Archive for the 'Species' Category
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
I somehow manage to get in touch with someone that can offer me passage African Hawk Eagle…
I have made the order and now waiting for the CITES and all the necessary document. Hopefully everthing is fine and I can get a good quality bird soonest…
Here is some information about african hawk eagle in wiki.
The African [...]
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Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Black-and-white Hawk-eagle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Subclass: Neornithes
Infraclass: Neognathae
Superorder: Neoaves
Order: Falconiformes (or Accipitriformes, q.v.)
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Spizaetus
Species: S. melanoleucus
Binomial name
Spizaetus melanoleucus
(Vieillot, 1816)
Synonyms
Buteo melanoleucus Vieillot, 1816
Spizastur melanoleucus (Vieillot, 1816)
The Black-and-white Hawk-eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus, formerly Spizastur melanoleucus) is a bird of prey species in the [...]
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Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Spizaetus
Species: S. tyrannus
Binomial name
Spizaetus tyrannus
(Wied, 1820)
The Black Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus tyrannus), also known as the Tyrant Hawk-Eagle,[1] is a species of eagle found from central Mexico to eastern Peru, the south of Brazil, and far northern Argentina. Its [...]
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
I never know that there are black barn owl… it look nice…
This young barn owl is one in a million after being born with a rare genetic condition that has made her feathers jet black.
Sable, who is two years old, suffers from melanism, a 100,000-to-one gene mutation that makes her the exact opposite to an [...]
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Friday, October 24th, 2008
After ospreys flocked to several of the nesting towers Verizon built in Monmouth and Ocean counties last year, the company is providing funding for the construction of four more such towers in the state.
The announcement was made Thursday (Oct. 23) at the dedication of the latest nesting tower, built in Ocean City. Mayor Salvatore Perillo [...]
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Sunday, October 12th, 2008
This is very interesting article. I found this article from thesudburystar.com
The MAG: Science North talks turkey - Science in the North
It may be Thanksgiving, but let me assure you this column has nothing to do with the holiday. Actually, the science facts contained in this write-up could possibly make some people a little queasy (especially [...]
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Sunday, October 12th, 2008
They are more at home feeding on carcasses in the middle of the desert – so a Black Country woman was more than a little surprised to see a giant vulture perched on top of a neighbour’s house.
Busy preening itself on a rooftop in Scholar’s Walk, Rushall, the bird was photographed by shocked resident Susan [...]
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
I found this news article during searching for some information about bird of prey… seem like reintroduction of sea eagles will also get some serious complain from some other group of people…
here is the article (originally from telegraph.co.uk)
Independent inquiry into reintroduction of sea eagles
By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent
Last Updated: 7:01pm BST 01/10/2008
Conservationists have announce an [...]
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Saturday, September 13th, 2008
I found this news in the nets… A very good news indeed for the conservation of the species. Kudos to the Zoos..
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Baby vulture overlooked in giraffe frenzy
A Eurasian black vulture chick has hatched at The Living Desert — the only such chick to hatch in captivity this year in the United States, zoo officials announced [...]
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Saturday, September 13th, 2008
September 12, 2008
By Louis Porter Vermont Press Bureau
MONTPELIER – A pair of bald eagles have successfully nested and raised young in Vermont for the first time in three decades.
“It’s fantastic news. It is something we have been waiting for for a long time,” said John Austin, director of wildlife for the Vermont Fish and Wildlife [...]
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