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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 ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are ...
Although the authors stressed that their work was "a first edition", [1]: 11 in 2009, the IOC decided not to supplement the book with a revised print edition. Instead, the list of English names is now published electronically on the IOC World Bird List website. [22] A page on the website tabulates the spread of the list. [23]
Articles relating to avian humanoids in folklore and fiction, people with the characteristics of birds. Subcategories This category has the following 23 subcategories, out of 23 total.
The American Ornithological Society said it is trying to address years of controversy over a list of bird names that include human names deemed offensive. ... and other people of color, including ...
In total there are about 11,000 species of birds described as of 2024, [1] though one estimate of the real number places it at almost 20,000. [2] The order passerines (perching birds) alone accounts for well over 5,000 species. Taxonomy is very fluid in the age of DNA analysis, so comments are made where appropriate, and all numbers are ...
A Cooper's Hawk perches on a utility line. This is one of the many birds that will receive a new name. The American Ornithological Society announced it is renaming all birds named after people ...
As of January 9th 2025 according to the iGoTerra website, there are 18 birders who have added 9,000 or more species of birds to their life lists. An additional 15 birders have added at least 8,000 species of life birds. Note: all known sources of bird species life list data are self-reported. Birders with over 8,000 species include: