noun

• A crested flycatcher, Phainopepla nitens (family Bombycillidae or Ptilogonatidae), of the south-western United States and north-western Mexico, which has glossy black plumage with white wing patches (in the male) or brownish-grey plumage (in the female) and red eyes. Also (in form Phainopepla): the monotypic genus comprising this bird.