Taxobox name MetallicStarling status LC status system IUCN3.1 image MetallicStarling RWD1.jpg Cairns, Australia image caption At Phoenix Zoo , Arizona, USA regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passerine Passeriformes familia Starling Sturnidae genus Aplonis species A. metallica binomial Aplonis metallica binomial authority Coenraad Jacob Temminck Temminck , 1824 The MetallicStarling Aplonis metallica also known as Shining Starling , is a bird in the starling family. It is native of New Guinea and nearby Australasia n islands, and a limited area of northeastern Australia . Description Image MetallicStarling female RWD6.jpg left thumb Female at San Diego Zoo File Aplonis metallica San Diego Zoo, California, USA head 8a.jpg right thumb Male at San Diego Zoo , California, USA The adult has brilliant red eyes, a long tail and green glossed black plumage. Immatures are pale below with dark streaks. Behaviour They migrate during August ref name banfield1917 Banfield, E.J. http www.publish.csiro.au ?act view file&file id MU917212.pdf Alike in Difference. Emu. Vol. 17, No. 4, 212 214. 1917. Accessed 2009 05 25. ref to the northern regions of Queensland , where they mate, preparing messy globular nests for their young which hang from tall trees. ref http www.wettropics.gov.au pa pa bird profile.html Plants and Animals in the Wet tropics. http www.wettropics.gov.au Wet Tropics Management Authority . Accessed 2009 05 25. ref There they remain until April, ref name banfield1917 whereupon they make their return journey to New Guinea. Gallery gallery File Aplonis metallica Phoenix Zoo, Arizona, USA two 8a.jpg File Shining starling cairns09.JPG Juveniles, Cairns Esplanade, N Qld File MetallicStarling RWD2.jpg Female with nest Cairns File AplonisMetallicaMetallica.jpg gallery Notes reflist References FieldianaZool31 31. IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 51859 title Aplonis metallica downloaded 12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification ... more details
About the bird family Starling disambiguation Taxobox name Starling image Lamprotornis hildebrandti Tanzania 8 2c.jpg image width 250px image caption Hildebrandt s Starling , Lamprotornis hildebrandti ... biology family Sturnidae . The name Sturnidae comes from the Latin word for starling, sturnus . Many ... with native birds and are considered to be invasive species . The starling species familiar to most people in Europe and North America is the European Starling , and throughout much of Asia and the Pacific ... issn 0028 8233 See p. 429. ref Plumage of many species is typically dark with a metallic sheen ... 50 7 ref The shortest bodied species is Kenrick s Starling Poeoptera kenricki , at 15 centimetres 6 inch in , but the lightest weight species is Abbott s Starling Poeoptera femoralis , at 34 gram ... 30 centimetres 1 ft and weigh over 225 grams 8 oz . Several species of starling ... pigment. Some species of Asian starling have crests or erectile feathers on the crest. Other ornamentation ... can be derived from pigments, or, as in the Bali Starling , structural colour, caused by light scattering ... Starling I IMG 2508.jpg thumb The Chestnut tailed Starling is a partial migrant over much of the east ... a species of this genus that is the only starling found in northern Australia. ref name ... species. The European Starling is both highly widespread and extremely catholic in its habitat, occupying most types of open habitat. Like many other starling species it has also adapted readily to human ... species of starling are bird migration migratory , either entirely, like the Shelley s Starling , which ... shouldered Starling , which is migratory in part of its range but is resident in others. ref name HBW ... File Aplonis opaca.jpg thumb Micronesian Starling s have been observed feeding on the eggs of seabird ... mistletoe s. In South Africa the Red winged Starling is an important disperser of the introduced ... Laboratory experiments on European Starling s have found that they have disposal enzymes that allow ... more details
Metallic skink may also refer to the Garden Skink Lampropholis delicata . Taxobox name Metallic Cool skink or Metallic Skink image Niveoscincus metallicus Austin s Ferry.jpg image caption Metallic Skink, Austins Ferry, Tasmania , Australia regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Reptile Reptilia ordo Squamata familia Scincidae subfamilia Lygosominae genus Niveoscincus species N. metallicus binomial Niveoscincus metallicus binomial authority O Shaughnessy, 1874 synonyms Leiolopisma metallica The Metallic Cool skink ref NRDB species genus Niveoscincus species metallicus ref or Metallic Skink Niveoscincus metallicus is a species of skink in the Scincidae family. It is endemic to Australia , found in southern Victoria, Australia Victoria , as well as in Tasmania where it is the most widespread and common lizard, occurring on many offshore islands in Bass Strait as well as the mainland. It gives birth to live young. It is highly variable and may be a complex of closely related species. ref http www.parks.tas.gov.au wildlife reptile Nivmet.html Wildlife of Tasmania Metallic Skink ref ref name Cogger1979 Cogger, H.G. 1979 . Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia . Reed Sydney. ISBN 0 589 50108 9 ref References reflist commons Category Scincidae Category Animals described in 1874 skink stub fr Niveoscincus metallicus nl Niveoscincus metallicus ... more details
