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The thunderbird is said to create thunder by flapping its wings (Algonquian [2]), and lightning by flashing its eyes (Algonquian, Iroquois [3]).Across cultures, thunderbirds are generally depicted as birds of prey, or hybrids of humans and birds. [1]
The Big Year is a 2011 American comedy film starring Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson, directed by David Frankel and written by Howard Franklin.The film was based on the 2004 non-fiction book The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik.
The yellow-headed caracara (Milvago chimachima) is new-world bird of prey in the family Falconidae, of the Falconiformes order (true falcons, caracaras and their kin). [4] It is found as far north as Nicaragua, south to Costa Rica and Panamá, every mainland South American country (except Chile), and on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Gulls are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water.
Gulls are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water.
It weighs about 65 to 70 g (2.3 to 2.5 oz). Adults have medium grey back feathers with a lighter grey underside. Its head is mostly white with a dark grey or black nape and hood, with a short black beak and dark eyes. The long tail is medium grey with lighter tips. [19] The legs and feet are black. [20]
Black honey buzzard: Accipitridae: Henicopernis infuscatus Gurney, JH Sr, 1882: 39 Hooded vulture: Accipitridae: Necrosyrtes monachus (Temminck, 1823) 40 White-backed vulture: Accipitridae: Gyps africanus Salvadori, 1865: 41 White-rumped vulture: Accipitridae: Gyps bengalensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 42 Indian vulture: Accipitridae: Gyps indicus ...
The American goshawk (Astur atricapillus) is a species of raptor in the family Accipitridae. It was first described by Alexander Wilson in 1812. The American goshawk was previously considered conspecific with the Eurasian goshawk but was assigned to a separate species in 2023 based on differences in morphology, vocalizations, and genetic divergence. [2]