Definition of "phoebe bird" []

• Small dun-colored North American flycatcher (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The phoebe bird loves to build its mossy nest in these shelving ledges, and once I found that one of our native mice, maybe the jumping mouse, had apparently taken a hint from her and built a nest of thistledown covered with moss on a little shelf three or four feet above the ground."