Taxobox name Varied Thrush status LC status system IUCN3.1 image Zoothera naevia 31224.JPG image caption Male regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Turdidae genus Ixoreus species I. naevius binomial Ixoreus naevius binomial authority Johann Friedrich Gmelin Gmelin , 1789 synonyms Zoothera naevia The Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius or Zoothera naevia is a member of the Thrush bird thrush family Turdidae. It breeds in western North America from Alaska to northern California . It is bird migration migratory , with northern breeders moving south within or somewhat beyond the breeding range. Other populations may only move altitudinally. File Ixoreus naevius ..., foraging for invertebrates, but also eats berries and some seeds. The male Varied Thrush ... abilities of this thrush. br clear all Photos gallery Image varied thrush.jpg Varied thrush ... for why this species is of least concern wikispecies Zoothera naevia Commons Zoothera naevia Varied Thrush External links http audubon print.com mountain mocking bird and varied thrush.html Mountain Mocking Bird and Varied Thrush by John Audubon http vireo.acnatsci.org search.html?Form Search&SEARCHBY Common&KEYWORDS varied thrush&showwhat images&AGE All&SEX All&ACT All&Search Search&VIEW All&ORIENTATION All&RESULTS 24 Varied Thrush photo galley VIREO includes picture of bluish gray egg clutch eggs clutch Category Zoothera Category Native birds of Alaska Thrush, Varied Category Birds of Canada Thrush, Varied Category Native birds of Western Canada Thrush, Varied Category Birds of the United States Thrush, Varied Category Native birds of the Western United States Thrush, Varied Category Native birds of the Pacific region U.S. Thrush, Varied Category Birds of Mexico Thrush, Varied Category Birds of Baja Peninsula Mexico Thrush, Varied Category Western North American migratory birds Thrush, Varied Category Monotypic bird genera br Drask kolier louet de Halsbanddrossel eo Nigroran a ... more details
Taxobox name Varied Honeyeater image Varied honeyeater portland08.JPG status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Meliphagidae genus Lichenostomus species L. versicolor binomial Lichenostomus versicolor binomial authority John Gould Gould , 1843 synonyms The Varied Honeyeater Lichenostomus versicolor is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is found in Australia , Indonesia , and Papua New Guinea . Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forest s. References BirdLife International 2004. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 50757 all Lichenostomus versicolor . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007. Meliphagidae stub Category Lichenostomus Category Animals described in 1843 Category Birds of Australia Category Birds of New Guinea fr M liphage versicolore hu Soksz n m zev pt Lichenostomus versicolor ... more details
Taxobox name Varied Bunting status LC status system iucn3.1 status ref ref IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 54093 title Passerina versicolor downloaded 12 May 2006 ref image Passerina versicolorAOP02CA.jpg image caption Male regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passerine Passeriformes subordo Songbird Passeri infraordo Passerida familia Cardinal bird Cardinalidae genus Passerina species P. versicolor binomial Passerina versicolor binomial authority Charles Lucien Bonaparte Bonaparte , 1838 The Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor is a species of songbird in the Cardinal bird Cardinal family, Cardinalidae. The range biology range of the Varied Bunting stretches from the southern parts of Arizona , New Mexico , and Texas in the United States south throughout Mexico as far as Oaxaca . Small Disjunct distribution disjunct populations occur in the state of Chiapas in Mexico and southeastern Guatemala . ref name Audubon cite web url http web1.audubon.org science species watchlist profile.php?speciesCode varbun title Varied Bunting work 2007 Audubon ... convert 11 13 g oz . ref name LifeHistory cite web url http www.allaboutbirds.org guide Varied Bunting lifehistory title Varied Bunting Life History work All About Birds publisher Cornell Lab ... Bunting but lacking streaking on the breast. Varied Buntings inhabit deserts and xeric shrublands .... They forage on the ground for insect s, fruit , and seed s. Varied Buntings weave open cup nests ... reading Book Groschupf, K. D., and C. W. Thompson. 1998. Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor . In The Birds ... 4. p. 261 287. Woolfenden GE & Van Deventer M. 2006 . First record of the varied bunting from Florida ... Common&KEYWORDS varied bunting&showwhat images&AGE All&SEX All&ACT All&Search Search&VIEW All&ORIENTATION All&RESULTS 24 Varied Bunting photo gallery VIREO See the decent RangeMap maps, lists, etc ... breeding Resident DEFAULTSORT Bunting, Varied Category Cardinalidae Varied Bunting Category Birds of Mexico ... more details
