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Definition of Chamaea
1. Noun. A genus of Paridae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Paridae, Paridae
Member holonyms: Chamaea Fasciata, Wren-tit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chamaea
Literary usage of Chamaea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birds of the Kotzebue Sound Region, Alaska by Joseph Grinnell (1900)
"K) (742, part) chamaea fasciata intermedia Grinnell. ... and east to include the
San Francisco Bay region. ro (742, part) chamaea fasciata ..."
2. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"CAPE VERDIN. Like flaviceps but smaller and lighter than Texas birds. 742a.
chamaea fasciata henshawi ... chamaea fasciata rufula ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"... The Morphology of the Vertebrate Skull, by Dr. C. Baur; and a discussion, by Dr.
RW Shufeldt, of the position of chamaea (the wren-tit) in the system. ..."