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Definition of Pedionomus torquatus
1. Noun. Small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains.
Exact synonyms: Plain Wanderer
Generic synonyms: Wader, Wading Bird
Group relationships: Genus Pedionomus, Pedionomus
Generic synonyms: Wader, Wading Bird
Group relationships: Genus Pedionomus, Pedionomus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedionomus Torquatus
Literary usage of Pedionomus torquatus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"Pedionomus torquatus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., part viii. p. ... Pedionomus
torquatus, Gould, Birds of Australia, fol., vol. v. pl. 80. ..."
2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1893)
"Hallux present. Range. Australia: N. 8. Wales, Victoria, S.Australia, and Interior.
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