1. (noun) sentry bird - a bird acting as a sentry for the flock.
Kei hea aku manu tīoriori, aku manu taki, aku manu tāiko i te kāhui e pōkaikaha nei, e hūrangi nei? (HM 1/1998:1). / Where are my song birds, my sentry birds, my guardian birds of the flock that is flustered and unsettled?
Synonyms: manu taupunga, manu tāiko
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