Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a genus of songbirds, consisting of certain of the Old World thrushes.

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  • noun Old World thrushes

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Examples

  • The trade in African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) is also highly developed in some parts of this ecoregion, especially in Cameroon, where the trade is seriously threatening the survival of this bird.

    Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests 2008

  • Cornwall-based World Parrot Trust has launched an urgent appeal to aid hundreds of African Grey parrots Psittacus erithacus recently confiscated by wildlife authorities in two high profile raids in Cameroon.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Thatsnews 2008

  • Trade in the gray parrot Psittacus erithacus on the Island of Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe, Central Africa): Initial assessment of the activity and its impact.

    Sao Tome and Principe moist lowland forests 2008

  • A cause for conservation concern is the capture of the African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) on the island of Príncipe for the international pet trade.

    Sao Tome and Principe moist lowland forests 2008

  • The trade in African gray parrots (Psittacus erithacus) is well developed in some parts, especially in Cameroon where it threatens the survival of this species.

    Northwestern Congolian lowland forests 2008

  • The erithacus (or redbreast) and the so-called redstart change into one another; the former is a winter bird, the latter a summer one, and the difference between them is practically limited to the coloration of their plumage.

    The History of Animals 2002

  • Cooperative problem solving in African grey parrots Psittacus erithacus: Animal Cognition Life in slow motion

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • The grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) as musician: an experiment with the Temperate Scale

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • - Teaching a musical code to a parrot: Frequency discrimination and the concept of rhythm in a Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) - Interspecific territorial vocal activity of the Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) towards Tawny Owl (Strix aluco), sympatric owl competitor: A playback experiment

    ../mediateletipos))) 2008

  • The grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) as musician: an experiment with the Temperate Scale

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

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