tanager

noun

1. any of numerous songbirds of the New World family Thraupidae, the males of which are usually brightly colored.

noun

1. any American songbird of the family Thraupidae, having a short thick bill and a brilliantly coloured male plumage

n.small American oscine bird, 1844, from Modern Latin tanagra, named 1758 by Linnaeus, alteration of Portuguese tangara, from Tupi (Brazil) tangara.