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The black-faced hawk is a medium-sized hawk with black and white plumage. It has a white underbelly, a large white head streaked with some black and a characteristic black "mask". [2] Below the black mask, it has a dark orange cere and a black tipped bill. [2] The back of the hawk is dark all the way down to the tail with some mottling. However ...
The Egyptian plover is found across equatorial Africa and along the Nile River. It has a mutualistic relationship with Nile crocodiles by eating food and parasites from their opened mouths. This is also reflected in the Ancient Egyptian name of the bird according to a Demotic dreambook (papyrus Vienna D 6104): b3k msh "servant of the crocodile".
Coptic art displays a mix of Egyptian and Hellenistic influences. [3] Subjects and symbols were taken from both Greek and Egyptian mythology, sometimes altered to fit Christian beliefs. Persia and Syria also influenced Coptic and Hellenistic art, though to a lesser extent, leaving images such as the peacock and the griffin.
Tricolour made of three equal horizontal bands—coloured red (top), white (middle) and black (bottom)—with the golden Hawk of Quraysh centered in the white band. [1] 1958–1972: Flag of Egypt as part of the United Arab Republic due to the unity between Egypt and Syria, under the rule of President Gamal Abd El Nasser.
Even when considered a jackal, Wepwawet usually was shown with grey, or white fur, reflecting his lupine origins. In rare cases, he appeared in fully human form. however there is some academic debate as to whether the grey pigmentation is authentic with some scolars disputing this and stating that he was most often depicted with black fur, like ...
The wings are black with a noticeable white leading edge, and the bird has a brownish tail barred black-dark grey and with white tip. The iris is orange in adults and greyish in juveniles, the feet pale to bright yellow with black talons. The bill is black with a yellow cere. [3] The sexes are alike in color, but the female is larger.
The African hawk-eagle is powerfully built and hunts small to medium-sized mammals and birds predominantly, occasionally taking reptiles and other prey as well. [4] The call is a shrill kluu-kluu-kluu. [5] The African hawk-eagle is considered a fairly stable species and a species of Least Concern per the IUCN. [1]
A dark morph black sparrowhawk in flight A subadult black sparrowhawk. Typically, both sexes of the black sparrowhawk have a predominantly black plumage with a white throat, breast and belly. [5] These white-breasted individuals are known as "white morphs" which are in the majority over most of the birds' range.