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Definition of thornbill in English: thornbillnounˈθɔːnbɪl 1A small Australian warbler with drab plumage and a pointed bill. Genus Acanthiza, family Acanthizidae: several species Example sentencesExamples - This little yellow-rumped thornbill is disappearing out of the landscape.
- The next morning, before going to the airport, we drove to Wungong Gorge near Armadale and saw long-billed black cockatoos, western thornbills and western rosellas.
- We found high rates of acceptance of nonmimetic eggs in thornbills and fairy-wrens.
- Their hosts include weaverbirds and sunbirds in Africa and Asia, as well as fairy wrens and thornbills in Australia.
- It's just a noise that might attract some birds, particularly things like wrens and thornbills, and saffron whitefaces which we've just seen.
2A tropical American hummingbird with a short, sharply pointed bill. Family Trochilidae: three genera, in particular Chalcostigma, and several species |