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Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden: Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians is the work for which Waheenee is best known. Originally titled Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians: An Indian Interpretation, the book is a compilation of information from Buffalo Bird Woman about Hidatsa harvesting practices. The interviews which make up the majority of the ...
The genus name means "lizard born from fire" from Tupi ara "born" and atá "fire," and Greek saurus "lizard". The name refers to the National Museum of Brazil fire, which the holotype survived unscathed. The species name also is the Portuguese name of the museum. [23] Aratinga: parakeet: Tupi: Ará tinga means "bright bird" or "bright parrot". [24]
Bird goddess – Vinca figures of a woman with a bird head. Cuca - A creature from Brazilian folklore and female counterpart of the Coco that is depicted as a witch with the head of an alligator. It will catch and eat children that disobey their parents. Gamayun – A Russian creature portrayed with the head of a woman and the body of a bird.
Sabrina Doyle, of Massachusetts, is hoping the public can help her find her lost parrot, Duckie, who flew away from her during a walk along Marginal Way in Ogunquit, Maine, on Saturday, July 6, 2024.
Dozens of bird species will have their English names changed in an attempt to avoid associations with “historic bias” and exclusionary practices.. The American Ornithological Society (AOS ...
Kurangaituku is a supernatural being in Māori mythology who is part-woman and part-bird. [21] Lamassu from Mesopotamian mythology, a winged tutelary deity with a human head, the body of a bull or a lion, and bird wings. Lei Gong, a Chinese thunder god often depicted as a bird man. [22] The second people of the world in Southern Sierra Miwok ...
The American Ornithological Society has announced plans to change the names of bird species named after people to dissociate the animals from problematic eponyms. Nearly 80 bird species names with ...
Parrots, also known as psittacines (/ ˈ s ɪ t ə s aɪ n z /), [1] [2] are the 402 species of birds that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions, of which 387 are extant. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoidea ("true" parrots), the Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and the ...