单词 | bush canary |
释义 | > as lemmasbush canary bush canary n. the popular name of various birds in Australia and New Zealand (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Acanthizinae > genus Mohua yellowhead1773 bush canary1904 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Acanthizinae > genus Gerygone warbler1790 rainbird1817 riroriro1835 fly-eater1895 bush-warbler1898 bush canary1904 1904 F. W. Hutton & J. Drummond Animals N.Z. ii. 91 The Bush Canary. Mohua ochrocephala... The New Zealand Canary has a sharp, strident call, and its movements are quick and active. 1918 Bulletin (Sydney) 14 Feb. Red Page 4 White-throated Flyeater (Bush Canary) and other members of the genus Gerygone. 1936 H. Guthrie-Smith Sorrows & Joys N.Z. Naturalist viii. 67 The rain-forests beloved of the Bush Canary. 1946 J. C. Andersen in Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. June 154 Mohua, a gregarious bird (Mohoua ochrocephala), South Island form of the bush-canary, the North Island form (Mohoua albicilla) being upokotea. < as lemmas |
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