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Definition of Genus Actitis
1. Noun. A genus of Scolopacidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Scolopacidae, Scolopacidae
Member holonyms: Actitis Hypoleucos, European Sandpiper, Actitis Macularia, Spotted Sandpiper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Actitis
Literary usage of Genus Actitis
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)
"Genus ACTITIS, Illiger. At least two species of this form are known, one inhabiting
America, the other the Old World. Sp. 528. ACTITIS HYPOLEUCOS. ..."
2. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"... (not Scolopax semipalmata Gmelin) STREETS, Am. Nat., xi, 1877, 71, in
text (Christmas Island). Genus ACTITIS Illiger. ..."
3. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"... on the Pacific coast north to St. Michael, Alaska, and to northeastern Siberia;
straggles to Bermuda and frequently to western Europe. genus Actitis ..."
4. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"genus Actitis. 263. Actitis macularia (Linn.). SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Small and
slender, bill approximately the length of tarsus, or of middle toe and claw. ..."
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