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Definition of Genus regulus
1. Noun. A genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets.
Exact synonyms: Regulus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Sylviidae, Sylviidae
Member holonyms: Kinglet
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Sylviidae, Sylviidae
Member holonyms: Kinglet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Regulus
Literary usage of Genus regulus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"The genus Regulus is the sole representative of the family. ... In the Old World
the genus Regulus is principally Palaearctic, as it is found almost through ..."
2. The Birds of Eastern North America Known to Occur East of the Nineteenth by Charles Barney Cory, Field Museum of Natural History (1899)
"genus regulus. CUVIER. REGULUS SATRAPA. LIGHT. Golden-crowned Kinglet. Eastern North
America; breeding from higher northern boundary of the United States ..."
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