calyptura

See also: Calyptura

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

calyptura (plural calypturas)

1. The passerine bird Calyptura cristata.

   Synonym: kinglet calyptura

   • 2017, Chris D. Thomas, Inheritors of the Earth:

     As if both to annoy […] and to delight […] the authors, the calyptura revealed its presence once more in the very same year that Brooks and Balmford published their work.