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Synonyms. Ardea ciconia Linnaeus, 1758. The white stork ( Ciconia ciconia) is a large bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on the bird's wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average 100–115 cm (39–45 in) from beak tip to end of tail, with a 155–215 cm (61–85 ...
Romani people. The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani ( / ˈroʊməni / ROH-mə-nee or / ˈrɒməni / ROM-ə-nee) and colloquially known as the Roma ( sg.: Rom ), are an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin [ 74][ 75][ 76] who traditionally lived a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle.
The nest, referred to as the "oven" (which gives the bird its name), is a domed structure placed on the ground, woven from vegetation, and containing a side entrance. The female usually lays 4-5 eggs speckled with brown or gray. Only the female incubates, for 11-14 days. Young are altricial and are fed by both parents.
Falco chrysaëtos Linnaeus, 1758. Falco fulvus Linnaeus, 1758. The golden eagle ( Aquila chrysaetos) is a bird of prey living in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the most widely distributed species of eagle. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. They are one of the best-known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere.
He found a beautiful baby girl and carried her home, laying her in a pail to call his wife near his home. An eagle carried the child off for its eaglets to eat, but they nestled up to her instead. A lindworm came to eat them, but something killed it. The eagle raised her with the eaglet. One day, an emperor's son saw her.
Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 30 years. Black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla (A) Sabine's gull, Xema sabini (A) Slender-billed gull, Chroicocephalus genei (A) Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus. Little gull, Hydrocoloeus minutus.
Stork. Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family Ciconiidae, and make up the order Ciconiiformes / sɪˈkoʊni.ɪfɔːrmiːz /. Ciconiiformes previously included a number of other families, such as herons and ibises, but those families have been moved to other orders. [ 2]
Map of Bessarabia from Charles Upson Clark's 1927 book Bessarabia, Russia and Romania on the Black Sea. Bessarabia[ a] ( / ˌbɛsəˈreɪbiə /) is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Bessarabia lies within modern-day Moldova, with the Budjak region ...