Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of plover, Anarhynchus frontalis, of New Zealand, having the bill bent sidewise. See second cut under
plover .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) See
crookbill .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
species of smallbird in theplover familyCharadriidae , unique in having a beak that is bent sideways,endemic toNew Zealand .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Up to 74 shorebird species have been sighted here, with a peak of 40,000 migratory birds utilizing the Firth at one time, including the New Zealand dotterel (Charadrius obscurus VU) and more than half of New Zealand's wrybill population.
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Other birds with no close relatives beyond New Zealand found in the area include: blue duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos, wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis and western weka Gallirallus australis.
Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand 2008
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River bed invertebrates support a diverse birdlife including wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis, paradise shelduck Tadorna variegata, black-billed gull, black-fronted tern Sterna albistriata and banded dotterel Pluvialis obscura.
Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand 2008
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This makes it difficult for wading birds such as the endemic wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis) and the black stilt to feed.
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The indicator species are: kiwi, kākā, kākako, māhua, and wrybill (birds), the short-tailed bat, and the dactylanthus (a parasitic flowering plant).
NZ On Screen 2010
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He takes us out into the mud flats where we spot the wrybill, a strange and rare NZ bird with a long beak twisted up and to one side.
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