A dialectal or archaic term for a type of bird, possibly related to birds that eat hair or have distinctive hair-like feathers.
Compound of 'hair' and 'bird.' This appears to be a folk name for a bird species, likely from older English dialects or regional ornithology.
Regional bird names are fascinating—what one area called a 'hairbird' might be known by completely different names elsewhere, showing how language is local and changes across geography.
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