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red-winged oriole
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus.
See: soldier (black)bird
Quotations
1772
Red-winged Oriole . . . is well known from the deperadations it commits on the crops of Indian corn. It was formerly called the Red-Winged Starling.
1823
In company with the Red-winged Orioles they attack the fields of maize, and destroy often a great part of the crop.