italic title Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Metallic Spheres Type Album Artist The Orb featuring David Gilmour Cover Released Start date 2010 10 12 df y Recorded 2009 Genre Ambient br Progressive Rock Length 48 53 Label Columbia Records Columbia Producer Alex Paterson Chronology The Orb albums Last album Baghdad Batteries Orbsessions Volume III 2009 This album Metallic Spheres br 2010 Next album Misc Extra chronology Artist David Gilmour albums Type album Last album Live in Gda sk br 2008 This album Metallic Spheres br 2010 Next album Album reviews rev1 Allmusic rev1score Rating 3 5 ref Allmusic class album id metallic spheres r1959984 pure url yes Allmusic review ref rev2 The A.V. Club rev2score C ref http www.avclub.com articles the orb featuring david gilmour metallic spheres,46253 The A.V. Club review ref rev3 Pitchfork Media rev3score 7.0 10 ref http pitchfork.com reviews albums 14692 metallic spheres Pitchfork Media review ref rev4 QoQuaq Music rev4score 4 5 ref http qoquaq.blogspot.com 2010 10 metallic spheres.html QoQuaq Music review ref rev5 SPIN magazine SPIN rev5score Rating 5 10 ref http www.spin.com reviews orb vs david gilmour metallic spheres columbiasony SPIN review ref Automatically generated by DASHBot Metallic Spheres is the tenth studio album released by ambient techno group The Orb in October 2010 and features Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour . ref cite news url http www.prnewswire.com news releases the orb featuring david gilmours metallic ... title The Orb Featuring David Gilmour s Metallic Spheres to be Celebrated Through Original Laser ... author Columbia Records ref Track listing Metallic Side 28 42 Metallic Spheres Hymns to the Sun Black ..., and mixing by Youth. References reflist The Orb David Gilmour DEFAULTSORT Metallic Spheres Category The Orb albums Category 2010 albums 2010s album stub cs Metallic Spheres ka Metallic Spheres nl Metallic Spheres nn Metallic Spheres pl Metallic Spheres ru Metallic Spheres ... more details
Infobox Single Name Black Metallic Cover Artist Catherine Wheel from Album Ferment album Ferment Released 1991 Format Compact Disc single CD single Genre Alternative rock Length 7 18 Label Fontana Records Producer Catherine Wheel Last single Painful Thing br 1991 This single Black Metallic br 1991 Next single Balloon br 1992 Black Metallic is a song by the alternative rock band Catherine Wheel . It was a single from their 1992 album, Ferment album Ferment . Charts class wikitable align center Chart align center Peak br position align left Billboard magazine Billboard Alternative Songs ref name US http www.billboard.com song catherine wheel black metallic 463611 Black Metallic Catherine Wheel . billboard.com. Retrieved November 12, 2011. ref align center 9 align left UK Singles Chart UK Singles ref name UK http www.chartstats.com release.php?release 19129 Chart Stats The Catherine Wheel Black Metallica . chartstats.com. Retrieved November 12, 2011. ref align center 68 References reflist Catherine Wheel DEFAULTSORT Black Metallic Category 1991 singles Category English language songs ... more details
Italic title cleanup link rot date July 2011 Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Pistaccio Metallic Type studio album Artist The Beat Fleet Cover Cover size Border yes Released July 2011 Recorded 2011 Genre Rap rock Language Croatian language Croatian Length Label Dallas Records Producer Last album Perpetuum Fritule br 2010 This album Pistaccio Metallic br 2011 Pistaccio Metallic is the fifth album by Croats Croatian band The Beat Fleet TBF , released in 2011. The album was announced in late May with the release of the lead single Mater . Background Unlike previous studio albums by TBF, Pistaccio Metallic was released by Dallas Records . It is also the first studio album that feature new drummer Janko Novoseli . He also played on their 2010 live album Perpetuum Fritule . For the first time TBF recorded a studio album outside of their home town Split, Croatia Split . The album was recorded in Novo Mesto in Slovenia at the RSL Studio . It is also the first time TBF produced a studio album themselves without an external producer. Track listing Tragi ni junak San Spin doktor Uvik kontra Mater Grad spava Vrag Dalmatino Veseljko Pozitivan stav Uspavanka Sources http www.muzika.hr clanak 32262 vijesti u prodaji pistaccio metallic tbf a.aspx http www.mtv.com.hr vijesti novi singl tbf a Category 2011 albums Category The Beat Fleet albums 2010s album stub ... more details
