Ciconiiformes
Ciconiiformes (herons, storks, ibises, spoonbills, flamingos; class Aves) An order of medium to large wading birds, many of which have specialized bills. Their toes are unwebbed or partially webbed and the middle claw is often
pectinate. There are six families:
Ardeidae,
Cochleariidae,
Balaenicipitidae,
Ciconiidae,
Threskiornithidae, and
Phoenicopteridae. They are found worldwide.
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Foraging sociability of nesting wading birds (Ciconiiformes) at Lake Okeechobee, Florida.
Magazine article from: Wilson Bulletin; 9/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; Researchers often have debated the issue of whether or not species benefit from colonial nesting because individual birds can exploit con-specifics or similar species for information about profitable foraging locations (Ward and Zahavi 1973, Krebs 1974, Ogden 1978, Custer and Osbom 1978, Pratt
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Pests of Stored Foodstuffs and Their Control.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Food Trade Review; 9/1/2003; 536 words
; ...Types of pests; Types of damage; Storage structures; Food and produce transportation; Pests: Class Mammalia; Pests: Class Aves; Pests: Phylum Mollusca (Class Gastropoda); Pests: Class Arachnida; Pests: Class Insecta; Pests: Phylum Platyhelminthes...
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Hokkaido University publishes research in chromosome research.
Newspaper article from: Science Letter; 3/17/2009; 700+ words
; ...DMRT1-CHD1-GHR-ATP5A1, indicating that the origin of ZW chromosomes in G. hokouensis is the same as that in the class Aves, but is different from that in the suborder Ophidia. These results suggest that in reptiles the origin of sex chromosomes...
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The avian cecum: a review.
Magazine article from: Wilson Bulletin; 3/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...fingerlike in shape, looking much like simple lateral extensions of the intestine, but some are complex in structure. Within the Class Aves, ceca range in size from very long to very short, or they may be entirely absent (Table 1). Unlike the case in almost...
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Personal insurance property damage caused by animal is reviewed
Magazine article from: Rough Notes; 3/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...meanings of the words with which we are concerned. His findings are as follows: A bird is "any warm blooded vertebrate of the class aves, having a body covered with feathers and forelimbs modified into wings." Vermin are "noxious or objectionable animals...
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New molecular biology findings from University of South Carolina described.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Life Science Weekly; 1/6/2009; 700+ words
; "Both mean genomes size and the variance in genome size among species are smaller on average in birds (class Aves) than in the other tetrapod classes. In order to test whether loss of protein-coding genes has contributed to genome size reduction...
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POETRY IT'S NOT
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/4/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...helpful. Sparrows and finches do belong to the same family (Fringillidae) of the perching birds (order Passeriformes, class Aves), but they are different enough to be classified in separate genuses. The genus and species designations of the purple...
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Studies from Max Planck Institute for Ornithology update current data on life sciences.
Newspaper article from: Life Science Weekly; 10/14/2008; 696 words
; ...genes belonging to a large gene clade, termed gamma-c, the expansion of which appears to be a shared characteristic of class Aves," wrote S.S. Steiger and colleagues, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology. The researchers concluded: "In summary...
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Ichthyornis sp. (Aves: Ichthyornithiformes) from the lower Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) of western Kansas.
Magazine article from: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to properly document the specimen. [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] SYSTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGY Class Aves Order Ichthyornithiformes Family Ichthyornithidae Genus Ichthyornis Marsh 1872 Ichthyornis sp. Material FHSM VP-2139...
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Reports from Prescott College add new data to research in wildlife research.
Newspaper article from: Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 2/20/2009; 700+ words
; ...from the United States, I studied the recurrence of similar plumage-pat tern elements in distantly related taxa across class Aves and examined whether such pattern elements are associated with morphological features, such as body size and anterior emphasis...
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Ciconiiformes
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Ciconiiformes ( herons , storks , ibises , spoonbills , flamingos ; class Aves ) An order of medium to large wading birds, many of which have...
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Phoenicopteridae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Phoenicopteridae ( flamingos ; class Aves , order Ciconiiformes ) A family of large, white, pink, and vermilion birds which have black wing tips, very long necks and legs, short, webbed...
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ibises
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
ibises See CICONIIFORMES ; THRESKIORNITHIDAE .
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spoonbills
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
spoonbills See CICONIIFORMES ; THRESKIORNITHIDAE .
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Threskiornithidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Threskiornithidae ( ibises , spoonbills ; class Aves , order Ciconiiformes ) A family of medium to large birds which have white, grey-brown, or greenish-black plumage. Their bills are either long...
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