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Juniperus sabina, the savin juniper or savin, is a species of juniper native to the mountains of central and southern Europe and western and central Asia, from Spain to eastern Siberia, typically growing at altitudes of 1,000–3,300 metres (3,300–10,800 feet).
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Juniperus (/ dʒ uː ˈ n ɪ p ər ə s / joo-NIP-ər-əs) [1] of the cypress family Cupressaceae.Depending on the taxonomy, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere as far south as tropical Africa, including the Arctic, parts of Asia, and Central America.
The fork-tailed flycatcher was described in 1760 by Mathurin Jacques Brisson under the French name "le tyran à queue fourchue" (lit. ' the fork-tailed tyrant ') [2] and then again in 1780 by Georges-Louis Buffon under the name "le savana " [3] (because it lived in savannahs), [4] but it was not until 1802 that François Marie Daudin coined the binomial name Tyrannus savana. [5]
In total there are about 11,000 species of birds described as of 2024, [1] though one estimate of the real number places it at almost 20,000. [2] The order passerines (perching birds) alone accounts for well over 5,000 species.
Passerines, the "song birds". This is the largest order of birds and contains more than half of all birds. Family Acanthisittidae. Genus Acanthisitta - rifleman; Genus Xenicus - New Zealand wrens; Family Acanthizidae - scrubwrens, thornbills, and gerygones Genus Acanthiza – thornbill; Genus Acanthornis – scrubtit; Genus Aethomyias ...
Crustaceans, annelid worms and molluscs are the fauna in the wetlands where migrant birds and wading birds find their feed. [5] Farmlands, including savanna and woodland, form now a dominant habitat in the Gambia where crops were grown initially on a rotation system of 20 years with a fallow period. This practice has since changed to two or ...
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