BLP sources date March 2009 Infobox football biography playername Kenny Steppe image height height meters 1.82 dateofbirth birth date and age df yes 1988 11 14 cityofbirth Antwerp countryofbirth Belgium currentclub SC Heerenveen Heerenveen clubnumber 1 position Goalkeeper football Goalkeeper youthyears1 youthclubs1 K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot Germinal Beerschot youthyears2 youthclubs2 Royal Antwerp FC Royal Antwerp years1 2006&ndash 2008 clubs1 K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot Germinal Beerschot caps1 33 goals1 0 years2 2008&ndash clubs2 SC Heerenveen caps2 13 goals2 0 nationalyears1 2007&ndash nationalteam1 Belgium national under 21 football team Belgium U21 nationalcaps1 1 nationalgoals1 0 nationalyears2 2007 2009 nationalteam2 Belgium national football team Belgium U23 nationalcaps2 1 nationalgoals2 0 pcupdate 22 May 2011 ntupdate 18 00, date 2009 02 12 UTC Kenny Steppe born 14 November 1988 is a Belgium Belgian Association football football Goalkeeper football goalkeeper who currently plays for SC Heerenveen Heerenveen in the Dutch Eredivisie . Club career As a child, he played in the K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot Germinal Beerschot youth ranks. However after a few years, he came around to play for rivals Royal Antwerp FC , returning to Germinal in the 2006 2007 season as a free agent. Kenny debuted on 3 February 2007 against R.A.E.C. Mons Mons due to the injury of Luciano Jos Pereira da Silva Luciano Da Silva . The 2007 2008 season proved to be his great breakthrough, becoming the first goalie after 6 matchdays. He also won the Belgian professional football awards Belgian Goalkeeper ... squad Use dmy dates date January 2011 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Steppe ... Antwerp , Belgium DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Steppe, Kenny Category 1988 births Category ... in the Netherlands Belgium footy goalkeeper stub fr Kenny Steppe it Kenny Steppe nl Kenny Steppe ... more details
Taxobox name Steppe bison image Steppe Bison.jpg image width 250px image caption Bison priscus skeleton fossil range Irvingtonian to Late Pleistocene fossilrange 1.8 0.011 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Artiodactyla familia Bovidae subfamilia Bovinae genus Bison species B. priscus binomial Bison priscus binomial authority Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus Bojanus , 1827 Image Bison skull.jpg thumb left Bison priscus skull Image AltamiraBison.jpg thumb left Cave painting in Altamira, Spain The steppe bison ref name priscus http www.beringia.com research bison.html Steppe Bison Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre ref or steppe wisent Bison priscus was a bison found on steppes throughout Europe , ref name Europe http www.kirmuseum.ru issue guide detail.php?ID 3055 9 2006 . , . . ref Central Asia , ref name Asia http www.sciencedirect.com science? ob ArticleURL& udi B8JJ9 4T6DSVG 5& user 10& coverDate 06 2F30 2F2008& rdoc 1& fmt high& orig search& origin search& sort d& docanchor &view c& acct C000050221& version 1& urlVersion 0& userid 10&md5 c97aa16fc7e0f6c64cf6a3662a160503&searchtype a S.K. Vasiliev. Late pleistocene bison Bison p. priscus Bojanis, 1827 from the Southeastern part of Western Siberia ref Beringia , and North America ref name Pleisto cite journal last1 Zazula first1 Grant D. last2 MacKay first2 Glen last3 Andrews first3 Thomas D. last4 Shapiro first4 Beth authorlink4 Beth Shapiro last5 Letts first5 Brandon last6 Broc first6 Fiona title A late Pleistocene steppe bison Bison priscus partial carcass from Tsiigehtchic, Northwest Territories, Canada journal Quaternary Science ... are sometimes confused. The steppe wisent became extinct in the late Pleistocene , as it was replaced ... Lineages in Cross Breeding Bovine Species. Has Wisent a Hybrid Origin? ref The steppe wisent was over ..., the horns themselves being over half a meter long. Steppe wisent occasionally appear in cave art ... more details
Refimprove date July 2008 Steppe horse refers to various domesticated horse and wild horse species, particularly those from Siberia and other parts of western Asia A species of horse that inhabited the North American Prairie steppes in the Pleistocene. It was one the last of North America s equids before becoming extinct at the end of the last ice age. Fact date July 2008 Category Types of horse Category Prehistoric horses Category Prehistoric mammals of North America Category Prehistoric mammals of Asia ... more details
