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Definition of Haliastur sphenurus

Haliastur sphenurus
Whistling Whis"tling, a. & n. from Whistle, v. Whistling buoy. (Naut.) See under Buoy. Whistling coot (Zo["o]l.), the American black scoter. Whistling Dick. (Zo["o]l.) (a) An Australian shrike thrush (Colluricincla Selbii). (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.] Whistling duck. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The golden-eye. (b) A tree duck. Whistling eagle (Zo["o]l.), a small Australian eagle (Haliastur sphenurus); -- called also whistling hawk, and little swamp eagle. Whistling plover. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The golden plover. (b) The black-bellied, or gray, plover. Whistling snipe (Zo["o]l.), the American woodcock. Whistling swan. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The European whooper swan; -- called also wild swan, and elk. (b) An American swan (Olor columbianus). See under Swan. Whistling teal (Zo["o]l.), a tree duck, as Dendrocygna awsuree of India. Whistling thrush. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one of several species of singing birds of the genus Myiophonus, native of Asia, Australia, and the East Indies. They are generally black, glossed with blue, and have a patch of bright blue on each shoulder. Their note is a loud and clear whistle. (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]

Meaning of Haliastur sphenurus from wikipedia

- The whistling kite (Haliastur sphenurus) is a medium-sized diurnal raptor found throughout Australia (including coastal islands), New Caledonia and much...
- Haliastur is a genus of medium-sized diurnal birds of prey. It consists of two species of kites which form part of the subfamily Milvinae; some authorities...
- Elanoides forficatus Subfamily Milvinae Genus Haliastur Whistling kite, Haliastur sphenurus Brahminy kite, Haliastur indus Genus Milvus Red kite, Milvus milvus...
- kite, Milvus migrans - Aus, NZ Brahminy kite, Haliastur indus - Aus Whistling kite, Haliastur sphenurus - Aus White-bellied sea eagle, Haliaeetus leucogaster...
- an old nest built by another accipitrid, namely whistling kites (Haliastur sphenurus) and white-bellied sea eagles, with the earlier's nests apparently...
- species of ibis (subfamily Threskiornithinae), the whistling kite (Haliastur sphenurus), the rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster), the black rat (Rattus rattus)...
- Yellow-billed kite, Milvus aegyptius Haliastur Selby, 1840 Brahminy kite, Haliastur indus Whistling kite, Haliastur sphenurus Haliaeetus Savigny, 1809 Steller's...
- bat and Turquoise parrot. Other species include Pandion haliaetus, Haliastur sphenurus, Haliaeetus leucogaster, Phascogale tapoatafa, Petaurus australis...
- leucogaster), peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) and whistling kite (Haliastur sphenurus). However, the actual mechanism of this host-switch event in raptors...
- the Linnean Society of Normandy. He described the bird subspecies Haliastur sphenurus johannae (after his first daughter) and Todiramphus sanctus canacorum...