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Definition of Genus Sturnella
1. Noun. A genus of passerine birds including the meadowlarks.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Icteridae, Icteridae
Member holonyms: Lark, Meadowlark
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sturnella
Literary usage of Genus Sturnella
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1901)
"Mr. Chapman has made a careful study of the Meadow- Starlings of the genus
Sturnella, which range over North and Central America down to Colombia and Guiana ..."
2. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"... Range) south through California (west of Sierra Nevada) to northern Lower
California. genus Sturnella VIEILLOT. Sturnella VIEILLOT, Analyse, 1816, ..."
3. The Code of Nomenclature and Check-list of North American Birds Adopted by by American Ornithologists' Union (1886)
"HAB. Pacific Province of the United States, from the Columbia River southward.
genus Sturnella VIEILLOT. Sturnella VIEILL. ..."
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