Amphilais

Translingual

Amphilais seebohmi

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí) + λαιός (laiós, “a kind of thrush, prob. the blue thrush, (Petrocichla cyanus)”) or from ἀμφιλάων (amphiláōn)

Proper noun

Amphilais m

A taxonomic genus within the family Locustellidae – grey emutail, also known as the Madagascan grassbird or feather-tailed warbler.

Synonyms

(genus): Dromaeocercus

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Passeriformes - order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - parvorder; Sylvioidea - superfamily; Locustellidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Amphilais seebohmi (syn. Dromaeocercus seebohmi)

References

Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Further reading

Amphilais on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Amphilais on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Amphilais seebohmi on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Locustellidae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux

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