Definition of Hirundo nigricans

1. Noun. Of Australia and Polynesia; nests in tree cavities.

Exact synonyms: Tree Martin, Tree Swallow
Generic synonyms: Swallow
Group relationships: Genus Hirundo, Hirundo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hirundo Nigricans

Hiroshiman
Hiroshimans
Hirsch-Peiffer stain
Hirschberg
Hirschberg's method
Hirschfeld
Hirschfeld's canals
Hirschhorn
Hirschman
Hirschowitz syndrome
Hirschsprung
Hirudinidae
Hirudo medicinalis
Hirundinidae
Hirundo nigricans (current term)
Hirundo pyrrhonota
Hirundo rustica
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Literary usage of Hirundo nigricans

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

1. Catalogue of the Mammalia and Birds of New Guinea by British museum. (Natural history) Dept. of zoology, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1859)
"Hirundo nigricans. Hirundo nigricans, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xiv. p. 523 ; Voy. Astrol. t. 12. f. 2. Collocalia arborea, Gould, B. of Austr. ii. pl. ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"Hirundo nigricans or Petrochelidon nigricans presents few features of coloration to distinguish it from the various forms of swallows of different ..."

3. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1885)
"Dobbo, Arn Islands. Voy. HMS ' Challenger.' Subsp. a. Petrochelidon timoriensis. Hirundo nigricans (nee V.\ Wall. PZS 1863, p. 486. Adult male. ..."

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