Infobox NBA biography name Brook Steppe image width caption number 14, 11, 31, 25, 7 position Shooting guard Small forward height ft 6 height in 5 weight lb 195 birth date birth date and age 1959 11 07 birth place Chapel Hill, North Carolina Chapel Hill , North Carolina nationality United States American high school North Springs Charter School of Arts and Sciences North Springs Atlanta , Georgia U.S. state Georgia college Dekalb Central CC 1978 1978 br Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men s basketball Georgia Tech 1978 1982 draft year 1982 draft round 1 draft pick 17 draft team Sacramento Kings Kansas City Kings career start 1982 career end 1995 years1 nbay 1982 full y team1 Kansas City Kings years2 nbay 1983 full y team2 Indiana Pacers years3 nbay 1984 full y team3 Detroit Pistons years4 1985 1986 team4 Rapid City Thrillers Tampa Bay Thrillers Continental Basketball Association CBA years5 1986, 1987 team5 Rockford Lightning Baltimore Lightning CBA years6 nbay 1986 full y team6 Sacramento Kings years7 1987 1988 team7 Paris Basket Racing Ligue Nationale de Basketball France years8 1988 1989 team8 Pensacola Tornados CBA years9 nbay 1988 end team9 Portland Trail Blazers years10 1989 1990 team10 Pensacola Tornados CBA years11 1991 1992 team11 Fort Wayne Fury CBA years12 1992 1993 team12 Albany Patroons Capital Region Pontiacs CBA years13 1993 1994 team13 Hartford Hellcats CBA years14 1994 team14 Rochester Renegade CBA years15 1994 1995 team15 Fort Wayne Fury CBA bbr steppbr01 letter s Michael Holbrook Brook Steppe born November 7, 1959, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina is a retired United ... . Steppe played competitively from 1977 to 1982 at DeKalb Central Community College and Georgia Institute ... 1982 NBA Draft Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Steppe, Brook ... Steppe, Brook Category 1959 births Category Living people Category Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets ... Renegade players Category Shooting guards 1950s US basketball bio stub es Brook Steppe it Brook Steppe ... more details
Taxobox name Steppe polecat status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref name iucn IUCN2008 assessors ... map Steppe Polecat area.png range map caption Steppe polecat range The steppe polecat Mustela eversmanii ... polecat , the steppe polecat is larger in size and has a more powerfully built skull. ref name s1143 The steppe polecat is a nomadic animal which typically only settles in one area until its prey, mainly ... polecats evolved at a relatively late period. The steppe polecat s closest relatives are the European ... ancestor . ref name k98 Harvnb Kurt n 1968 pp 98 100 ref The steppe polecat likely diverged ... . Zoologial Science, 20 243 264. ref As a species, the steppe polecat represents a more specialised ... and its muscles of mastication are more powerful. The steppe polecat s growth rate is also much ... Trinomial authority Description Range Synonyms Petropavlov steppe polecat br M. e. eversmanii ... small br small pallidus Stroganov, 1958 small Chinese steppe polecat br M. e. admirata Pocock, 1936 Hebei , Shaanxi and Ordos Amur steppe polecat br M. e. amurensis Ognev, 1930 This is a moderately ... bank of middle River Amur , eastern former Manchuria and possibly farther south European steppe polecat ... among steppe polecats, being relatively dark brownish with yellowish underfur and dark, tawny ... small Baikal steppe polecat br M. e. michnoi Kastschenko, 1910 A very large subspecies with very ..., 1958 small Turkestan steppe polecat br M. e. talassicus Ognev, 1928 A small subspecies with long ..., with the only noticeable differences between them being the steppe polecat s much longer and softer ... polecat. Contrary to the former, the steppe polecat s guard hairs never completey cover the underfur ... and sheltering behaviours File Steppe polecat skull & teeth.png thumb Skull and dentition, as illustrated ... Vol 2 The steppe polecat does not hold sharply defined home ranges. During warm seasons, especially ... roaming once the kits are old enough to accompany them. Generally, the steppe polecat only occupies ... more details
The Steppe Front and later the 2nd Ukrainian Front was a Front Soviet Army Front military subdivision , effectively an Army group sized formation, of the Soviet Army during the World War II Second World War . This sense of the term front is not identical with the more general usage of Front military military front which indicates a geographic area in wartime, although a Soviet Front may operate within designated boundaries. History On 9 July 1943 ref Great Patriotic War 1941 1945, Moscow 1977 ref the Stavka formed a new Reserve Front in the Voronezh region, effective 30 April. It consisted of the command component of the 2nd Reserve Army Soviet Union 2nd Reserve Army augmented by several officer and NCO courses , the 27th Army Soviet Union 27th , 52nd Army Soviet Union 52nd , 53rd Army Soviet Union 53rd , 46th Army Soviet Union 46th , 47th Army 47th , 4th Tank Army Soviet Union 4th Guards Tank , 5th Air Army and eight mobile corps Tank, Guards Tank, and Mechanised . Most of these armies had been reassigned from the Northwestern Front , North Caucasus Front , or the STAVKA Reserve, the RVGK. On 13 April 1943 the Front was renamed the Steppe Military District , to be effective 15 April. The Steppe Military District was redesignated the Steppe Front on July 9, 1943. It incorporated forces from the Soviet rear areas to the West of Kursk Salients, re entrants and pockets salient along the line Tula, Russia Tula Yelets Stary Oskol Rossosh . It included units pulled out of the battles of Battle of Stalingrad Stalingrad and Siege of Leningrad Leningrad and others. Under the command of Colonel General Ivan Konev from July to October 1943, it took part in the offensive of the Battle of Kursk . It was renamed the 2nd Ukrainian Front on October 20, 1943 ... Steppe Front Fronts of the Red Army in World War II ca Front de l Estepa cs Stepn front de Steppenfront es 2. Frente Ucraniano fr Front de la steppe ja pl Front Stepowy ru ... more details
