greywinged

Greywinged is a descriptive term in English used mainly in the common names of birds to denote grey coloration on the wings. As a descriptive epithet, it does not correspond to a single taxon and is not a formal scientific name.

In practice, "greywinged" appears in the common names of multiple species across different genera and regions. There is no universal list of which species carry the term; the exact references vary with field guides and local naming conventions. The term often helps differentiate species that share similarities in plumage but differ in wing color patterns.

Spelling and hyphenation vary. British sources typically write grey-winged, American sources gray-winged; in some texts the compound appears as greywinged, especially in older literature or label text. The form used can influence search in catalogs and databases.

Although most commonly associated with birds, the descriptor may appear in other animal groups in the past or in descriptive works, but it is predominantly a zoological descriptive phrase for avifauna. It is not the name of a single species or genus.