Taxobox name Varied Triller image Varied Triller female Inskip.JPG status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Campephagidae genus Lalage genus Lalage species L. leucomela binomial Lalage leucomela binomial authority Nicholas Aylward Vigors Vigors & Thomas Horsfield Horsfield , 1827 Image Varied triller male Dayboro.JPG thumb left Photographed at Dayboro, SE Queensland, Australia The Varied Triller , Lalage leucomela like its better known relative the White winged Triller , is a smaller member of the Cuckoo shrike family, Campephagidae. Varied Trillers prefer warm, reasonably moist environments and are found in New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago , along much of the tropical and sub tropical coastal hinterland of eastern Australia , from about the Sydney area to the tip of Cape York Peninsula , in the moister part of the Kimberley region of Western Australia Kimberley , and throughout the Top End . Common to very common in the north, they are uncommon to rare in the colder south. Typical habitat is rainforest, vine forest, riverine thickets, eucalypt forest and woodland, with a particular preference for the border areas between closed and open forests. Varied Trillers work their way slowly and methodically through foliage at any level sometimes on the ground , searching in pairs or small groups for insects and fruit, and making repeated rolling contact calls almost continuously. Image Varied Triller rushck.ogg thumb 300px left Rush Creek, SE Queensland, Australia br style clear both References IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 51301 title Lalage leucomela downloaded 12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern External links http www.aviceda.org abid birdimages.php?action birdspecies&fid 69&bid 1254 ABID Images http ibc.hbw.com ibc phtml especie.phtml?idEspecie 5518 On the HBW Internet Bird Collection commonscat Lalage leucomela ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Varied Solitaire image status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Turdidae genus Myadestes species M. coloratus binomial Myadestes coloratus binomial authority Edward William Nelson Nelson , 1912 synonyms The Varied Solitaire Myadestes coloratus is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in the following countries Colombia and Panama . Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane s or . References BirdLife International 2004. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 51564 all Myadestes coloratus . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007. Category Myadestes Turdidae stub pt Myadestes coloratus ... more details
Taxobox name Varied Lorikeet image Psitteuteles versicolor Queensland 8 4c.jpg image width 300px image caption In Queensland, Australia status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Aves ordo Psittaciformes familia Psittacidae genus Psitteuteles species P. versicolor binomial Psitteuteles versicolor binomial authority Lear, 1831 synonyms The Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is Endemism endemic to northern Australia . File Psitteuteles versicolor by Edward Lear.jpg left thumb Illustration by Edward Lear Description The Varied Lorikeet is 19 cm 7.5 in long. It is mainly green with short yellow longitudinal streaks. The lores, forehead, and crown are red. The beak is red, the bare eye rings are white, the lores are bare, and the irises are orange yellow. The upper breast is mauve with longitudinal yellow streaks. The legs are bluish grey. In the female the red on the head is less extensive, and the breast has duller colours. Juveniles are much duller and are mainly green with an orange forehead, pale brown irises, and a brown beak that is orange at the base. ref name Forshaw 2006 . plate 14. Forshaw 2006 . plate 14. ref Breeding The Varied Lorikeet mates in April August and will lay 2 4 white eggs in a tree hollow with eucalyptus leaves. Range and habitat The Varied Lorikeet lives in tropical eucalypt forests, wetland and grassland areas in northern Queensland , Northern Territory and Western Australia . References Reflist BirdLife International 2004. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 47917 all Psitteuteles versicolor . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. Cited texts Cite book first Joseph M. last Forshaw authorlink Joseph Forshaw title Parrots of the World an Identification Guide others Illustrated by Frank Knight artist Frank Knight publisher Princeton University Press isbn 0691092516 page nopp yes year 2006 ... more details
