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Maria Koepcke (born Maria Emilie Anna von Mikulicz-Radecki, 15 May 1924 – c. 24 December 1971) was a German ornithologist known for her work with Neotropical bird species. Koepcke was a well-respected authority in South American ornithology and her work is still referenced today. For her efforts, she is commemorated in the scientific names of ...
The sheathbills are a family of birds, Chionidae.Classified in the wader order Charadriiformes, the family consists of one genus, Chionis with two species. They breed on subantarctic islands and the Antarctic Peninsula, and the snowy sheathbill migrates to the Falkland Islands and coastal southern South America in the southern winter; they are the only bird family endemic as breeders to the ...
Juliane Margaret Beate Koepcke (born 10 October 1954), is a German-Peruvian mammalogist who specialises in bats. The daughter of German zoologists Maria and Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke, lightning struck the 1971 LANSA Flight 508 where she became the sole survivor of the crash. She fell 3,000 m (10,000 ft) while strapped to her seat and suffered ...
The Golden eagle (Steinadler) is the national bird of Germany. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Germany.The avifauna of Germany includes a total of 527 confirmed species as of December 2016, according to the German Ornithologists' Society (Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft (DO-G), published in October 2019; [1] four more were added up to 2021. [2]
This is a list of bird species recorded in South America. South America is the "Bird Continent": It boasts records of 3492 species, more than any other. (Much larger Eurasia is second with 3467.) Colombia's list alone numbers 1910 confirmed species, and both Brazil's and Peru's confirmed lists also exceed 1860.
At the end of 2017 a population of about 250 birds was estimated. They are regarded as "domestic" and thus protected from hunting. [26] In the autumn of 2018, the German population grew to 566 individuals, [27] and hunting of the birds was allowed; additionally, the population was reduced by destroying eggs during breeding season. [28]
Migration takes from 40–70 days; much of this time is made up of stopovers, where birds will remain at one individual location for 2–18 days. [30] The non-breeding range covers a broad area of northern South America, and extends southwards along the Andes mountains. Individuals have been found as far south as Bolivia, while in the north it ...
Pages in category "Lists of birds of South America" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...