Sirystes
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Translingual
Etymology
Either a misspelling or a random vowel shift of Ancient Greek συριστης (suristēs, “piper”), from συριζω (surizō, “to play the pipes”), from συριγξ (surinx), συριγγος (suringos, “shepherd's pipe”).
Proper noun
Sirystes m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Tyrannidae.
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; Tyranni - suborder; Tyrannides - infraorder; Tyrannida - parvorder; Tyrannidae - family
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
- Jobling, J. A. (2017). Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.) (2017). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from www.hbw.com on 31 July 2017).