Genus Atrichornis (Noun)
Meaning
Type genus of the Atrichornithidae.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The genus Atrichornis is a type of scrub-bird that is endemic to Australia.
- Atrichornis is the type genus of the Atrichornithidae family, which includes two species of scrub-birds.
- The genus Atrichornis was first described by George Robert Gray in 1844.
- Atrichornis is a monotypic genus, meaning that it contains only one species, the rufous scrub-bird.
- The genus Atrichornis is closely related to the genus Dasyornis, which also includes species of scrub-birds.