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单词 stitchbird
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Definition of stitchbird in English:

stitchbird

nounˈstɪtʃbəːd
  • A rare New Zealand honeyeater with mainly dark brown or blackish plumage and a sharp call that resembles the word ‘stitch’.

    Notiomystis cincta, family Meliphagidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sixty stitchbirds from Tiri Tiri Matangi are to be transferred to the Sanctuary as part of a national stitchbird recovery programme recently announced by the Prime Minister.
    • Kapiti is home to birds only seen in sanctuaries or on islands including stitchbirds, North Island saddlebacks, takahe and Little Spotted kiwi.
    • Mt Bruce now has six adult stitchbirds for its captive breeding programme.
    • For years it was widely held that the stitchbird was part of the tui and bellbird family of honeyeaters.
    • The stitchbird is sexually dimorphic, the males being larger and more colourful than the female.
    • He visited the island in 1882 and collected some 150 stitchbirds knowing that they had already disappeared from the mainland.
    • The only birds occasionally known to mate face-to-face, stitchbirds, were down to one isolated population.
    • When we got to the island, we were most anxious to see the stitchbird, since this was the only place where we would encounter this unusual honeyeater.
    • The saddleback had survived only on Hen Island; the stitchbird had vanished except on Little Barrier Island.
    • The stitch in time saves nine brochure tells the story well and with only $17,000 raised we know that the days for our stitchbird may well be numbered.
    • He said stitchbirds have been successfully transferred to Tiritiri Matangi and Kapiti islands, but require intensive human management to survive.
    • A number of these, such as the stitchbird and red-crowned parakeet, have gone from the mainland and survive only on small offshore islands.
    • Of the 170 species of honeyeaters in Australia and the Pacific Islands, only three - the tui, the bellbird, and the stitchbird (the latter surviving only on offshore islands) - are found in New Zealand.
    • The upshot of all this is that to move the stitchbird from Meliphagoidea to Corvoidea is a fairly significant shift.
    • A new strain of the bacteria has killed 10 rare stitchbirds, or hihi, on Tiritiri Matangi Island.
    • Officials the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary in Wellington say they have doubled the numbers of the tiny hihi, or stitchbirds, since the program began, the Dominion Post reported.
    • This incredible place is where you can have endangered takahe nibbling around your boots, and see kokako, saddlebacks and stitchbirds competing with abundant tui and bellbirds for space.
    • He says that the reason for the failure of previous transfers involving stitchbirds could be a natural shortage of carbohydrate food, such as nectar and fruit, for the birds to eat.
    • The stitchbird was the eighth of nine native bird species set free on Tiri since the auspicious freedom flight of the parakeets in 1974.
    • All images, except for MG 6438 which is a female, are of male stitchbirds.
 
 

Definition of stitchbird in US English:

stitchbird

nounˈstiCHˌbərd
  • A rare New Zealand honeyeater with mainly dark brown or blackish plumage and a sharp call that resembles the word “stitch.”.

    Notiomystis cincta, family Meliphagidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This incredible place is where you can have endangered takahe nibbling around your boots, and see kokako, saddlebacks and stitchbirds competing with abundant tui and bellbirds for space.
    • All images, except for MG 6438 which is a female, are of male stitchbirds.
    • He said stitchbirds have been successfully transferred to Tiritiri Matangi and Kapiti islands, but require intensive human management to survive.
    • The upshot of all this is that to move the stitchbird from Meliphagoidea to Corvoidea is a fairly significant shift.
    • When we got to the island, we were most anxious to see the stitchbird, since this was the only place where we would encounter this unusual honeyeater.
    • The stitch in time saves nine brochure tells the story well and with only $17,000 raised we know that the days for our stitchbird may well be numbered.
    • Sixty stitchbirds from Tiri Tiri Matangi are to be transferred to the Sanctuary as part of a national stitchbird recovery programme recently announced by the Prime Minister.
    • He visited the island in 1882 and collected some 150 stitchbirds knowing that they had already disappeared from the mainland.
    • For years it was widely held that the stitchbird was part of the tui and bellbird family of honeyeaters.
    • The stitchbird was the eighth of nine native bird species set free on Tiri since the auspicious freedom flight of the parakeets in 1974.
    • A new strain of the bacteria has killed 10 rare stitchbirds, or hihi, on Tiritiri Matangi Island.
    • The stitchbird is sexually dimorphic, the males being larger and more colourful than the female.
    • Of the 170 species of honeyeaters in Australia and the Pacific Islands, only three - the tui, the bellbird, and the stitchbird (the latter surviving only on offshore islands) - are found in New Zealand.
    • The only birds occasionally known to mate face-to-face, stitchbirds, were down to one isolated population.
    • Mt Bruce now has six adult stitchbirds for its captive breeding programme.
    • The saddleback had survived only on Hen Island; the stitchbird had vanished except on Little Barrier Island.
    • He says that the reason for the failure of previous transfers involving stitchbirds could be a natural shortage of carbohydrate food, such as nectar and fruit, for the birds to eat.
    • A number of these, such as the stitchbird and red-crowned parakeet, have gone from the mainland and survive only on small offshore islands.
    • Kapiti is home to birds only seen in sanctuaries or on islands including stitchbirds, North Island saddlebacks, takahe and Little Spotted kiwi.
    • Officials the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary in Wellington say they have doubled the numbers of the tiny hihi, or stitchbirds, since the program began, the Dominion Post reported.
 
 
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