derby flycatcher

derby flycatcher
noun
Usage: usually capitalized D
Etymology: after Edward S. Stanley, 13th earl of Derby died 1851 English zoologist
: a large conspicuously marked tyrant flycatcher (Pitangus sulphuratus) found in tropical America and northward to southern Texas

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