| 单词 | bearded reedling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbearded reedling b. In full bearded reedling. A small, long-tailed Eurasian songbird, Panurus biarmicus, which frequents reed beds, the male having dark facial markings resembling a moustache. Also called bearded parrotbill, bearded tit, bearded titmouse.The bearded reedling is now regarded as an aberrant parrotbill and is placed with them either in their own family ( Panuridae or Paradoxornithidae), or within various other families ( Paridae, Muscicapidae, or (now usually) Timaliidae). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Paradoxornithidae > genus Panurus (bearded reedling) bearded titmouse1731 reed pheasant1831 reedling1837 1837 E. Blyth in Mag. Nat. Hist. 1 207 The bottletit progresses by hopping, like the tits; whereas the bearded reedling advances by alternate motion of the feet. 1871–4 Newton Yarrell's Hist. Brit. Birds I. 522 Reedling, used for it by several authors, would certainly be preferable to Titmouse, had not some of the aquatic warblers been also so called. 1876 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 21 510 The reedlings (Panuridæ), the tits (Paridæ), and the magpies (Pica), are also very characteristic [of the Palæarctic region]. 1956 Times 16 Feb. 10/3 Some call it ‘reedling’, or ‘reed pheasant’, because of its long tail. 1996 New Phytologist 133 241/2 The River Tay population [of reeds]..hosts large populations of the bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus). < as lemmas |
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