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Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz
Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz (18 September 1871 – 2 September 1944) was a Dutch explorer in New Guinea and diplomat in South Africa. He was born to Theodorus Apolonius Ninus Lorentz, a tobacco grower in East Java who had returned to the Netherlands and Marie Soet in 1871. Lorentz studied law and biology at Utrecht University and married Marie Louise Clemence baroness Van Zuylen van Nievelt. Lorentz participated in three expeditions to Dutch New Guinea, the present-day Indonesian (western) portion of the island of New Guinea. The first was the North New Guinea Expedition in 1903, led by Arthur Wichmann. Lorentz himself led expeditions in 1907 and 1909–1910. Places and species named after Lorentz * Lorentz National Park and the Lorentz River (Undir or Unir in Indonesian) in southern New Guinea * Lorentz catfish and Lorentz's mosaic-tailed rat * The non-venomous Lorentz's tree snake '' Dendrelaphis lorentzii'' ( Van Lidth de Jeude, 1911). The holotype was collected a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Een Tent Te Jogga Met Dr
Een ːnis a village in the Netherlands. It is part of the Noordenveld municipality in Drenthe. History Een is an ''esdorp'' which developed in the middle ages on the higher grounds. The communal pasture is triangular. The village developed during the 19th and early 20th century during the exploration of the peat in the area. In 1840, it was home to 134 people. The earliest church was from 1858, but no longer exists. The Dutch Reformed Church dates from 1913. It used to be a linear settlement A linear settlement is a (normally small to medium-sized) settlement or group of buildings that is formed in a long line. Many of these settlements are formed along a transport route, such as a road, river, or canal. Others form due to physical re ..., but has developed into a cluster. Een has become a recreational area with forests and heaths. Gallery File:Edenhof in Een - panoramio.jpg, Houses in Een File:Heideveldje bij Een - panoramio.jpg, Heath near Een File:20171016 Marke van E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorentz's Mosaic-tailed Rat
Lorentz's mosaic-tailed rat (''Paramelomys lorentzii'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The rat is named after Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz, a Dutch explorer who passed through Lorentz National Park on his 1909–10 expedition. According to the Kalam people of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, it helps spread karuka seeds. Names It is known as mug or moys in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ....Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. ''A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes''. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics. References * Paramelomys Rodents of Papua New Guinea Mammals of Western New Guinea Rodents of Indonesia Mammals described in 1908 T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kupang
Kupang ( id, Kota Kupang, ), formerly known as Koepang, is the capital of the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. At the 2020 C ensus, it had a population of 442,758; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 455,850. It is the largest city and port on the island of Timor, and is a part of the Timor Leste-Indonesia-Australia Growth Triangle free trade zone. Geographically, Kupang is the southernmost city in Indonesia. History Early history and Portuguese domination Kupang was an important port and trading post during the Portuguese and Dutch colonial eras. There are still ruins and remnants of the colonial presence in the city. Representatives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) first encountered Kupang in 1613 after having conquered the Portuguese fort on the island of Solor. At this time the area of the city was governed by a Raja of the Helong tribe, who claimed descent from the island of Ceram in the Maluku archipelago. Kupang occupied an ideal strategic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broad-billed Flycatcher
The broad-billed flycatcher (''Myiagra ruficollis'') is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found in northern Australia, the Lesser Sunda Islands and southern New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Taxonomy and systematics The broad-billed flycatcher was originally described in the genus '' Platyrhynchos''. The name "broad-billed flycatcher" is also used as an alternate name for the Melanesian flycatcher. Subspecies Three subspecies are recognized: * ''M. r. ruficollis'' - (Vieillot, 1818): Found on southern and eastern Lesser Sunda Islands and islands in the Flores Sea * Buff-bellied flycatcher (''M. r. fulviventris'') - Sclater, PL, 1883: Originally described as a separate species until 2008. Also known as Tanimbar flycatcher but is not to be confused with the species of the same name, '' Ficedula riedeli''. Found on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Thicket Fantail
