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| Processed by: | goldyn_chyld (2015-02-01 09:45:18 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 53329 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> 鹟 just means "(passerine) bird that catches and eats insects in flight" (i.e. a flycatcher). XHC describes their general appearance "身體小，..." then adds 捕食飞虫. NC: flycatcher K: flycatcher A: flycatcher There are flycatchers in various different bird families. 鶲 doesn't refer to any single family, though it seems most belong to Muscicapidae. e.g. 1) 棕腹藍仙鶲 Niltava vivida; vivid niltava (family = Muscicapidae) 2) 黑枕王鶲 Hypothymis azurea; black-naped monarch (family = Monarchidae) "The Black-naped Monarch is a lively bird of lowland forests which feeds on insects, generally catching them on the wing." http://www.birdingintaiwan.com/black-napedmonarch.htm 3) 琉璃藍鶲 Cyanoptila cumatilis; Zappey's flycatcher (family = Muscicapidae) Wp @ Pachycephalidae: "The family Pachycephalidae, collectively the whistlers, includes the whistlers, shrikethrushes, shriketits, pitohuis and crested bellbird, and is part of the ancient Australo-Papuan radiation of songbirds." Webster @ flycatcher: any of various passerine birds (families Muscicapidae and Tyrannidae) that feed on insects taken on the wing Wp ~ There are various families of bird termed flycatchers: The Old World flycatchers, Muscicapidae The Monarch flycatchers, Dicruridae The Silky-flycatchers, Ptilogonatidae The Fairy flycatchers, Stenostiridae The Yellow flycatchers, Erythrocercidae The Tyrant flycatchers, Tyrannidae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flycatcher |
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- 鶲 鹟 [weng1] /bird of the family Pachycephalidae/ + 鶲 鹟 [weng1] /flycatcher (bird)/ |