Translingual

Alisterus scapularis

Proper noun

Alisterus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Psittacidae – the king parrots.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Psittaciformes - order; Psittacoidea - superfamily; Psittacidae - family; Psittacinae - subfamily; Psittaculini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Alisterus amboinensis, Alisterus chloropterus, Alisterus scapularis - species

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276