| 单词 | scimitar-bill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscimitar-bill scimitar-bill n. (a) = scimitar-babbler n. (now rare); (b) each of three East African birds constituting the genus Rhinopomastus, having a long slender downcurved bill and mainly black plumage with a purple gloss. Rhinopomastus species are usually placed with wood hoopoes in the family Phoeniculidae, but are now sometimes given their own family, Rhinopomastidae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Timaliinae > other types of babbler1832 scimitar-billed babbler1854 scimitar-babbler1863 scimitar-bill1872 rat-bird1883 hill-wren1885 1872 Proc. Zool. Soc. 448 Like its congeners, however, this Scimitar-bill is essentially a hill bird. 1905 Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 3 335 Rhinopomastus cyanomelas (Vieill.), Scimitar-bill. 1935 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1934 86 188 Pomatorhinus hypoleucos tickelli. Tickell's Scimitar-Bill. Pomatorhinus tickelli Blyth... Apparently not a common bird in Northern Siam. 1963 J. G. Williams Field Guide Birds E. & Central Afr. 152 Abyssinian Scimitar-bill Rhinopomastus minor... This is the smallest of the Wood Hoopoes. 2006 E. M. McCarthy Handbk. Avian Hybrids of World 116/1 Scimitar-bills. Family Rhinopomastidae. Rhinopomastus aterrimus [Black Scimitar-bill] × Rhinopomastus cyanomelas [Common Scimitar-bill]. < as lemmas |
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