calyptura

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the genus name.

Noun[edit]

calyptura (plural calypturas)

  1. The passerine bird Calyptura cristata.
    Synonym: kinglet calyptura
    • 2017, Chris D. Thomas, Inheritors of the Earth:
      As if both to annoy [] and to delight [] the authors, the calyptura revealed its presence once more in the very same year that Brooks and Balmford published their work.