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El Rabanal
El Rabanal (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Servidumbre de Conservación El Rabanal'') is a small, protected area consisting of 16 acres of critical secondary forest in the municipality of Cidra, Puerto Rico. The forest tract is located in barrio Rabanal, Cidra, Puerto Rico, Rabanal, in a 5,438-acre hydrological basin (El Banco Creek, important for the Río de la Plata (Puerto Rico), La Plata basin) which is home to 21 species of birds, seven out of which are endemic to the region, including the Plain pigeon, Puerto Rican plain pigeon (considered a symbol of Cidra). This protected area was established through the ''Asociación de Pequeños Agricultores de Rabanal Inc.'' (APARI) and the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust (''Para la Naturaleza'') in 2002 with the goal of protecting the area from urban development and developing educational programs related to sustainable agriculture and environmental education. See also * Protected areas of Puerto Rico References {{CidraPR-geo- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patagioenas Inornata Wetmorei
''Patagioenas'' is a genus of New World pigeons whose distinctness from the genus '' Columba'' was long disputed but ultimately confirmed. It is basal to the ''Columba''-''Streptopelia'' radiation. Their ancestors diverged from that lineage probably over 8 million years ago. While the biogeographic pattern of this group suggests that the ancestors of the typical pigeons and turtle-doves settled the Old World from the Americas, ''Patagioenas'' may just as well be the offspring of Old World pigeons which only radiated into different genera later, given that the cuckoo-doves (''Macropygia'') of Southeast Asia also seem to be closely related.Johnson ''et al.'' (2001), Cheke (2005) Taxonomy The genus ''Patagioenas'' was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1853 with the white-crowned pigeon (''Patagioenas leucocephala'') as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ''patageō'' meaning "to clatter" and ''oinas'' meaning "pigeon". There are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
