Oxyurini

Japanese: Oxyurini
Oxyurini

...The genus Mergansers have long, slender beaks suited to eating fish. Seven species are known, and three have been recorded in Japan: the common merganser (illustration), the common merganser, and the common merganser. (8) Oxyurini They are found in North and South America, Australia, Africa, and Western Asia. They are known for swimming with their stiff tail feathers held upright and spreading their tails vertically when displaying.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Oxyurini" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アイサ属はくちばしが細長く魚食に適しており,7種が知られ,日本ではウミアイサ(イラスト),カワアイサ,ミコアイサの3種の記録がある。(8)オタテガモ類Oxyurini南北アメリカ,オーストラリア,アフリカ,西アジアなどに分布する。硬い尾羽をぴんと立てて泳ぎ,ディスプレーのときに尾を垂直に立てて広げるので知られている。…

※「Oxyurini」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Oxyuranus scutulatus

>>:  Oyna

Diu
Diu
Blog    

Recommend

Otsuyu - Dew

The protagonist of San'yutei Encho's "...

"Monkey and Crane" - Enkakuzu

...The Hojo (1636, National Treasure) located dia...

Ishizuchi Mountains

A mountain range that stretches along the eastern...

Old village - Kyuson

…In the narrow sense, the term “murakata monjo” r...

al-Fayyūm

The capital of the governorate of the same name in...

Coefficient of contraction

...When a fluid leaves a container through its ou...

Telemachus (English spelling)

Hero of Greek mythology. Son of Odysseus and Penel...

Zapadnyi Bug (English)

…the Zapadnyi Bug is a river in the western part ...

Allanite (allanite)

Its chemical composition is (Ca,R) 2 (Al,Fe,Ti) 3S...

Nephtheidae

...A general term for coelenterates (Cnidarians) ...

Takatomi [town] - Takatomi

A former town in Yamagata County in southern Gifu ...

Crown of Light - Exchange

A ring of colored light with a relatively small d...

Canterbury Cathedral

Located in Canterbury, 85 km southeast of London,...

Helena - Helena (English spelling)

A city in the Big Belt Mountains in the midwester...