Definition of Ptilonorhynchus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Ptilonorhynchidae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Ptilonorhynchus

Pterodactylidae
Pterodactylus
Pterois
Pteropogon humboltianum
Pteropsida
Pteropus
Pteropus capestratus
Pteropus hypomelanus
Pterosauria
Pterostylis
Ptilocercus
Ptilocrinus
Ptilonorhynchidae
Ptilonorhynchus (current term)
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
Ptloris
Ptloris paradisea
Ptolemaian
Ptolemaic
Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemaic system
Ptolemaida
Ptolemais
Ptolemaist
Ptolemaists
Ptolemean
Ptolemy
Ptolemy I

Literary usage of Ptilonorhynchus

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)
"Ptilonorhynchus HOLOSERICEUS, Kuhl. SATIN BOWER-BIRD. ... Ptilonorhynchus holosericeus, Gould. Birds of Australia, foL, voL iv. pl. 10. ..."

2. Catalogue of the Mammalia and Birds of New Guinea, in the Collection of the by John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1859)
"Ptilonorhynchus melanotis, GR Gray, Proc. ZS 1858, p. 181. Head, neck and nape fulvous white margined with black, and on the latter with green ; back, ..."

3. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1897)
"As Mr. Blanford has shown, cristatus of Cuvier has priority over Temminck's name ptilonorhynchus, both based on birds from Sumatra. ..."

4. Catalogue of the Mammalia and Birds of New Guinea by British museum. (Natural history) Dept. of zoology, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1859)
"Ptilonorhynchus melanotis, GR Gray, Proc. ZS 1858, p. 181. Head, neck and nape fulvous white margined with black, and on the latter with green ; back, ..."

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