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The black-and-white mannikin (Spermestes bicolor) also black-and-white munia or red-backed mannikin, is a species of estrildid finch, widely occurring throughout the African tropical rainforest. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 4,200,000 km 2. It is found in moist savanna and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest habitat.
The family Estrildidae was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte as "Estreldinae", a spelling variant of the subfamily name. [2] [3] In the list of world birds maintained by Frank Gill, Pamela Rasmussen and David Donsker on behalf of the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) the family contains 140 species divided into 41 genera. [4]
The American goldfinch (Spinus tristis) is a small North American bird in the finch family.It is migratory, ranging from mid-Alberta to North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just south of the Canada–United States border to Mexico during the winter.
They have common English-language names, such as Dave (one of the first known minions in the franchise), Kevin, Stuart, Bob (the lead trio in Minions and Minions: The Rise of Gru), Mel (the leader of the Minions in Despicable Me 3 after Gru refuses their request to resume supervillainy), and Otto (the fourth lead Minion in Minions: The Rise of ...
The family Fringillidae are the "true" finches. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 239 species in the family, distributed among three subfamilies and 50 genera. Confusingly, only 79 of the species include "finch" in their common names, and several other families include species called finches.
The basic plumage colour is brownish, sometimes greenish; many have considerable amounts of black, while white plumage is generally absent except as wing-bars or other signalling marks. Bright yellow and red carotenoid pigments are commonplace in this family, and thus blue structural colours are rather rare, as the yellow pigments turn the blue ...
Robert De Witt Fitch, known as Bob Fitch, (1939–2016) was an American photographer during the civil rights movement. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Early life and education
Robert Finch (poet) (1900–1995), Canadian poet and academic; Robert Finch (priest) (1724–1803), English divine; Robert Finch (rugby league) (born 1955), Australian rugby league player; Robert Finch (yacht designer) (1930-2016, American yacht designer; Bob Finch (born 1954), British coal trader and businessman; Bobby Finch (c. 1948–1978 ...