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Mohed Altrad (Arabic: محمد الطراد) is a French-Syrian billionaire businessman, rugby chairman and writer, born c. March 1948. [1] [2] He was born to a very young mother [1] and his father gave him away to his grandparents at age four following his mother's death. [1] In 2015, Altrad was named Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Of The ...
The Birds was also inspired by sustainability and the site's history as a shipyard, where sailors often wore sparrow tattoos. The sculptures have been called an "ode to immigration" based on MacLeod's interest in "alien species" and when non-native species are introduced to an environment (the house sparrow is not native to North America).
Tumbes sparrow: Rhynchospiza stolzmanni (Taczanowski, 1877) 10 Yungas sparrow: Rhynchospiza dabbenei (Hellmayr, 1912) 11 Chaco sparrow: Rhynchospiza strigiceps (Gould, 1839) 12 Rufous-winged sparrow: Peucaea carpalis Coues, 1873: 13 Cinnamon-tailed sparrow: Peucaea sumichrasti (Lawrence, 1871) 14 Stripe-headed sparrow: Peucaea ruficauda ...
The golden-crowned sparrow is one of five species in the genus Zonotrichia, a group of large American sparrows. [2] It has no subspecies. [3] It is a sister species with, and very closely related to, the white-crowned sparrow; studies of mitochondrial DNA show the two evolved into separate species very recently in geologic time.
Melospiza is a genus of passerine birds formerly placed in the family Emberizidae, but now placed in Passerellidae.The genus, commonly referred to as "song sparrows," currently contains three species, all of which are native to North America.
The field sparrow (Spizella pusilla) is a small New World sparrow in the family Passerellidae.It is about 140 mm (6 in) long and weighs about 12.5 g (0.4 oz). The head is grey with a rust-coloured crown, white eye-ring and pink bill.
The saffron-billed sparrow has two subspecies, the nominate Arremon flavirostris flavirostris and the "gray-backed" A. f. polionotus. [3] In January 2021, both the South American Classification Committee (SACC) of the American Ornithological Society (AOS) and the International Ornithological Congress (IOC) elevated the former subspecies A. f. dorbignii to species status as the moss-backed sparrow.
The sparrow-weavers (Plocepasser) are a genus of birds in the family Ploceidae (weavers), but some taxonomic authorities place them in the family Passeridae (Old World sparrows). Taxonomy and systematics