Peacock date October 2009 Infobox film name The Jewish Steppe image alt see WP ALT caption Crimea seen in red director Valery Ovchinnikov producer writer screenplay story starring music cinematography editing studio distributor released Film date 2001 Film date Year Month Day Location runtime 16 minutes country language English budget gross The Jewish Steppe is a 2001 Documentary film documentary about a group of Russian Jews who, exhausted by prejudice and fearful of pogroms , left their homeland to farm the untamed Crimean Peninsula . Established in the 1920s, their Soviet agrarian Commune intentional community commune met with a tragic end. Summary Why should the Jewish people go to Palestine where the land is less productive and requires big investments? a Jewish newspaper asked at the time of the settlement, Who go so far if the fertile Crimean land is beckoning to the Jewish people? At the turn of the nineteenth century, antisemitism ran rampant in Russia. Legislation was passed that limited Jews to working only in retail and handicrafts. When these laws were finally lifted, around the time the Russian Revolution of 1917 , pogroms broke out. Willing to face new challenges in order to leave their present state of oppression, approximately 30,000 Jews decided to make a new lives for themselves in the Crimean Peninsula. Unafraid of the hard work, they left their homes and all ... Steppe to explain how these Soviet Jews struggled against their countrymen and nature in hopes of creating happy and productive lives for themselves. The Jewish Steppe points to the strength ... archival footage and documents as their legacy. The slow moving, poetic shots seen in The Jewish Steppe ... The Jewish Steppe work publisher Cinema Guild date url http cinemaguild.com catalog catalog.htm?http ... 26Category Code 3DJS The Jewish Steppe http cinemaguild.com catalog catalog.htm?http 3A cinemaguild.com ... of Jewish Agricultural Colonies in the Ukraine DEFAULTSORT Jewish Steppe Category English language films ... more details
infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name The Tartar Steppe title orig Il deserto dei Tartari author Dino Buzzati country Italy language Italian language Italian publisher RCS MediaGroup Rizzoli pub date 1940 The Tartar Steppe lang it Il deserto dei Tartari , literally The Desert of the Tartars is a novel by Italian author Dino Buzzati , published in 1940 in literature 1940 . ref http www.fantascienza.com catalogo D0125.htm 743 2 ref The novel tells the story of a young officer, Giovanni Drogo, and his life spent guarding the Bastiani Fortress, an old, unmaintained border fortress. In 1976 the novel was adapted into an eponymous film known in English as The Desert of the Tartars by Italian director Valerio Zurlini and starring Jacques Perrin as Drogo with Max von Sydow as Horitz and Vittorio Gassman as Filimore. The film omits certain parts of the novel, especially those relating to the lives of Drogo s friends in his home town. The novel was a major influence on South Africa n born writer J. M. Coetzee s 1980 novel Waiting for the Barbarians , the title of which is borrowed from Constantine P. Cavafy s poem of the same name. The novel is described as the favorite book of the author of The Black Swan Taleb book The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb . Taleb uses the protagonist of The Tartar Steppe to describe our human nature to anchor. Plot The plot of the novel is Drogo s lifelong wait for a great war in which his life and the existence of the fort can prove its usefulness. The human need for giving life meaning and the soldier s desire for glory are themes in the novel. Drogo is posted to the remote outpost overlooking a desolate Tatars Tartar desert he spends his career waiting for the barbarian horde rumored to live beyond the desert. Without noticing, Drogo finds that in his watch over the fort he has let years and decades ... of the Century Le Monde s 100 Books of the Century References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Tartar Steppe, The Category ... more details
