tityra

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English

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A tityra

Etymology

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Originally a genus name used for the Black-tailed Tityra, Tityra cayana, of South America, referring to the rustic shepherd character Tityrus in Virgil's Eclogues, in allusion to the noisy, aggressive behaviour of the bird.

Noun

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tityra (plural tityras)

  1. A bird of the genus Tityra
    • 1988 February 26, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      In the scrubby woods that cover most of the Yucatan, suboscines such as the masked tityra, the bright-rumped attila, and the boat-billed flycatcher are all common.

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