Definition of Pedionomus torquatus

1. Noun. Small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains.

Exact synonyms: Plain Wanderer
Generic synonyms: Wader, Wading Bird
Group relationships: Genus Pedionomus, Pedionomus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedionomus Torquatus

Pediapred
Pediculidae
Pediculoides ventricosus
Pediculus capitis
Pediculus corporis
Pediculus humanus
Pedilanthus
Pedilanthus bracteatus
Pedilanthus pavonis
Pedilanthus tithymaloides
Pediocactus
Pediocactus knowltonii
Pedioecetes
Pedioecetes phasianellus
Pedionomus
Pedionomus torquatus (current term)
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Pee Dee
Pee Dee River
Peelite
Peelites
Peeps
Peer Panja
Peers
Pegah
Pegasean
Pegasus
Peggy
Peggys

Literary usage of Pedionomus torquatus

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

1. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"Pedionomus torquatus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., part viii. p. ... Pedionomus torquatus, Gould, Birds of Australia, fol., vol. v. pl. 80. ..."

2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1893)
"Hallux present. Range. Australia: N. 8. Wales, Victoria, S.Australia, and Interior. 1. Pedionomus torquatus. the ..."

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