pilotbird noun1 •A forest-dwelling species of songbird, Pycnoptilus floccosus, family Acanthizidae, of southeastern mainland Australia.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. — 1927 formspilotbirds
