pilotbird

English

Etymology

From pilot +‎ bird.

Noun

pilotbird (plural pilotbirds)

1. A forest-dwelling species of songbird, Pycnoptilus floccosus, family Acanthizidae, of southeastern mainland Australia.
   • 1927 July 28, The Advocate, Melbourne, page 37, column 2:

     You may see, or hear, a pilot bird where the menura does not dwell; one pair, I know, has been at home for several years in a pocket of scrub near the roadway at Fern Tree Gully.