telling when the rain well and truly over.

Derived terms

• great kiskadee
• lesser kiskadee

Translations

species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family

• Catalan: quiquiuè m
• Dutch: kiskadie
• Esperanto: pitango
• French: quiquivi m
• German: Schwefeltyrann
• Polish: bentewi
• Portuguese: bem-te-vi (pt) m, kiskadi m, triste-vida m
• Spanish: bienteveo (es) m
• Swedish: bentevi, kiskadi