Metallic fibers are manufactured fibers composed of metal, plastic coated metal, metal coated plastic ..., aluminized plastic yarns, and aluminized nylon yarns have replaced gold and silver. Metallic filaments ... Textiles metallic.htm Textile Reference Manual Metallic Fibers Spinning Straw into Gold? ref Historically, the metallic thread was constructed by wrapping a metal strip around a fiber ... Company produced the first modern metallic fiber in 1946. ref name straw In the past, aluminum was usually the base in a metallic fiber. More recently stainless steel has become a base as well. It is more ... high tech Clarifyme date February 2009 applications . ref name straw Fiber properties Coated metallic ... Other Pages ftc.htm Fiber Source ref If possible anything made with metallic fibers should ... basic processes that are used in manufacturing metallic fibers. The most common is the laminating .... There are many different variations of color and effect that can be made in metallic fibers, producing a wide range of looks. ref name straw Metallic fibers can also be made by using the metalizing ... to sizes smaller than one micrometre in diameter. Producers Currently metallic fibers are manufactured primarily in Europe with only three manufacturers still producing metallic yarn in the United States ... of laminated and non laminated metallic yarns. ref name metlon http www.metlon.com metallic.htm www.metlon.com metallic ref Trademarks The Lurex Company has manufactured metallic fibers in Europe for over fifty years. They produce a wide variety of metallic fiber products including fibers used in apparel ... straw Metlon Corporation is a trademark of Metallic Yarns in the United States and has been producing metallic yarns for over sixty years. Metlon produces their metallic yarn by wrapping single slit yarns ... around the metallic yarn. The most commonly used nylon is either 15 denier or 20 denier, but heavier deniers are used for special purposes. ref name metlon Uses The most common uses for metallic ... more details
Taxobox name Metallic Ringtail image Austrolestes cingulatus male.jpg image caption male image2 Austrolestes cingulatus03.jpg image2 caption female image width 250px regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Odonata subordo Zygoptera familia Lestidae genus Austrolestes species A. cingulatus binomial Austrolestes cingulatus binomial authority Hermann Burmeister Burmeister , 1839 The Metallic Ringtail Austrolestes cingulatus is an Australia n damselfly . It is widely distributed in Tasmania , Victoria, Australia Victoria , eastern New South Wales and south eastern Queensland . They are a thin, medium sized damselfly with a green and gold or bluish green and gold coloration. Each Abdomen Invertebrates abdominal segment is marked by a pale ring this combined with its glossy metallic coloration give it its common name of Metallic Ringtail. It is active through October to March in still water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps, and alpine bogs, being usually found amongst vegetation. References cite book title The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia year 2006 publisher CSIRO Publishing isbn 0 643 09073 8 author G nther Theischinger, John Hawking accessdate 11 August 2010 wikispecies Austrolestes cingulatus Commons Austrolestes Category Lestidae Category Animals described in 1839 Damselfly stub fa nl Austrolestes cingulatus sv Austrolestes cingulatus ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Metallic paint , also called polychromatic or metal flake paint, is used on the majority of new automobile s sold. Citation needed date June 2008 Metallic paint can reveal the contours of Coachwork bodywork more than non metallic, or solid paint, Close up, the small metal flakes included in the paint create a wikt sparkling sparkling effect. Description Metallics nearly always consist of a base coat with a clear lacquer or urethane top coat for protection and extra gloss. Historically, it was difficult to achieve an invisible repair if the paint was damaged because it is critical at which angle the flakes in the paint lie. Modern techniques have more or less eliminated this problem. Variations Two rarer variations are pearlescent paint , which appears as subtly different colours depending on the angle and intensity of the light, and flip colours where the colour changes more radically e.g. from purple to orange depending on the viewing angle. Flip colours have been used by Nissan on some special bits, and are frequently associated with TVR cars. A final variation, hardly ever used on automobiles but common on bikes and motorcycle s, is flamboyant or candy apple paint. This consists of a metallic silver base coat covered with a translucent coloured lacquer, or more commonly urethane. Flamboyant paint gives an unusual effect of depth, but is almost impossible to touch up after damage without leaving an obvious mark. Expense Manufacturers almost always charge a premium for the option of metallic paint on a new vehicle, although metallic usually account for all but one or two of the colors from the palette available only red, black, and white are available as solid colors from many makers . The price premium is around GBP 500 or USD 1000 for a large ... a car subsequently resprayed in a metallic color is no more expensive than for a solid color, many consider the price premium for metallic paint as a way to boost the base price of a new car. See ... more details
