| 单词 | rock sparrow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock sparrow rock sparrow n. (a) any of several brownish grey Old World sparrows of (or formerly of) the genus Petronia (family Ploceidae), which frequent rocky country (frequently with distinguishing word); esp. P. petronia, found from Portugal and Morocco to Central Asia; (b) U.S. a rufous-crowned sparrow of the subspecies Aimophila ruficeps eremoeca (family Emberizidae) (now rare). ΚΠ 1862 C. R. Bree Hist. Birds Europe III. 121 The Rock Sparrow is an inhabitant of the warm and temperate regions of Europe. 1892 Wilson Q. 4 32 Peucœa ruficeps eremœca. This rare south-western sub-species is recorded..as accidental at Decatur, Texas. 1932 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1931 83 73 Gymnoris pyrgita massaica Neum. Kenya Rock-Sparrow. 1 ♂, Serronea River, Ikoma region, Tanganyika Territory. 1942 Condor 44 115 Aimophila ruficeps eremoeca. Rock Sparrow. Fairly common summer resident of the canyons. 1992 Sandgrouse 14 51 (title) A record of pale rock sparrow Carpospiza brachydactyla in Yemen. < as lemmas |
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