plains-wanderer

plains-wanderer
noun /ˈpleɪnz.ˌwɒndəɹɜ/lang=en
A small quail-like bird in the monotypic family Pedionomidae, endemic to south-eastern Australia.

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  • Plains Wanderer — Taxobox name = Plains Wanderer status = EN status system = iucn3.1 trend = down regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriformes familia = Pedionomidae familia authority = Bonaparte, 1856 genus = Pedionomus species = P.… …   Wikipedia

  • plains wanderer — ▪ bird also called  Collared Hemipode        (species Pedionomus torquatus), Australian bird resembling a tiny quail. It has a mottled reddish brown body and a collar of black spots against a white throat. The plains wanderer constitutes the… …   Universalium

  • plains-wanderer — australinės klajūnės statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Pedionomidae angl. plains wanderer vok. Trappenlaufhühnche rus. австралийские странники pranc. pédionomidés ryšiai: platesnis terminas – sėjikiniai paukščiai siauresnis …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • plains-wanderer — australinės klajūnės statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Pedionomus angl. plains wanderer vok. Steppenläufer, n rus. австралийский странник, m pranc. pédionome, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – australinės klajūnės siauresnis… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • plains-wanderer — australinė klajūnė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Pedionomus torquatus angl. plains wanderer vok. Steppenläufer, n rus. австралийский странник, m pranc. pédionome errant, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – australinės… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • plains-wanderer — /ˈpleɪnz wɒndərə/ (say playnz wonduhruh) noun a small, shy, brownish, superficially quail like bird, Pedionomus torquatus, which prefers to run rather than fly, once common but now infrequently seen in open plains and grasslands of eastern and… …  

  • Wanderer above the Sea of Fog — Artist Caspar David Friedrich Year 1818 Type Oil on canvas Dimensions 98.4 cm × 74.8 cm (37.3 in × 29.4 in) …   Wikipedia

  • plain wanderer — noun small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains • Syn: ↑Pedionomus torquatus • Hypernyms: ↑wading bird, ↑wader • Member Holonyms: ↑Pedionomus, ↑genus Pedionomus …   Useful english dictionary

  • gruiform — /grooh euh fawrm /, adj. Ornith. of or pertaining to birds of the order Gruiformes, including cranes, rails, and coots. [1895 1900; < NL gruiformis, sing. of Gruiformes, equiv. to Gru , s. of Grus a genus of the order (L grus CRANE) + iformes… …   Universalium

  • David Baker-Gabb — John David Baker Gabb is a New Zealand and Australian ornithologist. He is best known for his work on Australian birds of prey and the birds of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania. He also served from 1993 to 1997 as director of the Royal… …   Wikipedia

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