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Timor Sparrow
The Timor sparrow (''Padda fuscata''), also known as Timor dusky sparrow, is a small passerine bird. The bird inhabits the grasslands and lowlands of the Timor archipelago with its distribution typically sparse. Its diet consists mainly of rice and seeds and is considered a rice pest in Timor-Leste. The Timor sparrow is closely related to the Java sparrow and is listed as near threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Taxonomy It was formerly classified in the genus ''Lonchura'', and some taxonomists still place this species, along with the Java sparrow, in that genus. Description The Timor sparrow is an approximately long, plump dark brown songbird with a large silvery-blue bill, white cheek, pink feet and creamy-white belly. Both sexes are similar. Its appearance resembles the closely related Java sparrow, but it is smaller and has different coloured plumage. Distribution and habitat The Timor sparrow is restricted to Timor-Leste, West Timor, and the nearby isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baucau Municipality
Baucau (, ) is a municipality, and was formerly a district, of East Timor, on the northern coast in the eastern part of the country. The capital is also called Baucau (formerly Vila Salazar). The population of the municipality is 111,694 (census 2010) and it has an area of 1,506 km2. Etymology The word ''Baucau'' is derived from the word "Akau", which means "pig" in the local Waimoa language. During the Portuguese colonial era, the name of the district was transformed, first into ''Macau'' and finally into ''Baucau''. An alternative name for the Baucau community is ''Wailia-Wailewa'', meaning the "great water spring of Wai Lia". In the Wai Lia area (part of the '' suco'' of ), a large spring is located under large trees; it is both an animist and a Christian holy place. In 1936, the Portuguese colonial authorities renamed what was then the district of Baucau as "São Domingos". However, that name, like other imperial-sounding names adopted in the colony at about that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rote Island
Rote Island (, also spelled ''Roti'') is an island of Indonesia, part of the East Nusa Tenggara Provinces of Indonesia, province of the Lesser Sunda Islands. According to legend, this island got its name accidentally when a lost Portuguese people, Portuguese sailor arrived and asked a farmer where he was. The surprised farmer, who could not speak Portuguese, introduced himself, "Rote". About 80% of the people of Rote Island in Indonesia are Christian. Christianity is an important part of the community. Geography Rote lies 500 km (310.686 miles) northwest of the Australian coast and 150 km (105.633 miles) north of the Ashmore and Cartier Islands. The island is situated to the southwest of the larger island of Timor. To the north is the Savu Sea, and to the south is the Timor Sea. To the west lie Savu and Sumba. The uninhabited Pamana Island, ''Pamana'' (or ''Ndana'') island, just south of Rote, with an area of , is the southernmost island of Indonesia. Along with some o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Near Threatened Biota Of Oceania
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Near Threatened Biota Of Asia
NEAR or Near may refer to: People * Thomas J. Near, US evolutionary ichthyologist * Near, a developer who created the higan emulator Science, mathematics, technology, biology, and medicine * National Emergency Alarm Repeater (NEAR), a former alarm device to warn civilians of a foreign nuclear attack on the United States * National Emergency Airway Registry (NEAR), a patient registry for intubations in the United States * Nicking enzyme amplification reaction (NEAR), a method of DNA amplification * NEAR Protocol, a layer-1 blockchain * NEAR Shoemaker, a spacecraft that studied the near-Earth asteroid Eros * Nearness or proximity space *"Near", a city browser by NearGlobal * Near space, the upper atmosphere below outer space Television, film, music, and books * Near (Death Note) The manga series ''Death Note'' features an extensive cast of fictional characters designed by Takeshi Obata with their storylines created by Tsugumi Ohba."How to Think." ''Death Note: How to Read ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Near Threatened Animals
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Padda
'' Padda '' is a genus of estrildid finches restricted to islands in southern Indonesia and Timor-Leste. These are small, plump, gregarious passerine birds. They frequent open grassland and cultivation and feed mainly on grain and other seeds, including rice. Both species have white-cheeked black heads and thick bills. The sexes are similar, but immature birds have brown upperparts and paler brown underparts and cheeks. The call of both species is a ''chip'', and the song is a raid series of call notes ''chipchipchipchipchipchip''. Taxonomy The genus ''Padda'' was introduced in 1850 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach for the Java sparrow. The word "Padda" was used as an English name for the Java sparrow by George Edwards in 1743 and may come from the Malay word ''padi'' meaning "rice". Species The species are: Java sparrow is a popular cagebird, and has been introduced in a large number of other countries. Both ''Padda'' species are threatened by trapping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birds Of The Lesser Sunda Islands
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight Bird skeleton, skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the bee hummingbird to the common ostrich. There are over 11,000 living species and they are split into 44 Order (biology), orders. More than half are passerine or "perching" birds. Birds have Bird wing, wings whose development varies according to species; the only known groups without wings are the extinct moa and elephant birds. Wings, which are modified forelimbs, gave birds the ability to fly, although further evolution has led to the Flightless bird, loss of flight in some birds, including ratites, penguins, and diverse endemism, endemic island species. The digestive and respiratory systems of birds are also uniquely a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casuarina
''Casuarina'', also known as she-oak, Australian pine and native pine, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Casuarinaceae, and is native to Australia, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, islands of the western Pacific Ocean, and eastern Africa. Plants in the genus ''Casuarina'' are monoecious or dioecious trees with green, pendulous, photosynthetic branchlets, the leaves reduced to small scales arranged in whorls around the branchlets, the male and female flowers arranged in separate spikes, the fruit a cone containing grey or yellowish-brown winged seeds. Description Plants in the genus ''Casuarina'' are dioecious trees (apart from ''C. equisetifolia'' that is monoecious), with fissured or scaly greyish-brown to black bark. They have soft, pendulous, green, photosynthetic branchlets, the leaves reduced to scale-like leaves arranged in whorls of 5 to 20 around the branchlets. The branchlets are segmented at each whorl with deep furrows that conceal the stomates. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eucalyptus Alba
''Eucalyptus alba'', commonly known as white gum, khaki gum or poplar gum, is a species of tree that is native to Australia, Timor, and New Guinea. It has smooth bark, lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and conical to hemispherical fruits. Description ''Eucalyptus alba'' is a tree which grows to a height of with a spreading crown wide. The trunk is often bent and has smooth pinkish red to white or cream-coloured, powdery bark. The leaves on young plants are arranged alternately, egg-shaped to more or less round, long and wide. The adult leaves are egg-shaped to lance-shaped, long and wide with both sides a similar shade of green. The flower buds are arranged in groups of seven on a peduncle long. The buds are oval to more or less spherical, with an operculum long and wide, similar in dimension to the floral cup. White flowers appear from August to November and are sometimes profuse. The fruit are cone-shaped to hemispheric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laivai River
This is a list of rivers in Timor-Leste. The list is arranged by catchment, drainage basin or watershed from west to east, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Overview Timor-Leste has over 100 rivers arising in its highlands and discharging into its coastal zone. The country also has 29 main river systems – 12 in its north and 17 in its south. As the island of Timor is small and Timor-Leste's topography is steep, the rivers are short and drain quickly, with fast flowing discharges. Almost all of Timor-Leste's creeks and rivers originate in its central mountain range or ridge, which dominates the country. The mountain range extends from Tatamailau, or Tata Mailau, sometimes referred as Mount Ramelau () in the west to the in the east, and includes Ira Lalaro (), the country's largest lake. A drainage divide trends along it, approximately from southwest to northeast; rain falling north of the divide flows northwards, and that falling to its s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
