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• n  the male is bright red with black wings and tail
• n  crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male

• To quiet the mutterings from the underlings, the party secretariat in Paris last week oozed some analgesic balm, proving that Thorez is but a compliant redbird in a gilded cage .

• scarlet tanager
• Piranga olivacea
• firebird
• cardinal
• cardinal grosbeak
• Richmondena Cardinalis
• Cardinalis cardinalis

News & Articles

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• Bronze sculptor talks about his favorite pieces
  Harry Weber is best-known for his work on display at Busch Stadium for the pieces that capture redbird greatness in bronze.
  June 12, 2013 - KSDK St. Louis
• In the News: Redbirds score early to beat Nashville
  The Redbirds scored two runs in the bottom of the second inning en route to a 2-1 victory over the Nashville Sounds in the second game of a four-game series Friday night at AutoZone Park.
  June 8, 2013 - Memphis Commercial Appeal

Quotes

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• Kris Draper in MLive.com
  I limit my flying to Redbird (team plane) and Northwest,joked Kris Draper, talking to Detroit writers. "I'm not flying Ty Conklin Air. Not a chance."
• Boomer Grigsby in Bloomington Pantagraph
  I think this is a great thing for the Redbird football program,Grigsby said. "Coach Johnson and his staff have laid a great foundation and now they are just going to build on it."