cushat
A pigeon, wood pigeon or ring dove.
literary
The cuckoo cuks, the prattling pyes,
The cushat crouds, the corbie cries,
Where it comes from
From Middle English cowshott, cowschote, quyshte, from Old English cūsċeote (literally “cow shoot”), although it is difficult to understand why such a name would be given to these birds (see cūsċeote for more). Doublet of quist.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry cushat (CC BY-SA 4.0).