Translation for 'pin-tailed' from English to Bulgarian

pin-tailed sandgrouse {noun} [Pterocles alchata]

шилоопашата пустинарка {ж}орн.T

• The genus "Erythrura" was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist William John Swainson to accommodate the pin-tailed parrotfinch.
• The female pin-tailed whydah could be mistaken for the red-billed quelea in non-breeding plumage, since both are sparrow-like birds with conical red-coloured bills, but the whydah has a whitish brow between a black stripe through the eye and a black stripe above.
• The type species was subsequently designated by the English zoologist George Robert Gray as the pin-tailed sandgrouse.
• This gregarious species breeds on dry open plains and similar habitats, but unlike the pin-tailed sandgrouse, it avoids areas completely lacking in vegetation.
• Pin-tailed whydah – Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.

• The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1816. The type species was subsequently designated as the pin-tailed whydah. The name "Vidua" is a Latin word meaning "widow".
• It is also very similar to the pin-tailed snipe ("G. ...