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The entirely extinct prehistoric species V. downsi is closely related to the southern lapwing found in California; its remains have been found at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. Separated by the Rocky Mountains, V. downsi makes an unlikely ancestor to the southern lapwing, but it is certainly possible that it was a northwestern sister ...
Folio 46v of the Laudario di Cortona, with the song "Plangiamo quel crudel basciar[e]" The Laudario di Cortona (Cortona, Biblioteca del Comune e dell'Accademia Etrusca, Ms. 91) is a musical codex from the second half of the 13th century containing a collection of laude.
Cielito lindo, los corazones. Pájaro que abandona, Cielito lindo, su primer nido, Si lo encuentra ocupado, Cielito lindo, bien merecido. (Estribillo) Ese lunar que tienes, Cielito lindo, junto a la boca, No se lo des a nadie, Cielito lindo, que a mí me toca. (Estribillo) Una flecha en el aire, Cielito lindo, lanzó Cupido. Si la tiró jugando,
The Cu bird (Spanish: pájaro cu or cú) is a bird from a Mexican folktale that is unhappy with its looks. According to the legend, the other birds agreed to the barn owl's proposal to give the Cu bird one feather each and in return asked it to become the messenger of the bird council. But the bird soon started neglecting its task because ...
A passerine (/ ˈ p æ s ə r aɪ n /) is any bird of the order Passeriformes (/ ˈ p æ s ə r ɪ f ɔːr m iː z /; from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped') which includes more than half of all bird species.
Elephant birds have been extinct since at least the 17th century. Étienne de Flacourt, a French governor of Madagascar during the 1640s and 1650s, mentioned an ostrich-like bird, said to inhabit unpopulated regions, although it is unclear whether he was repeating folk tales from generations earlier.
The Obscene Bird of Night (Spanish: El obsceno pájaro de la noche, 1970) is the most acclaimed novel by the Chilean writer José Donoso. [1] Donoso was a member of the Latin American literary boom and the literary movement known as magical realism .
"Lo Que Más" is a piano and cello [1] ballad [2] with a sorrowful melody. [3] In the lyrics, Shakira bids farewell to her ex Antonio de la Rúa , and reflects a once-perfect relationship that has now grown weary, devoid of any chance for revival.