Blue Bird

Sky-colored thrush species

A blue bird is any bird with blue plumage—jays, indigo buntings, and others.

The phrase often evokes the bluebird specifically, a small North American thrush associated with happiness and good fortune: the bluebird of happiness.

Blue bird as two words is descriptive; bluebird as one word names the particular species.

Related

fair weather · over the rainbow · Kingfisher · Peace · Twitter · Wizard of Oz · thrush · nesting box · nest building · cheerfulness

Opposites
color/appearance

Blue Birdcardinal

Of foremost importance

northern cardinal · Baltimore oriole · yellow warbler · robin

symbolic meaning

Blue Birdraven

Large black carrion bird

crow · vulture · owl · magpie · black cat

color-named birds

Blue Birdcardinal

Of foremost importance

yellow warbler · goldfinch · yellowhammer · robin redbreast

Family

blue, bird, blues, blued, blueing, bluing, bluish, bluer, bluest

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G