scrub bird

scrub bird
An Australian passerine bird of the family Atrichornithidae, as Atrichia clamosa
Syn: brush bird

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  • Scrub bird — Scrub Scrub (skr[u^]b), n. 1. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. A sorry scrub. Bunyan. [1913 Webster] We should go there in as proper a manner as possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scrub|bird — «SKRUHB BURD», noun. either of two wrenlike perching birds that live in the dense scrub of Australia. One kind is nearly extinct …   Useful english dictionary

  • Scrub-bird — Taxobox name = Scrub birds image width = 240px image caption = A. clamosus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes subordo = Passeri familia = Atrichornithidae familia authority = Stejneger, 1885 genus =… …   Wikipedia

  • scrub bird — noun small fast running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub • Syn: ↑scrubbird, ↑scrub bird • Hypernyms: ↑passerine, ↑passeriform bird • Member Holonyms: ↑Atrichornis, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • scrub-bird — /skrub berrd /, n. either of two Australian passerine birds of the genus Atrichornis, related to the lyrebirds, having a loud voice and reduced powers of flight: A. clamosus is endangered. [1865 70; SCRUB2 + BIRD] * * * ▪ bird  either of two… …   Universalium

  • scrub-bird — noun small fast running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub • Syn: ↑scrubbird, ↑scrub bird • Hypernyms: ↑passerine, ↑passeriform bird • Member Holonyms: ↑Atrichornis, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • scrub-bird — /ˈskrʌb bɜd / (say skrub berd) noun either of two species of elusive, ground dwelling, Australian birds of the genus Atrichornis having fine, resonant voices, the rare and endangered noisy scrub bird, A. clamosus, of south western Australia and… …  

  • scrub-bird — atrichorniai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Atrichornis angl. scrub bird ryšiai: platesnis terminas – atrichorniniai siauresnis terminas – rudasis atrichornis siauresnis terminas – triukšmingasis atrichornis …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • Noisy Scrub-bird — Conservation status Vulnerable ( …   Wikipedia

  • Rufous Scrub-bird — Taxobox name = Rufous Scrub bird status = VU status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Atrichornithidae genus = Atrichornis species = A. rufescens binomial = Atrichornis rufescens… …   Wikipedia

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