, and eventually falling in love with the unique, unspoiled beauty of the steppe , so much so, that when ... Books. DEFAULTSORT Endless Steppe, The Category 1968 books Category Children s books Category World ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Mound building Mouse status LC status system IUCN regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Rodent ia familia Muridae genus Mus genus Mus species M. spicilegus binomial Mus spicilegus binomial authority Pet nyi, 1882 synonyms The Steppe Mouse or Mound building Mouse Mus spicilegus is a species of rodent in the family Muridae . It is found in Austria , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia , Czech Republic , Hungary , Macedonia country Macedonia , Romania , Serbia and Montenegro , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Ukraine . References Amori, G. 1996. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 13984 all Mus spicilegus . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007. Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894 1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. Murinae M. Category Old World rats and mice Category Mammals of Europe Mus stub bg es Mus spicilegus eu Mus spicilegus fr Mus spicilegus hu G z eg r nl Steppemuis pt Mus spicilegus ru sr Mus spicilegus uk ... more details
Taxobox name Eurasian lynx ref name msw3 MSW3 Wozencraft pages 541 ref status LC trend down status system ... synonyms Felis lynx small Carl Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1758 small br range map Eurasian Lynx area.png range map caption Eurasian lynx range The Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx is a medium sized Felidae cat native ... been classified as Least Concern , populations of Eurasian lynx have been reduced or local extinction extirpate d from western Europe, where it is now being reintroduced. Physical characteristics The Eurasian ... title Eurasian lynx date 24 April 1997 accessdate 2007 05 28 ref ref cite web url http www.bbc.co.uk nature wildfacts factfiles 27.shtml title Science & Nature Wildfacts Eurasian lynx publisher ... black tip, black tufts of hair on its ears, and a long grey and white ruff. During the summer, the Eurasian ... from southern populations, Eurasian lynx with heavily spotted fur may exist close to others with plain ... 8 ref Eurasian lynx make a range of vocalizations, but are generally silent outside of the breeding ..., and loud meow like sounds in the female. ref name WCoW Eurasian lynx are secretive, and because .... Behaviour Image Lynx lynx poing.jpg thumb left Eurasian lynx. Lynx prey on hare s, rabbit s, rodent ... and the animal may be forced to switch to larger prey. Eurasian lynx hunt using both vision and hearing, and often climb onto high rocks or fallen trees to scan the surrounding area. The Eurasian lynx ... on the locality, this may include forest steppe, boreal forest , and montane forest . In the more mountainous parts of their range, Eurasian lynx will descend into the lowlands in winter, following their prey ... important predators of the Eurasian lynx are the gray wolf and the wolverine . ref name Heptner ... food is scarce, the Eurasian lynx is mainly nocturnality nocturnal or crepuscular , and spends the day .... The hunting area of Eurasian lynx can be anything from convert 20 to 450 km2 sqmi 0 abbr on , depending ..., which tend to occupy exclusive, rather than overlapping, hunting ranges. The Eurasian lynx can ... more details
influence from the Eurasian nomadic steppe. The late Avar Period shows more hybridization resulting ... Turkic Oghur tribe Oghur s migrated to the Kazakh steppe, possibly moving south to inhabit the lands ... Journal , 2005 1 pp. 3 26 ref that each of the large confederation s of steppe warriors such as the Scythians ... of the Eurasian Avars belonged to the Oghur Turkic subgroup, ref Price, Glanville. http books.google.com ... year 1991 isbn 0 472 08149 7 Bruno Genito, Madaras, Laszlo eds. 2005 Archaeological Remains of a Steppe ... . ISSN 1824 6117 Sources and notes Reflist See also Commons category Eurasian Avars Avar Khaganate Historic ... Ancient peoples Category Late Antiquity Category Eurasian nomads Category Hungary before the Magyars ... more details
wikify date December 2010 Orphan date November 2010 Eurasian Bank JSC the large bank in Kazakhstan. Eurasian Banks was registered in the National Bank of Kazakhstan on December 26, 1994. It is headquartered in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan. During January September 2010 the bank s assets amounted to 335.5 billion tenge, equity capital 23,7 billion tenge. As of September 1, 2010, according to the Agency for Regulation of Financial Markets and Financial Organizations AFS , Eurasian Bank s asset size takes 7th place in the banking system of Kazakhstan with a share of 2,88 . Major shareholder of the Eurasian Bank JSC is a Eurasian Financial and Industrial Corporation . On June 18, 2009 Eurasian Finance Company EFK was separated from the Eurasian Financial and Industrial Corporation EFIC . JSC Eurasian Bank , Insurance Company Eurasia , Eurasian Pension Fund and Eurasia Capital joined the Eurasian finance company. On March 11, 2009 Eurasian Bank has sold three of its subsidiaries JSC Eurasian capital , JSC Eurasian Accumulative Pension Fund and JSC Insurance Company Eurasia to its sole shareholder Eurasian Financial and Industrial Company. On December 14, 2009 JSC Eurasian Bank entered into an agreement to purchase shares of CJSC Investment Company Troika Dialog and ZAO Financial Consultant Troika Dialog to acquire 100 stake in Commercial Bank Bank of Troika Dialog . Shareholders of EFIC according to the FSA are Alexander Mashkevich , Patojo Shodiev and Alijan Ibragimov . On October 14, 2009 Michael Eggleton was appointed as a Chairman of the Board of the bank. ref http www.eurasian bank.kz Bot generated title ref ref http www.finchannel.com news flash Banks 66293 Moody s assigns B1 to Eurasian Bank Kazakhstan bond issue negative outlook The FINANCIAL Moody s assigns B1 to Eurasian Bank Kazakhstan bond issue negative outlook Bot generated title ref ref http business.highbeam.com company profiles info 1284852 eurasian bank Eurasian Bank Almaty company profile, news ... more details
