单词 | boatbill |
释义 | boatbilln. 1. The boat-billed heron, Cochlearia cochlearia. Also boatbill heron. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > miscellaneous types of boatbill1773 tiger-bittern1785 agami1793 long neck1823 soldado1852 cattle-egret1905 1773 T. Pennant Genera of Birds p. xxxi (table) Boatbill. Cancroma. 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 28/2 The common boat-bill is about the size of a domestic hen. 1862 J. G. Wood Nat. Hist. Birds 678 The very remarkable Boat-bill Heron inhabits Southern America. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xx. 237 Others stay there the year round, among these being the South American boatbill. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. xxii. 540 This group [sc. Ciconiiformes] contains the boatbill,..the ubiquitous and varied storks; ibises and spoonbills; and the flamingos. 2. a. Either of two insectivorous songbirds of the genus Machaerirhynchus, having large flat bills and found in the tropical rainforests of New Guinea and northern Australia. Also boatbill flycatcher.Traditionally included with the monarch flycatchers (family Monarchidae), the boatbills are now often placed in their own family, Machaerirhynchidae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > miscellaneous groups or types Strasbourg finch1783 oscines1853 New Zealand robin1855 lark bunting1858 boat-billed flycatcher1869 oscine1883 bush robin1901 antpitta1911 boatbill1930 parson bird1945 1930 G. M. Mathews Systema Avium Australasianarum ii. 506 Boat-bill Flycatcher. 1975 R. Schodde Interim List Austral. Songbirds: Passerines 36 Machaerirhynchus flaviventer Gould. Yellow-breasted Boatbill. 1986 K. Simpson & N. Day Field Guide Birds Austral. (ed. 2) 323 Monarch Flycatchers..are a group of forest- and woodland-dwelling insectivorous birds... Some are brightly coloured like the Yellow-breasted Boatbill. 2001 M. Strange Photogr. Guide Birds Indonesia 297 Black-breasted Boatbill... Unmistakable; the similar Yellow-breasted Boatbill, M. flaviventer, lacks black spot on breast and replaces this species below 800 m elevation. b. The (American) boat-billed flycatcher, Megarynchus pitangua (family Tyrannidae). Also boatbill flycatcher. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Tyrannidae (tyrant-bird) flycatcher1678 tyrant1731 tyrant-flycatcher1783 tyrant-shrike1809 scissortail1827 tyrant-bird1888 boatbill1951 1951 Auk 68 33 That afternoon, for the first time in many days, I heard the male Boat-bill utter the loud, clear notes of his dawn song. 1992 Jrnl. Field Ornithol. 63 14 Location: Tamaulipas, Mexico... Boatbill Flycatcher. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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