Cuban Oriole
The Cuban oriole (''Icterus melanopsis'') is a species of songbird in the family Icteridae. It is endemic to Cuba. Adults measure long with a 10 cm (3.9 in) wing length. They are black with yellow patches on the shoulders, underwings, rump and undertail. Sexes are alike. Juvenile birds are olive while immature birds are olive with a black face and throat. The taxon was formerly lumped with Bahama orioles (''Icterus northropi''), Hispaniolan orioles (''Icterus dominicensis''), and Puerto Rican orioles (''Icterus portoricensis'') into a single species known as the Greater Antillean oriole until all four birds were elevated to full species status in 2010. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and plantations. History In 1890, Allen documented Cuban, Bahama, Hispaniolan, and Puerto Rican orioles as four distinct species. In 1936, James Bond classified the ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Johann Georg Wagler
Johann Georg Wagler (28 March 1800 – 23 August 1832) was a German herpetologist and ornithologist. Wagler was assistant to Johann Baptist von Spix, and gave lectures in zoology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich after it was moved to Munich. He worked on the extensive collections brought back from Brazil by Spix, and published partly together with him books on reptiles from Brazil. Wagler wrote ''Monographia Psittacorum'' (1832), which included the correct naming of the blue macaws. In 1832, Wagler died of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound while out collecting in München-Moosach. Life Johann Georg Wagler was a German naturalist and scientist in the 19th century, whose works primarily focused on herpetology and ornithology (Beolens, Watkins & Grayson, 2011). Johan Georg Wagler was born on the 28th of March 1800, in the city of Nuremberg, where the Chancellor of the City Court was Wagler's father (Wagler, 1884). After taking up gymnastics at Nuremberg, J ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]