In the study of learning and memory , varied practice also known as variable practice or mixed practice refers to the use of a training schedule that includes frequent changes of task so that the performer is constantly confronting novel instantiations of the to be learned information. The varied practice approach focuses on the distribution of practice in time, the organization of activities to be practiced blocked vs. random , and the interleaving of information or content to highlight distinctions that facilitate learning. For example, a varied practice approach to learning to shoot a basketball ... throws before moving to three pointers . With varied practice, the learner is exposed to multiple versions of the problem even early in training. In many learning domains, varied practice has been shown ... information should be constant regardless of the particulars of individual trial. Second, varied practice ... with preexisting knowledge is completely consistent with the varied practice approach. Finally, because ... of the varied practice approach stem primarily from a behavioral phenomenon discussed in the skill acquisition ... techniques have recently been applied to investigating the effects of varied practice. Because ... 2010 used repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation rTMS immediately after varied practice of a motor ... no rTMS. Thus, disruption of neural activation in the prefrontal cortex after varied practice appears ..., the findings suggest that varied and constant practice engage distinct sets of neural regions, the former ... benefits for varied practice in the educational domain may be largely untapped. Dempster and Corkill ..., Rohrer and his colleagues studied the benefits of varied practice in mathematics curricula. Rohrer and Taylor 2007 noted that, contrary to the basic science supporting the varied practice approach ... drawn from many previous lessons. They concluded that varied practice was underused. In sum, there are clear applications for varied practice for students and educators alike tapping these principles ... more details
Taxobox name Varied Sittella image Daphoenositta chrysoptera.jpg status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Neosittidae genus Daphoenositta species D. chrysoptera binomial Daphoenositta chrysoptera binomial authority John Latham ornithologist Latham , 1802 synonyms Neositta chrysoptera The Varied Sittella , Daphoenositta chrysoptera is a small, around 10 11 cm long, songbird native to Australia and New Guinea . It is also known as the Australian Nuthatch, Orange winged Sittella and the Barkpecker. Its Crown anatomy crown and head can be white, grey or black, and its body is either whitish or grey often streaked with black and grey. Its wings are black, with a broad bar in either white or cinnamon. The iris is dark orange, and the eye ring legs and feet are orange yellow. The beak is orange with a black tip that can extend as far as the base. Colouration completely depends on the subspecies, and certain subspecies are known to hybridize. In the future some subspecies may become species in their own right. Behaviour Flocks of these birds forage in trees of all heights, often descending down the trunks in a rather Nuthatch like fashion. Calls are short and rather high pitched. Subspecies This species inhabits a broad range, and its appearance changes depending on its location hence the name Varied Sittella. The Australian subspecies are chrysoptera Orange winged Sitella , pileata Black capped Sitella , striata Streaked Sitella , leucocephala White headed Sitella and leucoptera White winged Sitella . The New Guinea subspecies are papuensis New Guinea Sitella , alba White Sitella , intermedia Intermediate Sitella and albifrons White fronted Sitella Naming Sitta is a word taken from Nuthatches. The origin of it is unknown. Chryso is Latin for golden , Ptera for wing referring to the distinctive patch of colour in the dark wings. File Varied Sittella Lac09.JPG thumb 250px left Laceys Creek, SE ... more details
