单词 | becard |
释义 | becardn. Any of numerous tyrant flycatchers of the genus Pachyramphus (family Tyrannidae), of Central and South America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Tyrannidae (tyrant-bird) > member of genus Pachyramphus becard1849 1849 G. R. Gray Genera of Birds I. 253 The fourth subfamily, Tityrinae or Becards, have the Bill generally short, and broad at the base. 1888 W. H. Hudson Argentine Ornithol. I. 163 In the male of this species, as in many other Bécards, the second primary is abnormally shortened, being only about one inch in length. 1938 Dickey & van Rossem Birds of El Salvador 341 Becards are ordinarily rather quiet, sedentary birds, usually to be found in pairs in thin, second growth and about the edges of clearings and open places such as trails and roads. 1989 Encycl. Brit. II. 27/2 The 15 species of becards (comprising the genera Platypsaris and Pachyramphus) are rather plain, small birds with thick bills hooked at the tip. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1849 |
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