| 单词 | maui parrotbill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMaui parrotbill 2. Any of various birds with thick parrot-like bills; spec. (a) an auk (cf. parrot n.1 3, parrotbeak n. 2) (U.S. regional, now rare); (b) any of several tit-like, chiefly Asiatic, songbirds constituting the family Paradoxornithidae (or Panuridae), allied to the babblers and having brown or grey plumage; (c) (in full Maui parrotbill) a Hawaiian honeycreeper, Pseudonestor xanthophrys (family Drepanididae), with olive-green and yellow plumage. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > member of (auk) marrot1647 auk1673 parrotbill1778 alcid1885 puffin1885 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Paradoxornithidae parrotbill1778 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Drepanididae (honey-creeper) parrotbill1778 iiwi1784 honeycreeper1872 ou1887 Laysan finch1893 1778 C. Blagden Let. 12 Sept. in Bull. N.Y. Publ. Libr. (1903) 7 427 No 22 (A bird) The Alea [recte Alca] torda, called here Parrot-Bill or Noddy, but most commonly the Murr, I imagine from its harsh jarring cry. 1955 Amer. Speech 30 182 The bill suggesting that of a parrot has resulted in the cognomens parrot-bill mure (common puffin, New Brunswick), and parrot hawk (sparrow hawk, N.J.). 1956 Bull. Mass. Audubon Soc. 40 79 [Rhode Island.] Razor-billed Auk... Noddy, Parrot-bill. 1958 E. T. Gillard Living Birds of World 328/1 Parrotbills or Suthoras (Paradoxornithidae). 1983 Science 3 June 1002 Protection of these upland forests (home of the Maui parrotbill, crested honeycreeper, Maui nukupuu, and Maui akepa) will protect hundreds of other species. 1991 Aloha Apr. 19/3 Flashing about, spotted doves, ‘i‘iwi, parrotbills, cardinals. 1996 Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 44 217 The most important populations of Key Species..at a global level are Short-tailed Parrotbill Paradoxornis davidianus, [etc.]. 2001 Condor 103 746 Adult male Maui Parrotbill defended year-round home ranges. < as lemmas |
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