pictured above and Saturn may contain large amounts of metallic hydrogen depicted in grey Metallic hydrogen is a phase matter state of hydrogen which results when it is sufficiently hydrogen ... metallic hydrogen is predicted to consist of a crystal lattice of hydrogen atomic nucleus nuclei ... state unbound and behave like the conduction band conduction electrons in a metal . In liquid metallic ... s would display metallic properties, losing hold over their electrons. ref cite journal last1 Wigner first1 E. last2 Huntington first2 H.B. year 1935 title On the possibility of a metallic modification ... 1935JChPh...3..764W issue 12 ref Since then, metallic hydrogen has been described as the holy grail ... title High pressure scientists journey to the center of the Earth, but can t find elusive metallic ... of creating metallic hydrogen. ref cite web date 27 June 2007 title Peanut butter diamonds on display ... accessdate 2010 01 02 ref Liquid metallic hydrogen Helium 4 is a liquid helium liquid at standard ... 2004 title A quantum fluid of metallic hydrogen suggested by first principles calculations journal Nature .....669B issue 7009 ref Superconductivity In 1968, Ashcroft put forward that metallic hydrogen ... cite journal last1 Ashcroft first1 N.W. year 1968 title Metallic Hydrogen A High Temperature Superconductor ... predicted that if hydrogen and deuterium have liquid metallic states, they may have ordered states ... superfluids and metallic superfluids . Such fluids were predicted to have highly unusual reactions ... phase transition in liquid metallic hydrogen journal Nature journal Nature volume 431 pages ... of kelvin s and pressures of over a million atmospheres 100 GPa , the first identifiably metallic .....76.1860W issue 11 ref The team did not expect to produce metallic hydrogen, as it was not using solid ... u K due to compression of the sample was above val 0.3 u eV , the hydrogen might be considered metallic. Other experimental research since 1996 Many experiments are continuing in the production of metallic ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Metallic K.O. Type Live album Artist The Stooges Cover MetallicKO.jpg Released 1976 Recorded October 1973 & February 1974 Genre Hard rock , protopunk Length 82 37 Label Skydog Records Producer Iggy Pop Last album Raw Power br 1973 This album Metallic K.O. br 1976 Next album Open Up and Bleed br 1995 Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1Score Rating 5 5 ref Allmusic class album id r41214 first Dave last Thompson accessdate August 14, 2011 ref rev2 Robert Christgau rev2Score C ref cite web publisher Robert Christgau title Consumer Guide, Iggy & The Stooges reviews url http robertchristgau.com get artist.php?id 3055&name Iggy and the Stooges accessdate August 14, 2011 ref noprose yes Metallic K.O. is a live recording by American hard rock band The Stooges . In its original form, the album was purported to contain the last half of a performance at the Michigan Theater Detroit Michigan Palace in Detroit, on February 9, 1974 the band s final live performance until their reformation in 2003. The performance was notable for the level of audience ... tapes and the 1988 release of the double album Metallic 2X K.O. reveals that the original album ... s. Metallic K.O. outsold The Stooges major label official releases, selling over 100,000 copies ... out of control. He describes the Stooges concert he attended that immediately preceded the Metallic ... the Michigan Palace on Thursday night. They do play, that is , and nobody gets killed, but Metallic ... There have been many wildly varying releases of Metallic K.O. over the years on many different ... url http www.connollyco.com discography iggy pop metallic.html title METALLIC K.O. accessdate 2009 ... 52 Cock in My Pocket 3 21 Louie Louie Richard Berry 3 24 Metallic 2X K.O. 1988 release This expanded ... Metallic K.O. it Metallic K.O. nn Metallic K.O. pl Metallic K.O. pt Metallic K.O. ru Metallic K.O. fi Metallic K.O. sv Metallic K.O. ... more details
