Definition of Pyrocephalus

1. Noun. A genus of Tyrannidae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrocephalus

Pyralidae
Pyralididae
Pyralis
Pyramid
Pyramids
Pyrausta
Pyrausta nubilalis
Pyrenean
Pyrenees
Pyrenees daisy
Pyrenomycetes
Pyrethrum
Pyrex
Pyridium
Pyrocephalus (current term)
Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus
Pyrola americana
Pyrola elliptica
Pyrola minor
Pyrola rotundifolia
Pyrola rotundifolia americana
Pyrola uniflora
Pyrolaceae
Pyrophorus
Pyrophorus noctiluca
Pyrrhic
Pyrrhic victories
Pyrrhic victory
Pyrrhocoridae

Literary usage of Pyrocephalus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1907)
"Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus (p. 475) ее. Brown of back, etc., darker; red of under parts ... Pyrocephalus nanus (not of Gould) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. ..."

2. Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine by Philip Lutley Sclater, William Henry Hudson (1888)
"... and whitish brown on the under surface. Beneath the loose feathers of the crown there is a concealed spot of orange-red. 162. Pyrocephalus ..."

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