malurid
malurid noun: any bird of the family Maluridae, insectivorous passerine birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea.
Noun
malurid (plural malurids)
- Any bird of the family Maluridae, insectivorous passerine birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea.
- Only a few of the 26 malurids have been studied sufficiently closely to reveal their social organization.1990, I. Rowley, E. Russell, “1: Splendid Fairy-wrens: demonstrating the importance of longevity”, in Peter B. Stacey, Walter D. Koenig, editors, Cooperative Breeding in Birds: Long Term Studies of...
- A number of typical riparian, reed-dwelling, woodland and tall open forest species that forage in the shrub and ground layers were possibly reduced in abundance and absent (e.g. muscicapids, cuculids, malurids, acanthizids, sylviids).1991, Queensland Naturalists' Club, Queensland Naturalist, volumes 31-35, page 56
- Synonyms:
- malurid wren, Australasian wren
Synonyms of malurid
- malurid wren
- Australasian wren
Forms of malurid
| plural | malurids |
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Questions about malurid
- What does malurid mean?
- Malurid means any bird of the family Maluridae, insectivorous passerine birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea.
- What part of speech is malurid?
- Malurid is a noun.
- What is the plural of malurid?
- The plural of malurid is malurids.
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