Atomic radius Metallic bonding constitutes the electrostatic attractive forces between the delocalized ... charged ions cations , metallic bonding is sometimes compared with that of molten salts however .... Metallic bonding accounts for many physical properties of metals, such as Strength of materials ... metallic.html Metallic bonding ref ref http www.chemguide.co.uk atoms structures metals.html Metal structures ... Campus ref Although the term metallic bond is often used in contrast to the term covalent bond , it is preferable to use the term metallic bonding , because this type of bonding is collective in nature and a single metallic bond does not exist. Not all metals exhibit metallic bonding one such example ... of a one dimensional row of metallic atoms, say hydrogen, an instability had to arise ... in the general question When is collective metallic bonding stable and when will a more localized ... as the concept of the band structure proved to be in the description of metallic bonding, it does ... electron s to itinerant ones partaking in metallic bonding became more comprehensible. The nature of metallic bonding The combination of two phenomena gives rise to metallic bonding delocalization of electrons ... the metal one can generally not distinguish molecules, so that the metallic bonding is neither intra nor intermolecular. Nonmolecular would perhaps be a better term. Metallic bonding is mostly ... at all . Thus, metallic bonding is an extremely delocalized communal form of covalent bonding. In a sense, metallic bonding is not a new type of bonding at all, therefore, and it describes the bonding .... Metallic vapors by contrast are often atomic mercury element Hg or at times contain molecules like ... to speak of a single metallic bond . The delocalization is most pronounced for s and p electrons. For caesium ... the communal metallic bonding very much. This gives rise to metals typical characteristic ... the heat conduction. Still, the bonding in diamond is better described as covalent than as metallic ... more details
Infobox book name The Metallic Muse title orig translator image File 41P4W2VF81L.jpg 200px image caption first edition cover author Lloyd Biggle, Jr. illustrator cover artist Ed Nuckolls country USA language English series subject genre science fiction short stories publisher Doubleday Books pub date 1972 english pub date media type pages 228 isbn oclc 2780647 dewey congress preceded by followed by The Metallic Muse is a collection of science fiction stories by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. , published in hardcover by Doubleday Books in 1972. It was reprinted in paperback by DAW Books in 1973. Contents The Tunesmith If magazine If 1957 Leading Man Galaxy Science Fiction Galaxy 1957 Spare the Rod Galaxy 1958 Orphan of the Void Fantastic Stories Fantastic 1960 Well of the Deep Wish If 1961 In His Own Image F&SF 1968 The Botticelli Horror Fantastic 1960 Orphan of the Void was originally published as The Man Who Wasn t Home. ref http www.philsp.com homeville isfac t10.htm A219 Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections ref Reception Theodore Sturgeon noted that Biggle s stories are usually constructed around an idea or solution witheld until the punchline. . . . a valid technique, except where the reader gets to the punchline first. ref Galaxy Bookshelf , Galaxy Science Fiction Galaxy , January 1973, p.171 ref References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Metallic Muse Category 1972 short story collections Category Science fiction short story collections ... more details
File Metallic microlattice.jpg thumb A block of metallic microlattice being supported by a dandelion seed head. A metallic microlattice is a synthetic porous metallic material, consisting of an Ultralight material ultra light form of metal foam . ref name cw Its creators claimed it to be the lightest structural material known, with a density as low as 0.9 mg cm sup 3 sup . ref name cw It was developed by a team of scientists from HRL Laboratories , in collaboration with researchers at University of California, Irvine and Caltech , and was first announced in November 2011. The prototype samples were made from a nickel phosphorus alloy. ref name cw A similar ultra lightweight material, consisting of an electroplating electrodeposited nanocrystal line nickel layer over a polymeric truss, was created by researchers at the University of Toronto in 2008. ref name lg Synthesis To produce the metallic microlattice, a polymer template was first prepared using a technique based on self propagating waveguide formation, ref name j2 ref name j3 though it was noted that other methods can be used to fabricate the template. ref name j1 The process passed UV light through a perforated mask into a reservoir of UV curable resin . Fiber optic like Total internal reflection self trapping of the light ... metallic structure. Nickel was used as the microlattice metal in the original report. Owing to the electrodeposition ... no Precipitation chemistry precipitates . ref name j1 Properties Metallic microlattices are composed ... structure is about 99.99 air by volume, ref name cw cite web title Metallic microlattice lightest structure ... material unveiled by US engineers . BBC News, 18 November 2011. Retrieved 2011 11 25. ref Metallic ... property in metallic microlattices furthermore results in efficient shock absorption. Their Young s modulus ... in aerogel s and carbon nanotube foams. ref name j1 Applications Metallic microlattices may find potential ... science.1211649 title Ultralight Metallic Microlattices date Received 25 July 2011, published 12 October ... more details