Image Eurasian Home logo.png thumb Eurasian Home analytical and information resource is an open forum for dialogue and reflection, bringing together experts, politicians and journalists from the New Independent States , Russia , European Union , Asia and Americas America . The website is first of all a platform where representatives of different countries can freely discuss issues concerning global and regional integration in Eurasia . Among priority topics of the website are political and economic processes in Eurasia and America integration concepts and strategies in the world integration between the countries of the former Soviet Union the search for models of effective economic integration economic and political interaction between the countries of the CIS as well as with the rest of the world EU , USA etc. . The Eurasian Home website was launched in 2004 by the Russian non profit Eurasia Heritage Foundation . Goals The goals of the Eurasian Home website are the involving experts from different countries in discussion of the major political and economic issues which are currently of high priority for Russia, New Independent States, and members of the EU presenting research results along with analytical and expert assessments to the governmental agencies, international organizations, NGO s, private companies. Structure Eurasian Home provides expert opinions, comments of prominent journalists, analytical reports and researches conducted by the leading think tanks, the most relevant publications on Eurasia. Besides, the website provides the unique profiles of the regional integration .... The website s audience are users from over seventy countries. Eurasian Home actively participates ... users. Eurasian Home Columnists Jules Evans, British journalist, London Kevin O Flynn, British freelance ... journalist, Minsk External links http eurasianhome.org xml t default.xml?lang en&s 1 Eurasian Home ... Experts of Eurasian Home http fundeh.org eng Eurasia Heritage Foundation website Eurasion Home materials ... more details
Infobox Geopolitical organization conventional long name Collapsible list title center Eurasian Union ... center center small be icon small center linking name the Eurasian Union image map ... Belarusian br Kazakh language Kazakh br Russian language Russian leader title1 Eurasian Commission ... date2 nowrap 18 November 2011 established event4 Eurasian Economic Space small active small established date4 nowrap 1 January 2012 established event5 Eurasian Union small planned small established ... cctld calling code navbar The Eurasian Union EAU IPAc en j e n j u n j n audio EAU.ogg ... , the Russian Federation , Tajikistan ref cite news title Putin calls for the Eurasian Union url http ... date 4 October 2011 accessdate 4 October 2011 ref ref name bbc1 cite news title Putin calls for Eurasian ... name yahoo reuters cite news title Russia s Putin says wants to build Eurasian Union first Gleb last Bryanski url http news.yahoo.com russias putin says wants build eurasian union 222139037.html newspaper ... speech at a Moscow university. ref cite news title Kazakhstan welcomes Putin s Eurasian Union ... Eurasian Union concept.html newspaper The Daily Telegraph date 6 October 2011 accessdate 8 October ..., setting a target of establishing the Eurasian Union by 2015. ref name bbc18Nov2011 cite news title ... the roadmap for the future integration and established the Eurasian Commission modelled on the European Commission and the Eurasian Economic Space, which started work on 1 January 2012. ref name bbc18Nov2011 ... 19 November 2011 ref Membership The Eurasian Union is said to be the brainchild of Vladimir ... rss Putin s Eurasian push challenges west by Neil Buckley, Financial Times, 6 October 2011. ref ... political scientist Dmitry Orlov stated that apart from post Soviet states, membership to the Eurasian .... ref name euractiv cite news title Moscow fleshes out Eurasian Union plans url http www.euractiv.com europes east moscow fleshes eurasian union plans news 509042 newspaper EurActiv date 17 November ... more details
