NOUN | animal | family Ptilonorhynchidae, Ptilonorhynchidae | bowerbirds |
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Meaning | bowerbirds. | |
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Synonym | Ptilonorhynchidae | |
Member of | Oscines, suborder Oscines, Passeres, suborder Passeres | Two names for the suborder of typical songbirds |
Members | Chlamydera, genus Chlamydera | A genus of Ptilonorhynchidae |
Ptilonorhynchus, genus Ptilonorhynchus | type genus of the Ptilonorhynchidae | |
bowerbird, catbird | Any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females | |
Broader | bird family | A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
Spanish | familia Ptilonorhynchidae, Ptilonorhynchidae |
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