Metallic Blues in Hebrew language Hebrew , a transliteration of the English, is a 2004 film Co production filmmaking co production Israel Germany Canada directed by Israeli director Danny Verete . Plot The film often categorized as a tragicomedy , but the comedic elements are limited concerns two Israeli car salesmen who initially think the world is their oyster after a rare 1985 Lincoln Continental limousine curiously with Quebec license plates perhaps a nod to the largely Qu b cois production crew, although real plates in Quebec are actually only available in the rear of a car, not the front like in the film falls into their laps at their used car dealership in Tel Aviv . After reviewing a publication by the corporate German dealership Auto Decker in D sseldorf , they are led to believe that the car could net them as much as 50,000 and sail with the vehicle to Germany in order to sell it. While learning that the task may not be as easy as hoped, they are also confronted with a number of emotional episodes. Shmuel portrayed by Avi Kushnir is an Ashkenazi Jew , whose parents were Holocaust survivors, and is surprised to find how affected he is by the voyage. His companion Siso played by Moshe Ivgy is a Mizrahi Jew of modest means who, unlike his companion, has no working knowledge of English spoken routinely by Shmuel to the various German characters they encounter , and is therefore often overwhelmed and confused during their experience. To Siso, Shmuel s history is largely unknown, and a tragic curiosity. The dialogue between Siso and Shmuel is in Hebrew, but due to the circumstances, much of the film is also in English and German. Acclaim Metallic Blues received much acclaim in its native Israel upon its release, being nominated at the Israeli Academy Awards ... also garnered the award for best screenplay at the Jerusalem Film Festival . Moreover, Metallic .... External links imdb title id 0402374 title Metallic Blues http www.medialuna entertainment.de ... more details
Taxobox name Metallic Pigeon image IanthoenasGriseogularisKeulemans.jpg image caption C. vitiensis griseogularis status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Columbiformes familia Dove Columbidae genus Columba genus Columba species C. vitiensis binomial Columba vitiensis binomial authority Jean Ren Constant Quoy Quoy & Joseph Paul Gaimard Gaimard , 1830 The Metallic Pigeon , Columba vitiensis also known as White throated Pigeon is a medium sized, up to 37cm long, bird in the family Dove Columbidae . Identification The adult has an iridescent purple and green crown, black wing and uppertail coverts, yellowish red Iris anatomy iris , yellow Beak bill , red orbital skin, white or grey chin and ear coverts, and purplish feet. It has a dull chestnut or glossed purple green below, depends on subspecies. The nominate form C. v. vitiensis from Fiji has a dull underparts, while subspecies C. v. halmaheira of Maluku Islands has the most iridescent plumage. Both sexes are similar. The young is duller than adult. Distribution The Metallic Pigeon is distributed to tropical forests of eastern Indonesia , the Philippines , New Guinea , Solomon Islands , Fiji , New Caledonia , Samoa and surrounding southwest Pacific islands. A subspecies, the Lord Howe Pigeon , used to exist on Lord Howe Island in Australia , but was exterminated by hunting circa 1853 . Food The diet consists mainly of various fruits, grains, seeds and berries. The female usually lays one to two eggs. Conservation Widespread and common throughout its large range, the Metallic Pigeon is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. References FieldianaZool106 58,114 1. Higgins, P.J. & Davies, S.J.J.F. Eds. . 1996 . Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds . Volume 3. Snipe to Pigeons . Oxford University Press Melbourne. ISBN 0 19 553070 5 IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 48713 title Columba vitiensis downloaded ... more details
Taxobox name Purple Starling image Lamprotornis purpureus Kasteelpark Netherlands 8a.jpg image caption At Kasteelpark, Netherlands status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Sturnidae genus Lamprotornis species L. purpureus binomial Lamprotornis purpureus binomial authority Statius Muller , 1776 The Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus , also known as the Purple Glossy Starling , is a member of the starling family of Aves bird s. Distribution and habitat It is a resident breeder in tropical Africa from Senegal and north Zaire east to Sudan and west Kenya . This common passerine is typically found in open woodland and cultivation. Description The adults of these stocky 22 23 cm long birds have a metallic purple head and body, and glossy green wings. They have a short tail and a yellow eye. The sexes are similar, but juveniles are much duller, with grey underparts and a brown iris. Behaviour This is a gregarious and noisy bird, with typical starling squeaks and chattering. Breeding The Purple Starling builds a nest in a hole. The normal clutch is two Egg biology egg s. Feeding Like most starlings, the Purple Starling is Omnivore omnivorous , eating fruit and insect s. References IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 51876 title Lamprotornis purpureus downloaded 12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern Birds of The Gambia by Barlow, Wacher and Disley, ISBN 1 873403 32 1 Category Lamprotornis Category Birds of Kenya eo Purpura lamprotorno fr Choucador pourpr sv Purpurglansstare ... more details
