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Definition of Olor columbianus

Olor columbianus
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 Olor columbianus from wikipedia

- Cygnus is the Latin for "swan", and columbi**** comes from the Columbia River, the type locality. C. columbi**** is the smallest of the Holarctic swans...
- probably belong to the C. olor – Southern Hemisphere lineage, whereas the Pleistocene taxa from North America would be placed in Olor. Several prehistoric...
- the heaviest flying bird in the world. Alongside the mute swan (Cygnus olor), Dalmatian pelican (Pelec**** crispus), kori bustard (Ardeotis kori), and...
- swan) LC Cygnus columbi**** (Ord 1815) (tundra swan) LC C. c. bewickii (Yarrel 1830) sensu Carboneras 1992 (Bewick's Swan) C. c. columbi**** (Ord 1815) (Tundra...
- Tundragås Anser albifrons A Mute swan Knoppsvane Cygnus olor RV Tundra swan Dvergsvane Cygnus columbi**** V Whooper swan Sangsvane Cygnus cygnus A, IB (Bjørnøya)...
- (Fısıldayan qu) Cygnus olor White-tailed eagle (Ağquyruq dəniz qartalı) Haliaeetus albicilla Bewick's swan (Kiçik qu) Cygnus columbi**** bewickii Eastern imperial...
- Stellaria humifusa Fauna of Iceland Birds of Iceland Anatidae Cygnus olor Cygnus columbi**** Cygnus cygnus Anser fabalis Anser brachyrhynchus Insects of Iceland...
- Trumpeter (Cygnus buccinator) and Tundra swans (Cygnus columbi****) and non-native Mute swans (Cygnus olor) may all be found on the lake in winter. Tundra swans...
- white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus (A) Mute swan, Cygnus olor (I) Bewick's swan, Cygnus columbi**** Whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus Egyptian goose, Aloochen aegyptiaca...
- trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator), tundra swans (Cygnus columbi****) and mute swans (Cygnus olor) have been successfully hunted by golden eagles. Full-grown...