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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Ptilogonatidae — thephainopepla .
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Examples
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But then, that weekend, Siegel saw her first Phainopepla of the year: a black bird of the desert once common where she lives, now quite rare.
The Edge of Extinction Shnayerson, Michael 2008
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The Phainopepla occurs throughout most of Coahuila.
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
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April 15 and 17 Burleigh and Lowery (1942: 201) saw scattered pairs of the Phainopepla "only in the open woods surrounding Diamante Pass."
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
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Related to the silky flycatchers of Central America including the Phainopepla of West Texas and the Southwest.
chron.com Chronicle 2010
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Among the bird species found here are the sanguaro-inhabiting cactus wren (Calypte costae), black-tailed gnatcatcher (Polioptila melanura), phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens), Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygualis), and Costa's hummingbird (Calypte costae).
Sonoran desert 2009
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Phainopepla among others, is omitted for no obvious reason.
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Water in food for example, a Phainopepla eats a juicy mistletoe berry)
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35; Phainopepla, 1; California Shrike, 8; Audubon's Warbler, 30; Western
The Bird Study Book Thomas Gilbert Pearson
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Phainopepla, Spotted Towhee, American Dipper, Acorn Woodpecker, Black Phoebe, Ruby Crowned Sparrow and many other familiar and not-so-familiar birds.
YubaNet.com 2009
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_Phainopepla nitens_ was listed from Coahuila by "Salvin and Godman,
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
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