Taxobox name Fischer s Starling status LC status system IUCN3.1 image Flickr don macauley Bird 014.jpg image size image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo passerine Passeriformes familia starling Sturnidae genus Spreo species S. fischeri binomial Spreo fischeri binomial authority Anton Reichenow Reichenow , 1884 The Fischer s Starling , Spreo fischeri , is a bird which is an uncommon resident breeder from southern Ethiopia and Somalia to eastern Kenya and Tanzania . It is found in dry open acacia thornbush. The English language English and scientific names commemorate the German explorer Gustav Fischer . Description The adult of this 18 cm long, 51 g weight starling has mainly dully ash grey plumage except for a white lower chest, belly and undertail. It has a white iris and dark bill. The sexes are alike, but the juvenile has browner plumage, a brown iris and a dull yellow lower mandible. There are no subspecies. This species has a number of calls, but the most familiar is a wheezing cree wee creewoo . There is also a loud whistle and a metallic song. Behaviour Breeding The Fischer s Starling usually nests in thorn trees, typically 2.5 m above the ground. The roofed nest is made from grasses and lined with feathers. It has a ramp and opening in its side. Up to six red spotted blue eggs make up the clutch, and are laid in April to May and September to November. Both parents feed the chicks, assisted by helpers, which are typically subadult or unmated birds. Feeding Like other starlings, the Fischer s Starling is an omnivore , and sometimes takes fruit and berries, but its diet is mainly insect s, taken from the ground. It normally forages alone or in pairs, but will form mixed flocks with Wattled Starling s. References Freare and Craig, Starlings and Mynas ISBN 0 7136 3961 X Category Birds of Africa Category Sturnidae eo Fi era sturno fr Spr o de Fischer ... more details
Taxobox name Norfolk Starling status EX extinct 1923 image Aplonis fusca fusca.jpg image width 250px image caption Norfolk Island Tasman Starling Aplonis fusca fusca , Male ? from Drawings of birds chiefly from Australia, 1791 1792 . regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passerine Passeriformes familia Starling Sturnidae genus Aplonis species Aplonis fusca A. fusca subspecies A. f. fusca trinomial Aplonis fusca fusca trinomial authority John Gould Gould , 1836 The Norfolk Starling Aplonis fusca fusca , was a small bird in the starling family. It is the extinction extinct nominate subspecies of the Tasman Starling , the only other subspecies being the Lord Howe Starling Aplonis fusca hulliana . Distribution The Norfolk Starling was confined to Norfolk Island , an Australia n territory in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand . Description Image Norfolk Island Tasman Starling.jpg thumb left Norfolk Island Tasman Starling Aplonis fusca fusca , Female ? from Drawings of birds chiefly from Australia, 1791 1792 . The Norfolk Starling was 20 cm long. The wing length was 9.8 cm to 10.3 cm, the length of the tail was 6.3 to 6.8 cm, the length of the culmen 1.3 cm and tarsus was 2.5 cm. It was generally greyish brown. The males were glossy metallic green from head to the throat. The back, the rump, the uppertail coverts, the wing coverts, and underparts were grey, but undertail coverts were whitish. The bill was black and the eyes orange red. The females were coloured similar but the greenish gloss were slightly duller and a grey throat contrasted with pale brownish flanks. The under breast was washed ochraceous. The abdomen and the undertail coverts were yellowish white. Extinction The reasons for its extinction are unclear. Competition from introduced European starlings, song thrushs and common blackbirds, overhunting ...?oid 711023 Norfolk Island Starling. Aplonis fusca. by Paul Martinson. Artwork produced ... more details
