Meaning of chiquera | Babel Free

Definitions

The red-necked falcon (Falco chicquera).

obsolete, rare

Equivalents

Examples

“Falco chicquera, the chiquera falcon. This small bird of prey has the lower mandible formed like⟳ the two preceding.”

“But these slight differences will not justify⟳ us in considering the West African chiquera as a true species distinct from the Indian true chiquera; it is only a subspecies of the latter true species.”

“should have⟳ entirely escaped observation until the close⟳ of 1871, when specimens were received both by Lord Walden and myself. I considered it nearly allied to the Merlins — in fact, a link⟳ between the Merlins and the Chiqueras — and this is the situation which I should still assign to it.”

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