Amphilais

Translingual

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

1. 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 - infraorder; Sylvioidea - superfamily; Locustellidae - family

Hyponyms

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

References

• Amphilais on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Amphilais on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Amphilais seebohmi on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Locustellidae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN