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Definition of Genus sayornis
1. Noun. Phoebes.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Superfamily Tyrannidae, Tyrannidae
Member holonyms: Phoebe, Phoebe Bird, Sayornis Phoebe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sayornis
Literary usage of Genus sayornis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"genus sayornis. Sayornis BONAPARTE, Ann. Sc. Nat. (4), I, 1854, 133 (nomen nudum);
Coll. Delattre, 1854, 87. where it is given as ..."
2. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1895)
"II. April 10, 1884, 91. [B— C-, R-, C— .] GEOG. DIST. — Arizona and western Mexico.
Casual at Fort Lyon, Colorado. genus sayornis BONAPARTE. Sayornis BONAP. ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1886)
"J. f. O. 1872, p. 424 (Cuba).—CORY, List Bds. WI p. 15 (1885). Accidental in Cuba.
GENUS Sayornis BONAP. Sayornis BONAPARTE, "Coll. Delattre, p. 87 (1854). ..."
4. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"... being found, except during incubation. They feed upon insects generally, and
are not sufficiently numerous to affect the bee colonies. Genus SAYORNIS. ..."
5. Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania: With Special Reference to the Food by Pennsylvania Ornithologist, Benjamin Harry Warren (1890)
"Genus, Sayornis: Head moderately crested ; wings slightly pointed ; third quill
longest, second, fourth and fifth nearly equal; and ftrst shorter than sixth ..."
6. Bulletin of the Essex Institute by Essex Institute (1876)
"genus sayornis Bonap. 139. S. fuscus Bd. PEWEE. A common summer resident.
Arrives the first of April and departs late in autumn. 140. ..."
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