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The Italian sparrow is the national bird of Italy.. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Italy.This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (English, scientific, and Italian names) follow those of the Handbook of the Birds of the World & BirdLife International Checklist.
The Italian sparrow (Passer italiae), also known as the cisalpine sparrow, is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in Italy and other parts of the Mediterranean region. In appearance, it is intermediate between the house sparrow , and the Spanish sparrow , a species of the Mediterranean and Central Asia closely related to ...
The Italian fauna includes 56,213 species of invertebrates, of which 37,303 species of insects. [22] Commonly seen insects in Italy are the sail swallowtail , the scarlet dragonfly , Cleopatra butterfly , European praying mantis , cicada , glow-worm , hummingbird hawk-moth , Italian stinkbug , firebug , field cricket , European hornet , cuckoo ...
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] ... Italian sparrow; Itatiaia spinetail;
The common name of the bird commemorates the Italian ornithologist and collector Franco Andrea Bonelli. Bonelli is credited with gathering the type specimen, most likely from an exploration of Sardinia. [3] [4] Some antiquated texts also refer to this species as the crestless hawk-eagle. [5]
The four species of avocets / ˈ æ v ə s ɛ t / are a genus, Recurvirostra, of waders in the same avian family as the stilts. The genus name comes from Latin recurvus, 'curved backwards' and rostrum, 'bill'. [1] The common name is thought to derive from the Italian word avosetta. Francis Willughby in 1678 noted it as the "Avosetta of the ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Vatican City.The avifauna of Vatican City include a total of 103 species.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.
Tetrao is a genus of birds in the grouse subfamily known as capercaillies. They are some of the largest living grouse. They are some of the largest living grouse. Feathers from the bird were used to create the characteristic hat of the bersaglieri , an Italian ace infantry formation.