Definition of "kingbirds" []

• Plural form of kingbird. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "My bees, above any other tenants of my farm, attract my attention and respect; I am astonished to see that nothing exists but what has its enemy, one species pursue and live upon the other: unfortunately our kingbirds are the destroyers of those industrious insects; but on the other hand, these birds preserve our fields from the depredation of crows which they pursue on the wing with great vigilance and astonishing dexterity."
• "We watched ducks and kingbirds, robins and crows and other birds."
• "The scissor-tailed flycatcher, eastern meadowlark, lark sparrow, and eastern and western kingbirds are indicator species of the region."