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As far as is known, the Portuguese never mentioned the bird. Nevertheless, some sources still state that the word dodo derives from the Portuguese word doudo (currently doido), meaning "fool" or "crazy". It has also been suggested that dodo was an onomatopoeic approximation of the bird's call, a two-note pigeon-like sound resembling "doo-doo". [32]
State coat of arms: Coat of arms of Texas: 1993 National guard crest Crest of the Texas National Guard: February 18, 1924 Flower: Bluebonnets (Lupinus spp., namely Texas bluebonnet, L. texensis and sandy land bluebonnet L. subcarnosus) [1] March 1901 [3] Tree: Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) 1919 Soil: Houston Black: Bird: Northern mockingbird ...
A common name of the genus is bird of paradise flower/plant, because of a resemblance of its flowers to birds-of-paradise. In South Africa, it is commonly known as a crane flower . Two of the species, S. nicolai and S. reginae , are frequently grown as houseplants . [ 5 ]
The state motto and seal have been official since Virginia declared its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Virginia is one of only two states (the other being Mississippi with the Magnolia) to have the same plant for state flower and state tree, the Flowering Dogwood. [1] Most of the symbols were made official in the late 20th century.
The males and females do not vary in external appearance, but males tend to be slightly larger than females. [5] The plumage of cranes varies by habitat. Species inhabiting vast, open wetlands tend to have more white in their plumage than do species that inhabit smaller wetlands or forested habitats, which tend to be more grey. These white ...
Robin egg blue is a color named after the color of the bird's eggs. [6] The American robin is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan, and Wisconsin. [50] It was also depicted on the 1986 Birds of Canada series Canadian $2 note (this note was subsequently withdrawn.) [51] [52] It has a place in Native American mythology.
Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) is Oklahoma's official state wildflower. Senate Concurrent Resolution 101 (1972) designated the buffalo (Bison bison) as Oklahoma's state mammal. In 1979, the Oklahoma State Senate named the 76-foot-tall (23 m) Golden Driller as the state monument (SCR23, 1979).
A male northern flicker in Roslyn, New York. The northern flicker or common flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a medium-sized bird of the woodpecker family. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands, and is one of the few woodpecker species that migrate.