catharus造句

• The veery shows the characteristic underwing stripe of " Catharus " thrushes.
• The " Catharus " species are either long-distance migrants or fairly resident birds.
• At first glance this bird could be confused with the American " Catharus " thrushes such as veery and hermit thrush.
• Its closest relative is the wood thrush of the monotypic genus " Hylocichla ", which is sometimes merged into " Catharus ".
• In the east, the veery is distinguished easily by its coloration; distinguishing western veeries from other " Catharus " thrushes is more difficult.
• The "'ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush "'( " Catharus frantzii " ) is a small thrush which is a resident breeder in mountain forests from central Mexico to western Panama.
• A later study by Gary Voelker and colleagues ( 2013 ) utilized 10 genes ( two mitochondrial, two sex-linked and six autosomal ) to compare the 12 species of " Catharus " and " Hylocichla mustelina ".
• The genus name " Catharus " comes from the Ancient Greek " katharos ", " pure or clean " and refers to the plumage of the orange-billed nightingale-thrush " C . aurantiirostris ".
• Of 82 bird species observed in the vicinity of pondberry thickets in fruit, only two species were observed to eat the fruit hermit thrushes ( " Catharus guttatus " ) and northern cardinals ( " Cardinalis cardinalis " ).
• These results notwithstanding, analysis of mtDNA sequence data shows that Swainson's thrush is the most ancient North American species of its genus; it is not closely related to other " Catharus " and the outward similarities with the other North American species are due to convergent evolution.
• An example is the migration of continental populations of Swainson's thrush " Catharus ustulatus ", which fly far east across North America before turning south via Florida to reach northern South America; this route is believed to be the consequence of a range expansion that occurred about 10, 000 years ago.
• He is commemorated in the names of a number of animals, including the prong-billed barbet " Semnornis frantzii ", the fiery-billed aracari " Pteroglossus frantzii ", the mountain elaenia " Elaenia frantzii " and the ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush " Catharus frantzii ".
• Field work conducted in collaboration with these entities includes studies of the critically endangered Ridgway's hawk ( " Buteo ridgwayi " ), nest cavity restoration for the Hispaniolan parrot ( " Amazona ventralis " ), and wintering ecology of the Bicknell's thrush ( " Catharus bicknelli " ).