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A rare species is a group of organisms that are very uncommon, scarce, or infrequently encountered. This designation may be applied to either a plant or animal taxon , and is distinct from the term endangered or threatened .
In the second century, the Roman poet Juvenal made a sarcastic reference to a good woman being a "rare bird, as rare on earth as a black swan" (black swans being completely unknown in the Northern Hemisphere until Dutch explorers reached Australia in the 1600s), from which comes the Latin phrase rara avis (rare bird). [44]
Rara avis is a Latin phrase for 'rare bird'. Rara avis may refer to: Rara Avis, Mississippi, an American ghost town; Rara Avis, an artwork by Ralph Helmick; Rara avis, a 2005 exhibition about Iris Apfel; RARA AVIS, a musical ensemble featuring Ken Vandermark; Rara Avis, a 1985 documentary about Bridget Bate Tichenor
A rare species of bird has been found breeding in Herefordshire for the first time in 140 years. A pair of hawfinches were recorded in woodland by a local ornithologist.
The rare green honeycreeper bird was spotted on a farm at a nature reserve near Manizales, Colombia, researchers say. It had aqua-blue feathers on one half and yellow-green plumage on the other ...
The bird was spotted in central Levy County, about a 120-mile drive north from Tampa. Huge sea creature breaches as ranger is puzzled by rare silence off California island
The Araripe manakin (Antilophia bokermanni) is a very rare bird that was discovered only in the late 20th century; it is not known from anywhere outside the characteristic forest that grows on the Chapada do Araripe soils formed ultimately from Crato and Santana Formation rocks.
Sighting of rare bird has Texas city watching out for colorful ‘tyrant,’ photos show. Tropical creature makes ‘rare’ stop in Michigan, officials say. See it snack on snails.