| 单词 | star finch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstar finch star finch n. †(a) the common redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus (obsolete rare); (b) a waxbill of dry grassland in Australia, Neochmia ruficauda (family Estrildidae), having a red face, bill, and tail, and popular as a cage bird. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Phoenicurus > species phoenicurus (redstart) redtail1544 redstart1553 stark1611 firetail1752 star finch1752 brandtail1802 redstart warbler1815 firebrand1848 fiery brandtail1853 fireflirt1883 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 507 Authors call it the Ruticilla and Phœnicurus; we, the Fire-tail, the Star-finch, and the Red-start. 1898 Avicultural Mag. Feb. 69 (table) Rufous-tailed Grass-finch... Star Finch. 1956 Behaviour 9 86 One of the Star Finches clumped with the fluffed Long-tailed Grassfinch and repeatedly preened its head. 2001 Bird Keeper Feb. 53/1 African silverbills are also good breeders, as are Australian star finches and Bicheno's finches. < as lemmas |
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