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Niceforo's Wren
Niceforo's wren (''Thryophilus nicefori'') is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. In Spanish the bird is known as Cucarachero de Nicéforo or Cucarachero del Chicamocha. Taxonomy Niceforo's wren was first formally described in 1946 by the American ornithologist Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee. The genus name derives from the Ancient Greek ''thruon'' - reed, and ''philos'' - loving. The species name commemorates Brother Nicéforo María, a Colombian missionary and herpetologist who provided Meyer de Schauensee with many specimens. The type-locality site is San Gil on the río Fonce south of Bucaramanga, in Santander, where ten specimens were collected between 1944 and 1948. Previously considered part of the genus ''Thryothorus'' and frequently treated as a subspecies of Rufous-and-white wren (''Thryophilus rufalbus''), Niceforo's wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodolphe Meyer De Schauensee
Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee (; January 4, 1901 – April 24, 1984) was a Swiss-American ornithologist. Early life and education Meyer de Schauensee was born January 4, 1901 in Rome, Italy, one of two sons, to Baron Frederick Meyer de Schauensee and his American-born wife Matilda (née Toland; died 1932). His father was from a well-established Swiss aristocratic family originally from Lucerne that owned Schauensee Castle. In 1913, the family moved to the United States. He attended the Hoosac School in Hoosick, New York. He moved to Wynnewood, Pennsylvania in the 1920s. Career He was the curator of ornithology at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia for nearly fifty years. He was particularly noted for his study of South American birds. He expanded the academy's collection of bird skins, taking part in collecting trips to Brazil, Thailand, Burma, southern Africa, the East Indies, and Guatemala. He wrote about the birds of South America, including the groundbreakin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 Departments of Colombia, departments. The Capital District of Bogotá is also the List of cities in Colombia by population, country's largest city hosting the main financial and cultural hub. Other major urban areas include Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Colombia, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Cúcuta, Ibagué, Villavicencio and Bucaramanga. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi) and has a population of around 52 million. Its rich cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemic Birds Of Colombia
The following is a list of the 83 known endemic bird species in Colombia (about 4% of Colombian species) with notes about their general distribution. Twenty-three (28%) of the species are found only in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, an isolated mountain range in northern Colombia with a very high degree of endemism. Endemic bird list Image gallery Image:Ortalis garrula.jpg, ''Ortalis garrula'' Image:Ortalis columbiana.JPG, ''Ortalis columbiana'' Image:Crax albertiPCCA20051227-1981B.jpg, ''Crax alberti'' Image:RhamphomicronDorsaleKeulemans.jpg, ''Ramphomicron dorsale'' Image:MonographTrochi4Goul 0226.jpg, ''Coeligena prunellei'' Image:MonographTrochi5Goul 0116.jpg, ''Amazilia castaneiventris'' Image:Capito hypoleucus.jpg, ''Capito hypoleucus'' Image:Grayish Piculet MatthewGable.JPG, ''Picumnus granadensis'' Image:MelanerpesPulcherSmit cleaned.png, ''Melanerpes pulcher'' Image:Pyrrhura viridicata.jpg, ''Pyrrhura viridicata'' Image:Grallaria bangsi.jpg, ''Grallaria bangsi'' Image: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birds Of The Colombian Andes
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight Bird skeleton, skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the bee hummingbird to the common ostrich. There are over 11,000 living species and they are split into 44 Order (biology), orders. More than half are passerine or "perching" birds. Birds have Bird wing, wings whose development varies according to species; the only known groups without wings are the extinct moa and elephant birds. Wings, which are modified forelimbs, gave birds the ability to fly, although further evolution has led to the Flightless bird, loss of flight in some birds, including ratites, penguins, and diverse endemism, endemic island species. The digestive and respiratory systems of birds are also uniquely a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco José De Caldas District University
The Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas () is a public university, public, coeducational, research university based in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the second most important public higher education institution in the city, after the National University of Colombia, with a population of 26,140 students. It was founded in 1948, by Priest Daniel de Caicedo, who would become its first Rector (academia), rector, with the support of the City Council, Bogotá City Council, as the Municipal University of Bogotá (). It changed its name to the current in 1957 when the municipality of Bogotá became a district. Its establishment was officialized by the 1970 decree No. 1030, issued by the national government. The university offers 70 programs at Undergraduate education, undergraduate and Postgraduate education, postgraduate levels, including four Master's degree, masters and one doctorate. The university is member of the Association of Colombian Universities (ASCUN), the Iberoam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyacá Department
