Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ornithology:
- noun A passerine bird of the family Dendrocolaptidæ, having stiff and more or less acuminate tail-feathers, much like a woodpecker's; a spine-tailed or sclerurine bird. See cuts under
saberbill and Sclerurus. - noun A cypseline bird of the subfamily Chæturinæ; a spine-tailed or chæturine swift, having mucronate shafts of the tail-feathers. See
Acanthyllis , and cut undermucronate . - noun The ruddy duck, Erismatura rubida.
- noun The log-runner, a bird of the genus Orthonyx. See
log-runner .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Local, U.S., Local, U.S. Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chætura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines.
- noun Local, U.S., Local, U.S. Any one of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the family
Dendrocolaptidæ . They are allied to the ovenbirds. - noun Local, U.S. The ruddy duck.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
species ofswifts of Acanthylis,Chaetura , and alliedgenera , in which theshafts of thetail feathers terminate in rigidspines . - noun Any of several species of South American and Central American
clamatorial birds belonging toSynallaxis and allied genera of thefamily Dendrocolaptidae, allied to theovenbirds . - noun US, dialect The
ruddy duck .
Etymologies
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Examples
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These include the Coiba spinetail Cranioleuca dissita and 20 endemic subspecies.
Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection, Panama 2009
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Such is Colombia's birding richness that even a stop at a roadside restaurant near the park yielded a treasure: a glimpse of the rare silvery-throated spinetail.
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In addition, the resident species that live in these tropical savannas have very high diversity with many endemic species, such as the scaled spinetail.
Gurupa varzea 2008
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Also found here are the plain-winged antwren (Myrmotherula behni), dusky spinetail (Synallaxis moesta), lemon-throated barbet (Eubucco richardsoni), and zone-tailed hawk (Buteo albonotatus).
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The rest of the endemic birds are under the status "least concern"; they include the pygmy swift (Tachornis furcata), buffy hummingbird (Leucippus fallax), chesnut piculet (Picumnus cinnamomeus), white-whiskered spinetail (Synallaxis candei), black-backed antshrike (Sakesphorus melanonotus), slender-billd tyrannulet (Inezia tenuirostris), tocuyo sparrow (Arremonops tocuyensis), and vermilion cardinal (Cardinalis phoeniceus).
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The following endemic birds are under the status "least concern": the pygmy swift (Tachornis furcata), buffy hummingbird (Leucippus fallax), chesnut piculet (Picumnus cinnamomeus), white-whiskered spinetail (Synallaxis candei), black-backed antshrike (Sakesphorus melanonotus), slender-billd tyrannulet (Inezia tenuirostris), tocuyo sparrow (Arremonops tocuyensis), and vermilion cardinal (Cardinalis phoeniceus).
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The endemic birds listed below have "least concern"; status; they include the pygmy swift (Tachornis furcata), buffy hummingbird (Leucippus fallax), chesnut piculet (Picumnus cinnamomeus), white-whiskered spinetail (Synallaxis candei), black-backed antshrike (Sakesphorus melanonotus), slender-billed tyrannulet (Inezia tenuirostris), tocuyo sparrow (Arremonops tocuyensis), and vermilion cardinal (Cardinalis phoeniceus).
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They include the pygmy swift (Tachornis furcata), buffy hummingbird (Leucippus fallax), chesnut piculet (Picumnus cinnamomeus), white-whiskered spinetail (Synallaxis candei), black-backed antshrike (Sakesphorus melanonotus), slender-billd tyrannulet (Inezia tenuirostris), tocuyo sparrow (Arremonops tocuyensis), and vermilion cardinal (Cardinalis phoeniceus).
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Besides the narrow endemics listed above, characteristic birds of the escarpment forests and woodlands include red-crested turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus), red-backed mousebird (Colius castanotus) (both endemic to Angola), mottled spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri), batlike spinetail (Neafrapus boehmi), naked-faced barbet (Gymnobucco calvus), red-tailed palm thrush (Cichladusa ruficauda), and yellow-bellied wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia concreta).
reesetee commented on the word spinetail
See dumpling duck, dunker, or dun-curre.
January 7, 2009