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Forgotten Songs (artwork)
''Forgotten Songs'' is a public artwork by Michael Thomas Hill located in Angel Place, Sydney. The installation was part of the 2009 Sydney Laneway Temporary art scheme, afterwards, due to the popularity of the installation, in 2011, the project was turned into a part of the 9 million dollar permanent laneway installations. The Laneway temporary art program ran between 2008 and 2013 with the main goal of laneways activation, innovation stimulation in the city and, in general, injecting new energy into the urban life. The program consisted of two stages. ''Forgotten Songs'' artwork was a part of the second Laneways program titled ''By George! Hidden Networks.'' The principal aim was to address two key issues of urban renewal in city's lanes and climate change. Other than Forgotten Songs installation, seven other artworks participated in this stage. Artwork concept The artwork concept could be comprehended by the artist's words: "The installation explores how Sydney’s fauna ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Artwork
Public art is art in any media whose form, function and meaning are created for the general public through a public process. It is a specific art genre with its own professional and critical discourse. Public art is visually and physically accessible to the public; it is installed in public space in both outdoor and indoor settings. Public art seeks to embody public or universal concepts rather than commercial, partisan or personal concepts or interests. Notably, public art is also the direct or indirect product of a public process of creation, procurement, and/or maintenance. Independent art created or staged in or near the public realm (for example, graffiti, street art) lacks official or tangible public sanction has not been recognized as part of the public art genre, however this attitude is changing due to the efforts of several street artists. Such unofficial artwork may exist on private or public property immediately adjacent to the public realm, or in natural settings b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Spinebill
The eastern spinebill (''Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris'') is a species of honeyeater found in south-eastern Australia in forest and woodland areas, as well as gardens in urban areas of Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. It is around 15 cm long, and has a distinctive black, white and chestnut plumage, a red eye, and a long downcurved bill. Taxonomy Originally described as ''Certhia tenuirostris'' by the English ornithologist John Latham in 1801, it is a member of the small genus '' Acanthorhynchus'' with one other, the western spinebill of Western Australia. The generic name is derived from the Greek translation of spinebill, namely ''acantho-''/ακανθο- 'spine' and ''rhynchos''/ρυνχος 'bill'. Its specific epithet is from Latin ''tenuis'' 'narrow' and ''rostrum'' 'bill'. Other English names include spine-billed honeyeater and awl-bird or cobbler's awl bird. The eastern spinebill is polytypic, consisting of the subspecies ''A. t. cairnsensis'', ''A. t. dub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powerful Owl
The powerful owl (''Ninox strenua''), a species of owl native to south-eastern and eastern Australia, is the largest owl on the continent. It is found in coastal areas and in the Great Dividing Range, rarely more than inland. The IUCNRed List of Threatened Species also refers to this species as the powerful boobook. An apex predator in its narrow distribution, powerful owls are often opportunists, like most predators, but generally are dedicated to hunting arboreal mammals, in particular small to medium-sized marsupials. Such prey can comprise about three-quarters of their diet. Generally, this species lives in primary forests with tall, native trees, but can show some habitat flexibility when not nesting. The powerful owl is a typically territorial raptorial bird that maintains a large home range and has long intervals between egg-laying and hatching of clutches. Also, like many types of raptorial birds, they must survive a long stretch to independence in young owls after fle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pallid Cuckoo
The pallid cuckoo (''Cacomantis pallidus'') is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Australia, with some migration to the islands of Timor and Papua New Guinea. It is between 28 and 33 cm in size, with distinctive markings such as a dark bill, a dark eye with a gold eye-ring and olive grey feet which differentiate it from other cuckoos. The pallid cuckoo is similar in appearance to the oriental cuckoo (''Cuculus optatus''), with barred immature pallid cuckoos being often mistaken for oriental cuckoos. Taxonomy English ornithologist John Latham (ornithologist), John Latham described the pallid cuckoo in 1801 as ''Columba pallida'' "pale pigeon". Sources differ in the genera placement of this species. It is commonly placed in ''Cuculus'', but genetic evidence and its song support its placement in ''Cacomantis'', with its closest relative the white-crowned cuckoo (''Cacomantis leucolophus''). "Pallid cuckoo" has been desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owlet-nightjar
Owlet-nightjars are small crepuscular birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths. Most are native to New Guinea, but some species extend to Australia, the Moluccas, and New Caledonia. A flightless species from New Zealand is extinct. There is a single monotypic family Aegothelidae with the genus ''Aegotheles''. Owlet-nightjars are insectivores which hunt mostly in the air but sometimes on the ground; their soft plumage is a cryptic mixture of browns and paler shades, they have fairly small, weak feet (but larger and stronger than those of a frogmouth or a nightjar), a tiny bill that opens extraordinarily wide, surrounded by prominent whiskers. The wings are short, with 10 primaries and about 11 secondaries; the tail long and rounded. Systematics A comprehensive 2003 study analyzing mtDNA sequences Cytochrome b and ATPase subunit 8 suggests that 11 living species of owlet-nightjar should be recognized, as well as another that became extinct early in the second millennium AD. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mistletoebird