Boyacá () is one of the thirty-two departments of Colombia, and the remnant of Boyacá State, one of the original nine states of the "United States of Colombia". Boyacá is centrally located within Colombia, almost entirely within the mountains of the Cordillera Oriental, Colombia, Eastern Cordillera to the border with Venezuela, although the western end of the department extends to the Magdalena River at the town of Puerto Boyacá, Boyacá, Puerto Boyacá. Boyacá borders to the north with the Department of Santander Department, Santander, to the northeast with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Norte de Santander, to the east with the departments of Arauca Department, Arauca and Casanare Department, Casanare. To the south, Boyacá borders the department of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca and to the west with the Department of Antioquia Department, Antioquia covering a total area of . The capital of Boyacá is the city of Tunja. Boyacá is known as "The Land of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicamocha Canyon
The Chicamocha Canyon ( , ) is a steep sided canyon carved by the Chicamocha River in Colombia. With a maximum depth of , an area of and a length of , the canyon is the second-largest worldwide. The canyon is situated in the departments of Boyacá and Santander, stretching from Soatá in the southeast to Girón and Betulia in the northwest. The canyon is a major tourist attraction at approximately from the capital of Santander, Bucaramanga and close to backpacker destination San Gil. National Route 45A, connecting Bogotá with Bucaramanga, between San Gil and Piedecuesta crosses the canyon and offers spectacular sights on both sides of the Chicamocha River. The heavy truck traffic through the canyon, with frequent accidents and very restricted access can lead to long traffic jams. The canyon is currently administered by Chicamocha National Park ('', PANACHI''). The Chicamocha Canyon started forming in the Early Oligocene, when Colombia was undergoing a tectonically ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fundación ProAves
Fundación ProAves is a nonprofit environmental organization in Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ... established in 1998. Its primary aims are to protects birds of conservation concern and their habitats across Colombia. ProAves has over 60 full-time professional staff. Its 21 conservation programs have resulted in the creation of the largest private reserve system to protect endangered species in the country (28 strategic bird reserves protecting and 68% of all threatened birds in Colombia). Its achievements include significant reforestation efforts, the management of a national bird ringing, bird banding and monitoring program (285,000 records, 90,000 birds banded), management of three community properties that adjoin reserves through municipality agreem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zapatoca
Zapatoca () is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. It is at a high altitude and is a common stop between Bucaramanga and San Gil. It was built in the early 17th century by the Spanish conquistadores. Climate Paleontology Fossils of Early Cretaceous animals from the Valanginian-Hauterivian Rosablanca Formation were collected near Zapatoca. Fossil material include fishes, particularly pycnodonts and hybodontiform '' Strophodus'', ichthyosaurs, elasmosaurids. Remains of turtles, including '' Notoemys zapatocaensis'', possible ornithocheirid pterosaurs and ammonite '' Saynoceras verrucosum'' also known from this location. There is also a report about metriorhynchoid crocodylomorph from these deposits. During the Valanginian and Hauterivian ages, here was a shallow sea where hybodontiforms and pycnodontiforms played an important trophic role as shell-crushing predators. Notable people * Miguel Acuña (1788-1847), Franciscan priest and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird
The chestnut-bellied hummingbird (''Saucerottia castaneiventris'') is a Near Threatened species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to Colombia. Taxonomy and systematics The chestnut-bellied hummingbird was formerly placed in the genus ''Amazilia''. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus ''Amazilia'' was polyphyletic. In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the chestnut-bellied hummingbird was moved by most taxonomic systems to the resurrected genus ''Saucerottia''.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 July 2022. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved July 24, 2022Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Frederick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thryophilus
''Thryophilus'' is a genus of wrens in the Troglodytidae (wren) family. It contains five species, which were previously classified in ''Thryothorus''. Species The following species are currently recognized by the International Ornithological Congress:Family Troglodytidae IOC World Bird Names version 2.10. * Banded wren (''Thryophilus pleurostictus'') Sclater, 1860 * Rufous-and-white wren (''Thryophilus rufalbus'') Lafresnaye, 1845 * Niceforo's wren (''Thryophilus nicefori'') Meyer de Schauensee, 1946 * Sinaloa wren (''Thryophilus sinaloa'') (Baird, 1864) * Antioquia wren (''Thryophilus sernai'') Lara et al., 2012 References External links * Thryophilus, Troglodytidae Bird genera Taxa named by Spencer Fulle ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhizomorphs
Mycelial cords are linear aggregations of parallel-oriented hyphae. The mature cords are composed of wide, empty vessel hyphae surrounded by narrower sheathing hyphae. Cords may look similar to plant roots, and also frequently have similar functions; hence they are also called rhizomorphs (literally, "root-forms"). As well as growing underground or on the surface of trees and other plants, some fungi make mycelial cords which hang in the air from vegetation. Mycelial cords are capable of conducting nutrients over long distances. For instance, they can transfer nutrients to a developing fruiting body, or enable wood-rotting fungi to grow through soil from an established food base in search of new food sources. For parasitic fungi, they can help spread infection by growing from established clusters to uninfected parts. The cords of some wood-rotting fungi (like ''Serpula lacrymans'') may be capable of penetrating masonry. The mechanism of the cord formation is not yet precisely un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
