Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of South American clamatorial flycatchers, of the family Tyrannidæ, the only species of which is C. rubrigastra, of Chili.
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Among these were the rare forest Kingfisher (Cittura cyanotis), a small new species of Megapodius, and one specimen of the large and interesting Maleo (Megacephalon rubripes), to obtain which was one of my chief reasons for visiting this district.
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Friedmann, Griscom, and Moore (1957: 123) reported _A.c. cyanotis_ from
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
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Among these were the rare forest Kingfisher (Cittura cyanotis), a small new species of Megapodius, and one specimen of the large and interesting Maleo (Megacephalon rubripes), to obtain which was one of my chief reasons for visiting this district.
The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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(then called _Aphelocoma cyanotis_) from Carneros, Sierra Encarnación, and Sierra Guadalupe.
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
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