…Both males and females sing well and also sing duets in pairs. The Grallinidae family consists of three genera and four species, of which the white-winged chough, Corcorax melanorhamphos , and the apostle bird, Struthidea cinerea , are found in Australia, and the torrent-lark, G. bruijni , is found in New Guinea. All of these birds have a similar habit of building mud nests, but apart from this, the two species in the Grallinidae genus are so different in ecology from the other two that many people classify the latter as a separate family. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Grallinidae" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…雌雄ともよくさえずり,またつがいで二重唱を歌う。 ツチスドリ科Grallinidaeは3属4種からなり,そのうちツチスドリ,ツチスガラスCorcorax melanorhamphos(英名white‐winged chough),ドロドリStruthidea cinerea(英名apostle bird)はオーストラリアに,カワツチスドリG.bruijni(英名torrent‐lark)はニューギニアに分布している。これらの鳥は,みな互いによく似た泥の巣をつくる習性をもっているが,この点を除けば,ツチスドリ属の2種と他の2種とは生態が非常に違っていて,後者を別の科に分類する人も少なくない。… ※「Grallinidae」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 |
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