Taxobox image Eurasian Curlew.jpg image width 240px status NT status system iucn3.1 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Aves subclassis Neornithes infraclassis Neognathae superordo Neoaves ordo Charadriiformes subordo Scolopaci monotypic don t link familia Scolopacidae genus Curlew Numenius species N. arquata binomial Numenius arquata binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1758 The Eurasian Curlew , Numenius arquata , is a wader in the large family biology family Scolopacidae . It is one of the most widespread of the curlew s, breeding across temperate Europe and Asia . In Europe, this species is often referred to just as the Curlew , and in Scotland known as the whaup in Scots language Scots . File Numenius arquata male flying.jpg thumb left Male in flight. Note pointed tail formed by the feet. This is the largest wader in its range, at convert 50 60 cm in abbr on in length, with a convert 89 106 cm in abbr on wingspan and a body weight of convert 410 1360 g lb abbr on . ref name CRC CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses by John B. Dunning Jr. Editor . CRC Press 1992 , ISBN 978 0 8493 4258 5. ref It is mainly greyish brown, with a white back, and a very long curved bill. Males ... to recognize the sex of a single Eurasian Curlew, or even several ones as there is much variation ... the tail tip in the Eurasian Curlew the feet are longer, forming a conspicuous point . This is a bird ... wary. Highly gregarious outside the breeding season, the Eurasian Curlew feeds by probing soft ... arises. Image Eggs Numenius arquata.jpg thumb left A clutch eggs clutch of Eurasian Curlew ... on the Conservation of African Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds AEWA applies. Formerly classified ... mnh nature nsbirds bns0137.htm Eurasian Curlew . Retrieved 2008 MAY 23. Wiles, Gary J. Worthington ... http ibc.lynxeds.com species eurasian curlew numenius arquata Eurasian Curlew videos, photos ... of Europe Category Birds of Turkey Category Birds of Iran Curlew, Eurasian Category British Isles coastal ... more details
Other uses Skylark disambiguation Refimprove date June 2009 Taxobox name Eurasian Skylark status LC status ... Alauda arvensis binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1758 The Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis ... . Description File Alauda arvensis.jpg left thumb Skylark The Eurasian Skylark is 16 to 18 centimetres ... Eurasian Skylarks preference for males that sing and hover for longer periods and so demonstrate that they are likely to have good overall Fitness biology fitness . Like most other larks, the Eurasian ... when the bird is flying away, but not if it is heading towards the observer. The Eurasian ... s in the breeding season. The Eurasian Skylark makes a grass bird nest nest on the ground, hidden ..., England June 2009.jpg thumb right An Eurasian Skylark in the Lake District, England, with two beetles caught in its beak In the UK, Eurasian Skylark numbers have declined over the last 30 years ... summer. The winter grown fields are much too dense in summer for the Eurasian Skylark to be able ... and paid to maintain and create biodiversity for improving the Habitat ecology habitat for Eurasian ... a six year period, of winter planted wheat fields has shown that suitable nesting areas for Eurasian ... and fertilising can be continuous over the entire field. DEFRA suggests that Eurasian Skylark ... pole s, and should not be enclosed by trees When the crop grows, the Eurasian Skylark plots areas without crop seeds become areas of low vegetation where Eurasian Skylarks can easily hunt insects ... from 10 pairs to 30 pairs over six years. Fields where Eurasian Skylarks were seen the year ... English Dictionary OED . A collective noun for Eurasian Skylarks is an exaltation . Although the OED ... Alauda arvensis Eurasian Skylark http www.oiseaux.net birds photos sky.lark.html Oiseaux images http www.bbc.co.uk suffolk nature rspb 2004 06 skylarks skylarks.shtml Eurasian Skylark on BBC website ... plot http www.rspb.org.uk countryside farming advice farmhabitats skylarkplots index.asp Eurasian ... more details
Taxobox name Eurasian Coot status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref name IUCN IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 49004 title Fulica atra downloaded 10 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern. ref image Eurasian Coot.jpg image caption Feeding in Tasmania , Australia regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Gruiformes familia Rallidae genus Fulica species F. atra binomial Fulica atra binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1758 synonyms Fulica prior small De Vis, 1888 small ref Condon, H. T. 1975 Checklist of the Birds of Australia Non Passerines Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 57 311 ref The Eurasian Coot , Fulica atra , also known as Coot , is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae . The Australian subspecies is known as the Australian Coot . Distribution The Coot breeds across much of the Old World on freshwater lakes and ponds. It occurs and breeds in Europe , Asia , Australia , and Africa . The species has recently expanded its range into New Zealand . It is resident ... A Eurasian Coot s call description The call of a Eurasian Coot, recorded in Homebush Bay style float .... Behaviour File Eurasian coots juveniles with adult.jpg thumb Adult with a pair of juveniles ..., possibly related to predator avoidance. ref van den Hout PJ 2006 Dense foraging flotillas of Eurasian ..., and makes short dives from a little jump. Breeding File Eurasian Coot chick.jpg thumb Young chick ... 40 2 131 136 ref Status The Eurasian Coot is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds AEWA applies. Gallery gallery File Limmat Dietikon ... 007 fulica atra.jpg Parent feeding its chicks File Soth ns 6.JPG Eurasian Coots in Stadsparken ..., India Bharatpur , Rajasthan , India . File Eurasian Coot with open beak.jpg In a park in Utrecht ... Eurasian Coot videos, photos & sounds on the Internet Bird Collection http www.ibercajalav.net img 155 ... more details
