regent bird

regent bird
noun
Etymology: so called in honor of George, Prince of Wales (afterward George IV died 1830 King of Great Britain and Ireland), regent during the period (1811-20) when his father George III was still alive but permanently deranged
: a showy Australian bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) that in the male has the head, neck, and large patches on the wings bright golden yellow and the rest of the plumage deep velvety black

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regent bird,
an Australian bowerbird, the male of which has velvety, black-and-yellow feathers.
╂[< the Prince Regent of England, afterward George IV, 1762-1830]

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