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A. agami. Binomial name. Agamia agami. (Gmelin, 1789) Global range. The agami heron (Agamia agami) is a medium-sized heron. It is a resident breeding bird from Central America south to Peru and Brazil. It is sometimes known as the chestnut-bellied heron, and is the only member of the genus Agamia. In Brazil it is sometimes called Soco beija ...
White-crested tiger heron: Tigriornis leucolopha (Jardine, 1846) 1 Rufescent tiger heron: Tigrisoma lineatum (Boddaert, 1783) 2 Bare-throated tiger heron: Tigrisoma mexicanum Swainson, 1834: 3 Fasciated tiger heron: Tigrisoma fasciatum (Such, 1825) 4 Boat-billed heron: Cochlearius cochlearius (Linnaeus, 1766) 5 Agami heron: Agamia agami (Gmelin ...
Living species Nycticorax T. Forster, 1817 – typical night herons: ... 1853 – Agami heron: Agami heron, Agamia agami; Pilherodius Reichenbach, ...
The king rail, endangered in Michigan. There are 42 threatened species and subspecies of birds in Michigan. Of these, 18 are listed as species of special concern, 14 as threatened and 9 as endangered. One additional species is listed as extinct in Michigan, although it previously had a population in the state.
The campus of Michigan State University is located in East Lansing on the banks of the Red Cedar River, and comprises a contiguous area of 5,200 acres (21 km 2), 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2) of which are developed. Built amid virgin forest, the campus opened in 1855 with three buildings, none of which remain. As an agricultural college, the campus ...
Coordinates: 42.0308°N 84.1066°W. Hidden Lake Gardens colloquially known as Hidden Lake 755 acres (3.06 km 2), is a botanical garden and an arboretum operated by Michigan State University situated in the Irish Hills of southeast Michigan. The Gardens are known for their large collection of native and nonnative trees, shrubs and flowers.
The MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory (PRL), commonly referred to as Plant Research Lab , is a research institute funded to a large extent by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science and located at Michigan State University (MSU) in East Lansing, Michigan. The Plant Research Lab was founded in 1965, and it currently includes twelve ...
The college is named in honor of Lyman James Briggs, who attended Michigan State Agricultural College from 1889 to 1893.. Lyman Briggs College addresses the modern dilemma described by C. P. Snow's "Two Cultures" by educating STEM students in the natural sciences as well as the humanities and social sciences, effectively attempting to create a curriculum of "liberal sciences."