Taxobox name Eurasian Sparrowhawk status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref name birdlife cite web ... br A. n. nisus br A. n. punicus br A. n. wolterstorffi The Eurasian or Northern Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae . Adult male Eurasian Sparrowhawks ... birds, the Eurasian Sparrowhawk can be found in any habitat and often hunts garden birds in towns ... convert 500 g oz or more. The Eurasian Sparrowhawk is found throughout the temperate and subtropical ... for winter, their southern counterparts remain resident or make dispersive movements. Eurasian Sparrowhawks ... built up in the bird population and the concentrations in Eurasian Sparrowhawks were enough to kill ... common, classified as being of Least Concern by BirdLife International . The Eurasian Sparrowhawk ... increased numbers of Eurasian Sparrowhawks and declines in some farmland and woodland birds after World War II. Studies of racing pigeon deaths found that Eurasian Sparrowhawks were responsible for less than 1 . Falconry Falconers have utilised the Eurasian Sparrowhawk since at least the 16th century ... Shakespeare , Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Ted Hughes . Taxonomy Within the Accipitridae family, the Eurasian ... word sperhauk and Old English spearhafoc , a hawk which hunts sparrows. The Old Norse name for the Eurasian ... 6 ref England English folk names for the Eurasian Sparrowhawk include Blue Hawk, referring to the adult ... 1979 location publisher Book Club Association pages 84 85 isbn 0233970371 ref The Eurasian Sparrowhawk ... dictionary chapter454.html publisher University of Adelaide accessdate 1 February 2009 ref The Eurasian ... subspecies. ref cite web url http www.birds.kz Accipiter 20nisus indexe.html title Eurasian .... Larger birds such as Common Wood Pigeon s are more often killed by the larger female Eurasian Sparrowhawks males usually hunt smaller prey. The Eurasian Sparrowhawk is a small bird of prey ... ref name bwpi its throat has dark streaks and lacks a mesial midline stripe. ref name pcr The Eurasian ... more details
Taxobox name Eurasian Widgeon status LC status system iucn3.1 status ref ref name IUCN IUCN 2009 ref image Anas penelope kuribo cropped.jpg image width 250px image caption regnum Animalia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Anseriformes familia Anatidae subfamilia Anatinae genus Anas subgenus Mareca species A. penelope binomial Anas penelope binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1758 The Eurasian Wigeon , also known as Widgeon or Eurasian Widgeon Anas penelope , previously Mareca penelope is one of three species of wigeon in the dabbling duck genus Anas . It is common and widespread within its range. This species was first described by Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 under its current scientific name. ref name Linnaeus Linnaeus, C. 1758 ref Description This dabbling duck is convert 42 52 cm in abbr on long with a convert 71 80 cm in abbr on wingspan, and a weight of convert 500 1073 g lb abbr on . ref name Floyd Floyd, T. 2008 ref ref name CRC CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses by John B. Dunning Jr. Editor . CRC Press 1992 , ISBN 978 0 8493 4258 5. ref The breeding male has grey flanks and back, with a black rear end and a dark green speculum ... range. It migrates to southern Asia and Africa . ref name Clements In Great Britain and Ireland the Eurasian ... The Eurasian Wigeon is a bird of open wetlands, such as wet grassland or marshes with some taller vegetation ... that sounds like pjiew pjiew , whereas the female has a low growl rawr . The Eurasian Wigeon is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds ... http www.aba.org birding v37n2p156.pdf Aging of American and Eurasian Wigeons in female type plumages ... birds guide w wigeon index.asp RSPB A to Z of UK Birds http ibc.lynxeds.com species eurasian wigeon anas penelope Eurasian Wigeon videos, photos & sounds on the Internet Bird Collection br clear ... Birds of Iran Wigeon, Eurasian Category Birds of Asia Category Birds of Canada Wigeon, Eurasian ... more details