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Starling s are a family of birds. Starling may also refer to NOTOC Animal The Starling pigeon Starling pigeon breed People Clarice Starling , a fictional character and the protagonist of The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal Ernest Starling , English physiologist known for developing the Starling equation and the Starling resistor Geoff Starling , Australian rugby league footballer Jim Starling , a series of novels for children written by Edmund Wallace Hildick Starling, a fictional character in the animated television show Storm Hawks The Starlings , 1990s alternative rock band The Starlings, a coloratura soprano duo from the 1930 40s Place Starling, Greater Manchester, a settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury , England Vehicles Armstrong Whitworth Starling , a 1920s British fighter aircraft HMS Starling U66 HMS Starling , a Black Swan class sloop WWII ship Starling dinghy , a sailing dinghy Other Starling architecture , a defensive bulwark, usually built with pilings or bricks, surrounding the supports or piers of a bridge or similar construction can also be spelt sterling Starling software , a light weight persistent queue server that speaks the MemCache protocol Starling, a member of the Birds of Prey comics Birds of Prey in DC Comics STARLING, a macrocomparativistical etymological online database established by Sergei Starostin disambig de Starling pt Starling ... more details
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Taxobox name Singing Starling status LC status system IUCN3.1 image regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo passerine Passeriformes familia Starling Sturnidae genus Aplonis species A. cantoroides binomial Aplonis cantoroides binomial authority George Robert Gray Gray , 1862 The Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides is a medium sized 20 cm in length starling . Description Adult Singing Starlings have glossy black plumage and bright red irises. Immature birds are paler, with streaked underparts and brown irises. They are distinguished from MetallicStarling s by shorter, square tails and thicker bills. Distribution and habitat Singing Starlings are found in New Guinea and someadjacent islands, the Bismarck Archipelago , Admiralty Islands and Solomon Islands . They have been recorded from Boigu Island, Queensland Boigu and Saibai Island, Queensland Saibai Islands, Queensland , Australia n territory in north western Torres Strait . They inhabit forest edges, gardens and cultivated areas with trees, urban areas and coconut groves. Behaviour Feeding They eat ficus fig s and other soft fruits, and sometimes insects. Breeding They nest in tree hollows, cliffs and buildings, often colonially, laying 2 3 pale blue eggs. Call The call is a repeated, high pitched, down slurred whistle. Conservation As a species with a large range and no evidence of population decline, it is assessed as being of Least Concern . References FieldianaZool31 31. Beehler, Bruce M. & Finch, Brian W. 1985 . Species Checklist of the Birds of New Guinea . RAOU Monograph No.1. Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union Melbourne. ISBN 0 9599823 2 9 Beehler, Bruce M. Pratt, Thane K. & Zimmerman, Dale A. 1986 . Birds of New Guinea . Wau Ecology Handbook No.9. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0 691 02394 8 BirdLife International. 2006 . Species factsheet Aplonis cantoroides . Downloaded from http www.birdlife.org on 4 Feb 2007 Coates, Brian J. 1990 . The Birds of Papua New Guinea. Vol.II ... more details
Salvadori had already named another starling Calornis inornata ref Today, this bird is classified as Aplonis metallica inornata , the subspecies of the MetallicStarling occurring on the Cenderawasih ...Taxobox name Mysterious Starling status EX status system IUCN3.1 extinct mid 19th century regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Sturnidae genus Aplonis species A. mavornata binomial Aplonis mavornata binomial authority Walter Buller Buller , 1887 synonyms Sturnus mautiensis br small Bloxam, 1825 nomen nudum small Aplonis inornata br small Richard Bowdler Sharpe Sharpe , 1890 non Tommaso Salvadori Salvadori , 1880 unjustified emendation small Aplonis ulietensis br small Richard Bowdler Sharpe Sharpe , 1906 non Johann Friedrich Gmelin Gmelin , 1789 small The Mysterious Starling or Mauke Starling Aplonis mavornata was a species of starling found on the island of Mauke , Cook Islands . It is now extinct . The binomen is the result of Walter Buller Buller s misreading of the name inornata on the specimen label. As he seems to have genuinely believed ... closest relative is the Rarotonga Starling , which is larger and has a greyish body plumage ... Starling s subspecies tenebrosus of Niuatoputapu and Tafahi, Tonga alternatively, it looks much like a much nearly one third smaller, yellow eyed version of the Samoan Starling . Extinction The only ... in an account of the Striated Starling referring to the unique specimen is barely sufficient and his ... where it is only mentioned that they ...saw ... a starling... without any details and especially no reference to a specimen, the true origin of the Mysterious Starling was long overlooked. In an ironic ... of mysterious starling from Pacific islands. References IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International ... An early account of some birds from Mauke, Cook Islands, and the origin of the mysterious starling ... &chkill &chkpor &chkarc &chkfos &chkspe &chksem &chkmodrel Photos of mysterious starling ... more details
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