rusty blackbird

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A North American blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) having rust-colored winter plumage and black or gray breeding plumage.

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• noun North American blackbird whose bluish-black plumage is rusty-edged in the fall