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Pitangua means The boat-billed flycatcher, Megarynchus pitangua..
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The boat-billed flycatcher, Megarynchus pitangua..
A genus of clamatorial passerine birds of the family Tyrannidæ, or tyrant-flycatchers; the Derbian flycatchers, not including the pitangua.
This was probably the pitangua flycatcher (Megarhynchus pitangua). I saw several flocks of parrakeets, — one of which lit near us, — and I started to creep up on them; but they took alarm, and flew before I was within range.
[...] as the buccos or puff birds, the motmots, and the jacamars. Four of our illustrations are devoted to these birds, with an additional one of the beautiful Central American flycatcher, that is, the pitangua flycatcher (Megarhynchus pitangua) (Linn.) ...
Two new species recently found in the mountains include the pitangua, a night bird that nests in the ground among dry leaves, and the white-winged crossed bill, which lives exclusively in the pine forests of high mountains ...
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Pitangua means The boat-billed flycatcher, Megarynchus pitangua..
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A genus of clamatorial passerine birds of the family Tyrannidæ, or tyrant-flycatchers; the Derbian flycatchers, not including the pitangua.
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