more footnotes date May 2011 Taxobox name Eurasian Spoonbill status LC status system IUCN3.1 image Eurasian Spoonbill.jpg regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Threskiornithidae genus Spoonbill Platalea species P. leucorodia binomial Platalea leucorodia binomial authority Carl Linnaeus Linnaeus , 10th edition of Systema Naturae 1758 The Eurasian Spoonbill or Common Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae , Distribution This is a Palearctic species, breeding from the United Kingdom and Spain in the west through to Japan , and also in North Africa . In Europe, only The Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Hungary and Greece have sizeable populations. ref Overdijk 2002, p. 88 ref Most birds bird migration migrate to the tropics in winter, with Europe an breeders mainly going to Africa , but a few remaining in mild winter areas of western Europe south to the United Kingdom . It was extirpated from the United Kingdom but sporadic breeding attempts in the early 21st Century culminated with the formation ... outstretched. The Eurasian Spoonbill differs from the African Spoonbill with which in overlaps ... DNA of the spoonbills found that the Eurasian Spoonbill is sister taxon to a clade containing ... 53 60 issn 1175 5326 ref The Eurasian Spoonbill has three subspecies P. l. leucorodia , the nominate ... as P. l. major Habitat Eurasian Spoonbills show a preference for extensive shallow, wetlands with muddy ... Quercus spp. or poplar Populus spp. . Eurasian Spoonbills may also frequent sheltered marine habitats .... Outside the breeding season Eurasian Spoonbills forage singly or in small flocks of up ... the species may also feed up to 35 40 km away . ref name factsheet Conservation Threats to the Eurasian ... File Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia at Bharatpur I IMG 5670.jpg File Loeffler.jpg File Platalea ... 504 505. Lynx Edicions. http ibc.lynxeds.com species eurasian spoonbill platalea leucorodia Common ... more details
Taxobox name Eurasian Treecreeper status LC status ref ref name IUCN IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International ... s Treecreeper The Eurasian Treecreeper or Common Treecreeper Certhia familiaris is a small passerine ... Europe an range, by its different song. The Eurasian Treecreeper has nine or more subspecies which breed ... are vulnerable to attack by woodpeckers and mammals, including squirrels. The Eurasian Treecreeper ... Harrap The Eurasian Treecreeper is 12.5 cm 5 in long and weighs 7.0&ndash 12.9 gram ... name Harrap The range of the Eurasian Treecreeper overlaps with that of several other treecreepers, which can present local identification problems. In Europe, the Eurasian Treecreeper shares much of its ... different from the song of Eurasian Treecreeper however, both species have been known to sing the other s song. ref name Harrap Three Himalayan subspecies of Eurasian Treecreeper are now sometimes given ... BirdLife International accessdate 2008 05 27 ref but if they are retained as subspecies of Eurasian, they have to be distinguished from three other South Asian treecreepers. The plain tail of Eurasian ... Treecreeper is more difficult to separate from Eurasian, but has more contrasting cinnamon, rather ..., and the American species call is much like that of Eurasian Treecreeper. In appearance, Brown Creeper is more like Short toed than Eurasian, but a vagrant might still not be possible to identify ... Short toed Treecreeper , a confusion species in Europe thumb The Eurasian Treecreeper ... of Eurasian Treecreeper The Eurasian Treecreeper belongs to the northern group, along with the North ... of Eurasian Treecreeper, but has closer affinities to Short toed Treecreeper, and is normally ... of Eurasian Treecreeper, depending on the taxonomic view taken, which are all very similar and often ... thumb Central European bird feeding on a trunk The Eurasian Treecreeper is the most ... name BTO it frequents broadleaved or mixed woodland in preference to conifers. The Eurasian Treecreeper ... more details
File Arctic Ocean bathymetric features.png thumb 350px Main bathymetric topographic features of the Arctic Ocean The Eurasian Basin , is one of the two major basins into which the North Polar Basin of the Arctic Ocean is split by the Lomonosov Ridge the other one being the Amerasian Basin . It is an extension of the North Atlantic Basin . It is further split by the Nansen Gakkel Ridge into the Nansen Basin and the Fram Basin . The latter basin is the deepest one of the Arctic Ocean and has the geographic North Pole located over its floor. It is bounded from the South by Greenland , Svalbard archipelago and Taymyr Peninsula . Its maximum depth is over 12,780ft. The continental shelf around the Eurasian Basin is very narrow, averaging 23 58 mi. ref http www.nrlmry.navy.mil forecaster handbooks Arctic Forecasters 20Handbook 20for 20the 20Arctic.02.pdf Physical characteristics of the Arctic ref It is believed to be of Cenozoic origin it was created about 63 m.y. ago by the spreading of the sea floor. ref Plate Tectonics Model for the Evolution of the Arctic , Geology , vol. 2, Issue 8, p.377 1974 doi 10.1130 2F0091 7613 281974 292 3C377 3APTMFTE 3E2.0.CO 3B2 ref References references Category Arctic Ocean Category Oceanic basins es Cuenca euroasi tica ... more details
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