Definition of Gymnorhina tibicen

1. Noun. Crow-sized black-and-white bird; a good mimic often caged.

Exact synonyms: Piping Crow, Piping Crow-shrike
Generic synonyms: Australian Magpie
Group relationships: Genus Gymnorhina, Gymnorhina

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gymnorhina Tibicen

Gymnocalycium
Gymnocarpium
Gymnocarpium dryopteris
Gymnocarpium robertianum
Gymnocladus dioica
Gymnogyps
Gymnogyps californianus
Gymnomycota
Gymnopaedia
Gymnopilus
Gymnopilus spectabilis
Gymnopilus validipes
Gymnopilus ventricosus
Gymnorhina
Gymnorhina tibicen
Gymnosporangium
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae
Gymnura
Gynne
Gynura
Gynura aurantiaca
Gypaetus
Gypaetus barbatus
Gyps
Gyps fulvus
Gypsophila
Gypsophila paniculata

Literary usage of Gymnorhina tibicen

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

1. The History of the Collections Contained in the Natural History Departments by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"This figure is the type of gymnorhina tibicen (Lath.). ... Another figure of gymnorhina tibicen. Watling's note : " Three-fourths of its natural size. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1895)
"gymnorhina tibicen. Adult male.—Glossy bluish-black, except portions of the under- parts and primaries, which are of a more brownish tinge, and except nape ..."

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