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Definition of Ptilonorhynchus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Ptilonorhynchidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Ptilonorhynchidae, Ptilonorhynchidae
Member holonyms: Ptilonorhynchus Violaceus, Satin Bird, Satin Bowerbird
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ptilonorhynchus
Literary usage of Ptilonorhynchus
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)
"Ptilonorhynchus HOLOSERICEUS, Kuhl. SATIN BOWER-BIRD. ... Ptilonorhynchus
holosericeus, Gould. Birds of Australia, foL, voL iv. pl. 10. ..."
2. Catalogue of the Mammalia and Birds of New Guinea, in the Collection of the by John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1859)
"Ptilonorhynchus melanotis, GR Gray, Proc. ZS 1858, p. 181. Head, neck and nape
fulvous white margined with black, and on the latter with green ; back, ..."
3. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1897)
"As Mr. Blanford has shown, cristatus of Cuvier has priority over Temminck's name
ptilonorhynchus, both based on birds from Sumatra. ..."
4. Catalogue of the Mammalia and Birds of New Guinea by British museum. (Natural history) Dept. of zoology, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1859)
"Ptilonorhynchus melanotis, GR Gray, Proc. ZS 1858, p. 181. Head, neck and nape
fulvous white margined with black, and on the latter with green ; back, ..."
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