The mistletoebird (''Dicaeum hirundinaceum''), also known as the mistletoe flowerpecker, is a species of flowerpecker native to most of Australia (though absent from Tasmania and the driest desert areas) and also to the eastern Maluku Islands of Indonesia in the Arafura Sea between Australia and New Guinea. The mistletoebird eats mainly the berries of the parasitic mistletoe and is a vector for the spread of the mistletoe's seeds through its digestive system.del Hoyo, J. et al., eds. (2008). ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'' 13: 388. . Taxonomy and evolution The mistletoebird is one of 44 species of the flowerpecker family Dicaeidae. The flowerpeckers are considered to be nearest in avian evolutionary relationship to the sunbird family Nectariniidae. Both the flowerpeckers and sunbirds are thought to be early offshoots of the early passeroid radiation that occurred 20-30 million years ago. The sunbirds are found mainly in Africa and Asia and the flowerpeckers throughout Asi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Lorikeet
The little lorikeet (''Parvipsitta pusilla'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to Australia. It is a small parrot, predominantly green in plumage with a red face. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. Taxonomy The little lorikeet was first described by ornithologist George Shaw in 1790 as ''Psittacus pusillus''. Its specific epithet is the Latin ''pusilla'' "small". Other common names include tiny lorikeet, red-faced lorikeet, gizzie, slit, and formerly a local indigenous term ''gerryang''. Description Measuring in length, the male and female are similarly coloured, although the latter is a little duller. The crown, lores and throat are red, the nape and shoulder bronze-coloured and the remainder of the plumage green. The belly is paler and yellow-green. In adults, the bill is black and the iris golden in colour. Immature individuals have a paler orange face and a brown i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leaden Flycatcher
The leaden flycatcher (''Myiagra rubecula'') is a species of passerine bird in the family Monarchidae. Around 15 cm (6 in) in length, the male is lustrous azure with white underparts, while the female possesses leaden head, mantle and back and rufous throat and breast. It is found in eastern and northern Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests in the northern parts of its range, in the south and inland it is eucalypt woodland. Taxonomy and systematics The leaden flycatcher was first described by the English ornithologist John Latham in 1801, from an illustration of a female bird in the Watling drawings. He coined the English name "red-breasted tody" and classified it in the genus ''Todus''.Boles (''The Robins and Flycatchers of Australia''), p. 322 Its specific name, ''rubecula'', comes from the Latin for robin. A local name around Sydney is frogbird, derived from its guttural call.Boles (''The Robin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacky Winter
The jacky winter (''Microeca fascinans'') is a small grey-brown robin found commonly throughout Australia and also in Papua New Guinea. The jacky winter acquired its name due to rapid and strong vocalisations, which sound like ''jacky-jacky winter-winter''.Simpson, Ken, Day, N. and Trusler, P. (6th edn., 1999). Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Ringwood, Victoria: Penguin Books Australia . Their call is also often referred to as sounding like ''peter-peter-peter''.Slater, Peter (1974) A Field Guide to Australian Birds: Passerines. Adelaide: Rigby. Its habitats include open woodlands and farmlands. Taxonomy and distribution The jacky winter belongs to the family of Australasian robins and flycatchers ''Petroicidae''. This family includes around 49 species in around 19 genera that are all endemic to Australasia. The family ''Petroicidae'' evolved in a similar way to the Australo-Papuan warblers (''Acanthizidae'')—the latter evolved in isolation from similar families to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey Shrikethrush
The grey shrikethrush or grey shrike-thrush (''Colluricincla harmonica''), formerly commonly known as grey thrush, is a songbird of Australasia. It is moderately common to common in most parts of Australia, but absent from the driest of the inland deserts. It is also found in New Guinea. Taxonomy and systematics The grey shrikethrush was originally described in the genus ''Turdus''. Alternate names include the brown shrike-thrush, buff-bellied shrike-thrush, grey shrike-flycatcher, northern shrike-thrush and south-western shrike-thrush. Subspecies Five subspecies are recognized: * ''C. h. brunnea'' - Gould, 1841: Originally described as a separate species. Found in northern Australia and Melville Island * ''C. h. superciliosa'' - Masters, 1876: Originally described as a separate species. Found in eastern New Guinea, islands in the Torres Strait and north-eastern Australia * ''C. h. harmonica'' - ( Latham, 1801): Found in eastern Australia * ''C. h. strigata'' - Swainson, 1838: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Golden Whistler
The Australian golden whistler (''Pachycephala pectoralis'') or golden whistler, is a species of bird found in forest, woodland, mallee, mangrove and scrub in Australia (except the interior and most of the north)Ken Simpson, K., & N. Day. (1994). ''Field Guide to the Birds of Australia.'' 2nd edition. Christopher Helm. . Most populations are resident, but some in south-eastern Australia migrate north during the winter. Its taxonomy is highly complex and remains a matter of dispute, with some authorities including as many as 59 subspecies of the golden whistler (one of the highest numbers of subspecies in any bird), while others treat several of these as separate species. Taxonomy and systematics The Australian golden whistler was originally described in the genus ''Muscicapa'' by the English ornithologist John Latham in 1801. Subspecies The taxonomy of the golden whistler complex is difficult, and remains a matter of dispute. Some authorities include a wide range of – often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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