Definition of Genus gallinula

1. Noun. Gallinules.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gallinula

genus Fusanus
genus Fusarium
genus Fuscoboletinus
genus Gadus
genus Gaillardia
genus Galago
genus Galax
genus Galega
genus Galeocerdo
genus Galeopsis
genus Galeorhinus
genus Galictis
genus Galium
genus Galleria
genus Gallinago
genus Gallinula
genus Gallirallus
genus Gallus
genus Gambelia
genus Gambusia
genus Garcinia
genus Gardenia
genus Garrulus
genus Gasterophilus
genus Gastroboletus
genus Gastrocybe
genus Gastrolobium
genus Gastrophryne
genus Gaultheria
genus Gavia

Literary usage of Genus gallinula

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

1. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"... Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick; accidental in England and Bermuda. genus gallinula BRISSON. Gallinula BRISSON, Orn., VI, 1760, 2. ..."

2. The Birds of Eastern North America Known to Occur East of the Nineteenth by Charles Barney Cory, Field Museum of Natural History (1899)
"Purple Gallinule. Gulf States ; casually north to New England and Illinois ; breeds front southern Illinois and Carolinas southward. genus gallinula. Bums. ..."

3. The Voyage of François Leguat of Bresse, to Rodriguez, Mauritius, Java, and by François Le Guat, Samuel Pasfield Oliver (1891)
"... and finally, since its colour is very different from that of Porphyrio, we must accordingly range it under the genus Gallinula. ..."

4. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"genus gallinula. Gallinula, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 3 (1760). Type, G. chloropus (Linn.). The Water-Hens are distinguished by their red frontal shield, ..."

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