The black thicket fantail (''Rhipidura maculipectus'') is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is found in the Aru Islands and New Guinea. This species is one of 47 in the genus ''Rhipidura''. Description This is a medium-sized, long-tailed bird measuring 18-19cm and weighing 18-19g. The plumage is blackish with white spots on the chest and wings and a white tip of the tail. There is as well a short white stripe above the eye and white spot on the side of the neck. The tail is often upturned and fanned out. The iris is dark brown, the beak is black with pinkish underside. Males and females are similar but females have fewer spots and more pale abdomen. Juveniles are sooty black all over except for an indistinct white supraorbital spot and white tips on the tail feathers. Black thicket fantail is similar to White-bellied thicket fantail (''R. leucothorax''), but the last is differed by its white breast (which is reflected in its name). This species is also similar t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streak-headed Honeyeater
The streak-headed honeyeater (''Pycnopygius stictocephalus'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...s. References Pycnopygius Birds described in 1876 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Meliphagidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooded Pitohui
The hooded pitohui (''Pitohui dichrous'') is a species of bird in the genus '' Pitohui'' found in New Guinea. It was long thought to be a whistler (Pachycephalidae) but is now known to be in the Old World oriole family (Oriolidae). Within the oriole family this species is most closely related to the variable pitohuis in the genus ''Pitohui'', and then the figbirds. A medium-sized songbird with rich chestnut and black plumage, this species is one of the few known poisonous birds, containing a range of batrachotoxin compounds in its skin, feathers and other tissues. These toxins are thought to be derived from their diet, in a process known as Kleptotoxicism, and may function both to deter predators and to protect the bird from parasites. The close resemblance of this species to other unrelated birds also known as pitohuis which are also poisonous is an example of convergent evolution and Müllerian mimicry. Their appearance is also mimicked by unrelated non-poisonous species, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden-backed Whistler
The golden-backed whistler (''Pachycephala aurea'') or yellow-backed whistler, is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is found throughout New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr .... References golden-backed whistler Endemic fauna of New Guinea Birds of New Guinea golden-backed whistler Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Pachycephalidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flame Bowerbird
The flame bowerbird (''Sericulus ardens'') is one of the most brilliantly coloured bowerbirds. The male is a medium-sized bird, up to 25 cm long, with flame orange and golden yellow plumage, elongated neck plumes and yellow-tipped black tail. It builds an ''"avenue-type"'' bower with two side walls of sticks. The female is an olive brown bird with yellow or golden around the stomach. The flame bowerbird is distributed in and endemic to rainforests of New Guinea. The male flame bowerbird also has a courtship display along with his bower, twisting his tails and his wings to the side, and then shaking his head quickly. The courtship behaviour of the flame bowerbird was filmed by Japanese photographer Tadashi Shimada in '' Dancers on Fire'', a documentary that aired on the Smithsonian Channel The Smithsonian Channel is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through its media networks division under MTV Entertainment Group. It offers video content insp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiden
Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration with its suburbs Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten and Zoeterwoude with 206,647 inhabitants. The Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) further includes Katwijk in the agglomeration which makes the total population of the Leiden urban agglomeration 270,879, and in the larger Leiden urban area also Teylingen, Noordwijk, and Noordwijkerhout are included with in total 348,868 inhabitants. Leiden is located on the Oude Rijn, at a distance of some from The Hague to its south and some from Amsterdam to its north. The recreational area of the Kaag Lakes (Kagerplassen) lies just to the northeast of Leiden. A university city since 1575, Leiden has been one of Europe's most prominent scientific centres for more than four centuries. Leide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rijksmuseum Van Natuurlijke Historie
The Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie (National Museum of Natural History) was a museum on the Rapenburg in Leiden, the Netherlands. It was founded in 1820 by Royal Decree from a merger of several existing collections. This happened on the initiative of Coenraad Jacob Temminck, who saw the museum primarily as a research institute for the University of Leiden. The total collection was already quite large at the time, and continued to grow from foreign expeditions and by obtaining private collections from inheritances. The location is currently used by the ''Rijksmuseum van Oudheden''. History The location was originally a hofje called ''Hof van Zessen''. In 1815 plans were made to build a museum there (the first building called a "museum" in Leiden). It opened in 1820, and until 1913, the museum normally opened to the public on Sundays. In 1913, the museum moved to a new building, with very little room available for exhibits, and in 1950, this room was also closed. After that, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
