The Collaborative International Dictionary
Greenfinch \Green"finch`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A European finch ( Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep.
The Texas sparrow ( Embernagra rufivirgata), in which the general color is olive green, with four rufous stripes on the head.
Usage examples of "green bird".
At a jerk of the acolyte’s wrist the blue jay fluttered up, but then back down to her shoulder, as did the Mother’s green bird.
Have you been bitten by the Green Bird of Happiness, which sometimes flies over these plains?
When the green bird had been bundled back into the tent and Baku had been calmed, Storm tossed her onto his riding pad, confining her with jesses so she could not leave that perch until he freed her.
The Mothers woman in green held on her arm a great green bird, close relative, Cazaril thought, to Umegats prize in the royas menagerie.
He had long ago stopped worrying about what direction it shone, so caught up had he become in his pursuit of the green bird.
At last, as she idly watched a green bird making urgent little hooting noises on a green branch above her, a memory drifted up.