啼てい鳥ちょう

noun

chirping bird; singing bird

Rare literary term for a bird that is singing or chirping. Mainly encountered in classical or poetic contexts.

• 古ふるい和わ歌かには「啼てい鳥ちょう」という言こと葉ばが使つかわれることがある。

  In old waka poetry, the word 啼鳥 is sometimes used.