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 Translation for 'white-winged' from English to Norwegian
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fjellspurv {m} [Montifringilla nivalis]
(white-winged) snowfinch
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hvitvingesvartterne {m/f} [Chlidonias leucopterus]
white-winged (black) tern
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Usage Examples English
  • Only one instance of non-monogamous breeding has been recorded, an instance of polygyny in white-winged trillers in Australia, where one male aided two females in raising their young.
  • The identification problem is least severe in North America, where only the red and white-winged species occur, and (possibly) worst in the Scottish Highlands, where three species breed and the two-barred is also a possible vagrant.
  • The white-winged chough of Australia, despite its name, is not a true chough but rather a member of the family Corcoracidae and only distantly related.
  • White-winged choughs are easily recognised but often mistaken for "crows" (such as the Australian raven).
  • The common vampire bat feeds primarily on the blood of mammals (occasionally including humans), whereas both the hairy-legged vampire bat and white-winged vampire bat feed primarily on the blood of birds.

  • The two-barred crossbill or white-winged crossbill ("Loxia leucoptera") is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.
  • Hybridisation between this species and white-winged black tern has been recorded from Sweden and the Netherlands.
  • It contains just two species in two genera, the white-winged chough ("Corcorax melanorhamphos") and the apostlebird ("Struthidea cinerea").
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