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We Got an Award! Thanks, Saved by Dogs!
Saved by Dogs has honored me (us?) with the Versatile Blogger Award! I do love getting awards, because who doesn't like being praised for all of the blood sweat and tears that they pour into their keyboards, right? Right. I try to get Elka excit...
by The Elka Almanac on May 24, 2013
>>Genus Coracina
CoracinaCoracinaBlack-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:PasseriformesFamily:CampephagidaeGenus:CoracinaVieillot, 1816Species49 recognized species, see article.Lar...
by Bird Guide on May 24, 2013
>>>Family Campephagidae (Cuckooshrike)
CuckooshrikeCuckooshrikeBlack-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiaeScientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:PasseriformesSuborder:PasseriFamily:CampephagidaeVigors, 1825GeneraCoracinaCampochaeraLalageCampephagaPeri...
by Bird Guide on May 24, 2013
>>Genus Heteralocha >Huia
HuiaHuiaA pair (male in front of female)Painting by J.G. Keulemans from W.L. Buller'sA History of the Birds of New Zealand (1888)Conservation statusExtinct (1907) (IUCN 3.1)Scientific classificationKingdom:Animalia...
by Bird Guide on May 23, 2013
>>Genus Philesturnus >Saddleback (bird)
Saddleback (bird)SaddlebackNorth Island SaddlebackConservation statusNear Threatened (IUCN 3.1)Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:PasseriformesFamily:CallaeidaeGenus:PhilesturnusI. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 183...
by Bird Guide on May 23, 2013
>>>Family Callaeidae
Family CallaeidaeNew Zealand wattlebirdsHuia (Heteralocha acutirostris)Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:PasseriformesSuborder:PasseriFamily:CallaeidaeSundevall, 1836GeneraCallaeasPhilesturnusHeteralochaThe...
by Bird Guide on May 20, 2013
>>Genus Callaeas >Kōkako
KōkakoKōkakoConservation statusEndangered (IUCN 3.1)Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:PasseriformesFamily:CallaeidaeGenus:CallaeasJ.R. Forster, 1788Species:C. cinereusC. cinerea cinereaBinomial nameCallaea...
by Bird Guide on May 20, 2013
PIT BULLS AND THEIR BULLY SCUMSUCKING OWNERS MUST DIE
TONIGHT our dog Frankie was in the house and saw this pit bull on a leash across the street. He loves other dogs so he ran out after Myqui who didn’t see him as she was taking the garbage out. He ran up to the leashed pit bull to greet it and i...
by The Word Warrior-Bonju Blog on May 2, 2013
>>Genus Rhynchophanes >Rhynchophanes mccownii (McCown's Longspur)
McCown's LongspurMcCown's LongspurConservation statusLeast Concern (IUCN 3.1)Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:PasseriformesFamily:CalcariidaeGenus:RhynchophanesBaird, 1858Species:R. mccowniiBinomial nameRhy...
by Bird Guide on May 1, 2013
>Plectrophenax hyperboreus (McKay's Bunting)
McKay's BuntingMcKay's BuntingConservation statusNear Threatened (IUCN 3.1)Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:PasseriformesFamily:CalcariidaeGenus:PlectrophenaxSpecies:P. hyperboreusBinomial namePlectrophenax...
by Bird Guide on Apr 30, 2013
>Plectrophenax nivalis (Snow Bunting)
Snow BuntingSnow BuntingMale in breeding plumage, AlaskaConservation statusLeast Concern (IUCN 3.1)Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:PasseriformesFamily:CalcariidaeGenus:PlectrophenaxSpecies:P. nivalisBinomi...
by Bird Guide on Apr 29, 2013
>>Genus Plectrophenax
PlectrophenaxPlectrophenaxSnow BuntingScientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:PasseriformesFamily:CalcariidaeGenus:PlectrophenaxStejneger, 1882SpeciesP. nivalisP. hyperboreusPlectrophenax is a small genus of ...
by Bird Guide on Apr 29, 2013
>Calcarius ornatus (Chestnut-collared Longspur)
Chestnut-collared LongspurChestnut-collared LongspurConservation statusNear Threatened (IUCN 3.1)Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:PasseriformesFamily:CalcariidaeGenus:CalcariusSpecies:C. ornatusBinomial nam...
by Bird Guide on Apr 28, 2013
>Calcarius pictus (Smith's Longspur)
Smith's LongspurSmith's LongspurConservation statusLeast Concern (IUCN 3.1)Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:PasseriformesFamily:CalcariidaeGenus:CalcariusSpecies:C. pictusBinomial nameCalcarius pictus(Swain...
by Bird Guide on Apr 28, 2013
>Calcarius lapponicus (Lapland Longspur)
Lapland LongspurLapland LongspurBreeding maleFemaleConservation statusLeast Concern (IUCN 3.1)Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:PasseriformesFamily:CalcariidaeGenus:CalcariusSpecies:C. lapponicusBinomial nam...
by Bird Guide on Apr 27, 2013
>>Genus Calcarius (Longspur)
LongspurLongspursChestnut-collared Longspur(Calcarius ornatus)Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:PasseriformesFamily:CalcariidaeGenus:CalcariusBechstein, 1802SpeciesSee text.The Longspurs, genus Cal...
by Bird Guide on Apr 27, 2013
>>>Family Calcariidae
Family CalcariidaeCalcariidaeLapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:PasseriformesSuborder:PasseriFamily:CalcariidaeGeneraCalcariusPlectrophenaxRhynchophanesThe Calcarii...
by Bird Guide on Apr 26, 2013
>Turnix olivii (Buff-breasted Buttonquail)
Buff-breasted ButtonquailBuff-breasted ButtonquailConservation statusEndangered (IUCN 3.1)Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:TurniciformesFamily:TurnicidaeGenus:TurnixSpecies:T. oliviiBinomial nameTurnix oliv...
by Bird Guide on Apr 26, 2013
>Turnix velox (Little Buttonquail)
Little ButtonquailLittle ButtonquailConservation statusLeast Concern (IUCN 3.1)Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:TurniciformesFamily:TurnicidaeGenus:TurnixSpecies:T. veloxBinomial nameTurnix velox(Gould, 184...
by Bird Guide on Apr 25, 2013
>Turnix maculosus (Red-backed Buttonquail)
Red-backed ButtonquailRed-backed ButtonquailConservation statusLeast Concern (IUCN 3.1)Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:GruiformesFamily:TurnicidaeGenus:TurnixSpecies:T. maculosusBinomial nameTurnix maculos...
by Bird Guide on Apr 25, 2013
