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People + Birds Around the WorldCategory
Educational materials, Europe, Biology / ecology, Markers of environ. change, Conservation, Observed changes, Bird song & calls, Preferred habitats, Personal narratives, Names, HistoricalSummary
Twenty-four bird species that have become rare or extinct in the last 100 years, most in the last 40 years.Animals
Luscinia megarhynchos (Common Nightingale), Caprimulgus europaeus (European Nightjar), Acrocephalus palustris (Marsh Warbler), Streptopelia turtur (European Turtle-dove), Poecile montanus (Willow Tit), Anthus trivialis (Tree Pipit), Dryobates minor (Lesser Spotted Woodpecker), Jynx torquilla (Eurasian Wryneck), Lullula arborea (Woodlark), Crex crex (Corncrake), Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Wood Warbler), Emberiza calandra (Corn Bunting), Emberiza citrinella (Yellowhammer), Emberiza cirlus (Cirl Bunting), Phoenicurus phoenicurus (Common Redstart), Coturnix coturnix (Common Quail), Perdix perdix (Grey Partridge), Passer montanus (Eurasian Tree Sparrow), Motacilla flava (Western Yellow Wagtail), Lanius collurio (Red-backed Shrike), Muscicapa striata (Spotted Flycatcher), Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Hawfinch), Burhinus oedicnemus (Eurasian Thick-knee), Saxicola rubetra (Whinchat)Digital Heritage
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People + Birds Around the WorldCategory
Educational materials, Europe, Bird song & calls, Preferred habitats, NamesSummary
A short movie featuring 31 species local to Oxford with habitat and song to help people learn to recognise the songs they hearAnimals
Turdus merula (Eurasian Blackbird), Erithacus rubecula (European Robin), Troglodytes troglodytes (Northern Wren), Columba palumbus (Common Woodpigeon), Fringilla coelebs (Common Chaffinch), Parus major (Great Tit), Cyanistes caeruleus (Eurasian Blue Tit), Periparus ater (Coal Tit), Prunella modularis (Dunnock), Cuculus canorus (Common Cuckoo), Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Eurasian Bullfinch), Dendrocopos major (Great Spotted Woodpecker), Picus viridis (Eurasian Green Woodpecker), Carduelis carduelis (European Goldfinch), Sylvia atricapilla (Eurasian Blackcap), Passer domesticus (House Sparrow), Certhia familiaris (Eurasian Treecreeper), Strix aluco (Tawny Owl), Milvus milvus (Red Kite), Buteo buteo (Eurasian Buzzard), Alauda arvensis (Eurasian Skylark), Streptopelia decaocto (Eurasian Collared-dove), Regulus regulus (Goldcrest), Phylloscopus collybita (Common Chiffchaff), Sylvia communis (Common Whitethroat), Sitta europaea (Eurasian Nuthatch), Turdus philomelos (Song Thrush), Delichon urbicum (Northern House Martin), Apus apus (Common Swift), Pica pica (Eurasian Magpie), Garrulus glandarius (Eurasian Jay)
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Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
South America, Names
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Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
South America, What the bird eats, Behavioural observations, Preferred habitats, Personhood, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names, Literal translations/ etymologiesSummary
Información sobre el aané, sus avisos y la historia de su nombre "científica"
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Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
South America, What the bird eats, Personhood, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names
Digital Heritage
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Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
South America, Names
Digital Heritage
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Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
South America, What the bird eats, Behavioural observations, Personhood, Names
Digital Heritage
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Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, NamesSummary
Este pájaro indica dónde puede haber miel
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Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
South America, Bird song & calls, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names, Literal translations/ etymologies, Hunting/ collecting
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Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
South America, Names
Digital Heritage
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Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
South America, What the bird eats, Behavioural observations, Personhood, Names, Commensals/ pets
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Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
South America, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names, Ancestors/ deathDigital Heritage
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People + Birds Around the WorldCategory
Africa, Conservation, Stewardship, Oral historiesSummary
on 14 Dec 2012, Stephen Awoyemi, a conservationist who had mostly worked online was taken bird ringing for the first time. Here he talks about this and his work.
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EWA ResourcesCategory
North America, Other (use keywords), Visual/ material/ movement arts, HistoricalSummary
Follow this link to find bird pictures from John J. Audubon’s Birds of America collection.
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EWA ResourcesCategory
Other (use keywords), Visual/ material/ movement arts, HistoricalSummary
Follow this link for bird paintings by Edward Lear.
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People + Birds Around the WorldCategory
Africa, Threats, Stewardship, Stories, Symbolisms, Personal narratives, Ontology, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengersSummary
Links to an article from Lusaka Voice
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People + Birds Around the World, Druk Bja TsheringCategory
Culture, Sacred/ divine/ spirit world, Material culture, Ceremonial/ ritualSummary
This festival is hosted in November and welcomes the widely referenced heavenly and sacred species into the Kingdom
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People + Birds Around the WorldCategory
Bibliographic reference, South America, Southeast Asia, Oceania, North America, Meso-america, Global, Europe, Asia, Africa, Markers of environ. change, Conservation, Stewardship, Bird song & calls, Behavioural observations, Phenology/ seasonality, Relations w/ other life & landscape, Ontology, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengersSummary
Online supplemental materials for the article Wyndham and Park 2018, published by the Journal of EthnobiologyDigital Heritage
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People + Birds Around the World, Cahow CommunityCategory
Oceania, Eggs & nests, Markers of environ. change, Conservation, Success stories, Stewardship, Lessons learned, Crucial habitat threats/ needs, Stories, Proper conduct, Personal narratives, Oral histories, HistoricalSummary
As a schoolboy on Bermuda in 1951 David Wingate was invited on an ornithological expedition. In these recordings he describes how they rediscovered the Cahow, or Bermuda Petrel, previously thought extinct for 300 years.
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People + Birds Around the WorldCategory
Conservation, Stewardship, Political/ rights & responsibilitiesSummary
A list of resources related to land rights, (counter)mapping Indigenous territories, and related things
