单词 | savannah finch |
释义 | > as lemmassavannah finch savannah finch n. U.S. (now historical) either of two American sparrows (family Emberizidae) frequenting grassland; (a) the grasshopper sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum (b) the savannah sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis; cf. savannah sparrow n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > other types of savannah finch1783 lark bunting1802 savannah sparrow1811 summer finch1823 greenfinch1870 sage sparrow1884 1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. 270 Savanna Finch. 1834 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. II. 63 The Savannah Finch. Fringilla Savanna, Wils... This species is one of the most abundant of our Finches. 1906 Cent. Dict. III. 2219/3 Savanna-finch, an old and disused name of the common yellow-winged sparrow or grasshopper-sparrow of the United States. 1991 Auk 108 185/2 Wilson's use of the scientific name savannah and the English names Savannah Sparrow and Savannah Finch (he used both). < as lemmas |
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