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Definition of Genus stercorarius
1. Noun. Type genus of the Stercorariidae: jaegers.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Stercorariidae, Stercorariidae
Member holonyms: Arctic Skua, Parasitic Jaeger, Stercorarius Parasiticus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Stercorarius
Literary usage of Genus stercorarius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"Genus STERCORARIUS Brisson. Key to the species of STERCORARIUS. A. Wing more than
13.50; culmen 1.40 or more; tarsus more than 1.90; middle tail feathers ..."
2. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"genus stercorarius. Stercorarius, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 149 (1760). ... The genus
Stercorarius comprises a few species of much smaller size than the members of ..."
3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"It is a little surprising that Brisson, after instituting the genus Stercorarius
for the Jägers, should be so far at fault ..."
4. The Birds of Eastern North America Known to Occur East of the Nineteenth by Charles Barney Cory, Field Museum of Natural History (1899)
"(BRUNN.; Skua. North Atlantic ; south to Carolina; rare on Atlantic coast of
United States. genus stercorarius. BRISS. 19 (36) STERCORARIUS POMARINUS. ..."
5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"Brisson (1764) founded the genus Stercorarius for the Jaegers, but left the Skuas
in Larus. Illiger in 1811 proposed ..."
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