Scrub-bird — Taxobox name = Scrub birds image width = 240px image caption = A. clamosus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes subordo = Passeri familia = Atrichornithidae familia authority = Stejneger, 1885 genus =… … Wikipedia
scrub-bird — /skrub berrd /, n. either of two Australian passerine birds of the genus Atrichornis, related to the lyrebirds, having a loud voice and reduced powers of flight: A. clamosus is endangered. [1865 70; SCRUB2 + BIRD] * * * ▪ bird either of two… … Universalium
scrub|bird — «SKRUHB BURD», noun. either of two wrenlike perching birds that live in the dense scrub of Australia. One kind is nearly extinct … Useful english dictionary
Scrub-robin — This article is about the African scrub robins. For the Australian birds with the same common name, see Drymodes. Scrub robins Kalahari Scrub robin Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Scrub Greenlet — Taxobox name = Scrub Greenlet status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Vireonidae genus = Hylophilus species = H. flavipes binomial = Hylophilus flavipes binomial… … Wikipedia
scrub fowl — noun large footed short winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs • Syn: ↑megapode, ↑mound bird, ↑mound bird, ↑mound builder • Hypernyms: ↑gallinaceous bird, ↑gallinacean … Useful english dictionary
Birds of Australia — Australia has about 800 species of bird, ranging from the tiny 8 cm Weebill to the huge, flightless Emu. Many species will immediately seem familiar to visitors from the northern hemisphere Australian wrens look and act much like northern… … Wikipedia
scrub fowl — moundbird moundbird, mound bird mound bird . (Zo[ o]l.) Any of several large footed short winged birds of Australasia, which build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs. Called also {mound builder}, {mound maker}, {megapode}, {brush… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scrub-bird — /ˈskrʌb bɜd / (say skrub berd) noun either of two species of elusive, ground dwelling, Australian birds of the genus Atrichornis having fine, resonant voices, the rare and endangered noisy scrub bird, A. clamosus, of south western Australia and… …
scrub-bird — noun small fast running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub • Syn: ↑scrubbird, ↑scrub bird • Hypernyms: ↑passerine, ↑passeriform bird • Member Holonyms: ↑Atrichornis, ↑ … Useful english dictionary