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Definition of Family turdidae
1. Noun. Thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Oscines, Passeres, Suborder Oscines, Suborder Passeres
Member holonyms: Thrush, Genus Turdus, Turdus, Genus Hylocichla, Hylocichla, Genus Luscinia, Luscinia, Genus Saxicola, Saxicola, Genus Myadestes, Myadestes, Genus Phoenicurus, Phoenicurus, Genus Oenanthe, Oenanthe, Erithacus, Genus Erithacus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Turdidae
Literary usage of Family turdidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"... etc., lined with hair and fine fibres. Collector, J. R-. Dixon. THRUSHES,
SOLITAIRES, BLUEBIRDS, ETC. Family TURDIDAE. 754. Townsend Solitaire. ..."
2. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"... made of weed fibres, etc., lined with hair and fine fibres. THRUSHES, SOLITAIRES,
BLUEBIRDS, ETC. Family TURDIDAE 754•. TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE. ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1884)
"In this he is in accord with the views of several recent writers on the subject.
The family Turdidae, as thus restricted, he divides into two sub-families, ..."
4. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"Family Sylviidae. Kinglets and Gnatcatchers. a*. Wing more than three inches
long; young spotted. family turdidae. Thrushes, Robin, Bluebird, etc. ..."
5. Life-histories of the Birds of Eastern Pennsylvania by Thomas George Gentry (1876)
"ally assume the leading position. Here we will follow usage. family turdidae.
Thrushes. The nostrils are nearly or quite oval, ..."
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