Taxobox name Varied Tit image Yamagara1.JPG image width 250px status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paridae genus Cyanistes species C. varius binomial Cyanistes varius binomial authority Coenraad Jacob Temminck Temminck & Hermann Schlegel Schlegel , 1848 subdivision ranks Subspecies subdivision 8 living, 1 recently extinct see text synonyms Parus varius Poecile varius Sittiparus varius The Varied Tit Cyanistes varius see also below is a perching bird from the tit bird tit family biology family , Paridae. It occurs in eastern Asia in Japan , Korea , Taiwan , and locally in northeastern China southern Liaoning and extreme southeastern Russia southern Kurile Islands . Description It is 12 14 cm long and weighs 16 18 g. The wing length is 6.0 7.8 cm. In the nominate race P. v. varius the crown, the bill, the throat, the upper breast and the nape are black. Forehead, face, and cheeks are white. Back, wings, and tail are bluish grey. Mantle, lower breast, belly and undertail coverts are chestnut coloured. From the crown to the nape runs a thin white central line. Other subspecies have a darker hue at the back and at the cheeks, P. v. owstoni has chestnut coloured cheeks and the mantle of P. v. olivaceus has an olive color olive tone. The feet are dark grey. Its habitat consists of open mixed forests, in particular with the Japanese Castanopsis species Castanopsis cuspidata and Japanese Larch , coniferous ... at mountain slopes and in river valleys. The Varied Tit eats a mixed diet consisting of seeds and insects ... been considered subgenus subgenera of Parus , with the Varied Tit being placed in Sittiparus rather ..., Okinawa Ishigakijima Cyanistes varius orii Kuroda, 1923 Daito Varied Tit Occurrence formerly Dait ... Varied Tit photos . Retrieved 2006 NOV 21. Endangered animals of Russia http nature.ok.ru doc birds 2 102.htm Tissovaya sinitsa, Varied Tit in Russian . Retrieved ... more details
In mathematics, a gradually varied surface is a special type of digital surface s. It is a function from a 2D digital space see digital geometry to an ordered set or a chain. A gradually varied function is a function from a digital space math Sigma math to math A 1, dots,A m math where math A 1 cdots A m math and math A i math are real numbers. This function possesses the following property If x and y are two adjacent points in math Sigma math , assume math f x A i math , then math f y A i math , math f x A i 1 math , or math A i 1 math . The concept of the continuous function in digital space can be called digitally continuous functions was proposed by Azriel Rosenfeld in 1986. It is a function in which the value an integer at a digital point is the same or almost the same as its neighbors. In other words, if x and y are two adjacent points in a digital space, f x &minus f y 1. So we can see that the gradually varied function is defined to be more general than the digitally continuous function. The gradually varied function was defined by L. Chen in 1989. An extension theorem related to above functions was mentioned by Rosenfeld 1986 and completed by Chen 1989 . This theorem states Let math D subset Sigma math and math f D rightarrow A 1, dots,A m math . The necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of the gradually varied extension math F math of math f math is for each pair of points math x math and math y math in math D math , assume math f x A i math and math f y A j math , we have math i j le d x,y math , where math d x,y math is the digital distance between math x math and math y math . The gradually varied surface has direct relationship to graph homomorphism . References L. Chen, The necessary and sufficient condition and the efficient algorithms for gradually varied fill, Chinese Sci. Bull. 35 10 , pp 870 873, 1990. A Rosenfeld ... Recognition Letters, Vol 15, No 8, pp 833 839, 1994. DEFAULTSORT Gradually Varied Surface Category ... more details
Taxobox name Daito Varied Tit status EX extinct c.1940 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Paridae genus Poecile species Varied Tit P. varius subspecies P. v. orii trinomial Poecile varius orii trinomial authority Nagamichi Kuroda Kuroda , 1923 The Daito Varied Tit is an extinct subspecies of the Varied Tit . It was formerly found on Kita Daito Kita Dait jima and Minami Dait jima in the Daito Islands Dait group east of the Okinawa Islands , but became extinct around 1940. It seems that the last specimens collected were Kuroda s Biological type types taken in 1922, and that the last confirmed sighting was in 1938. Searches in the 1980s and subsequently failed to find any. The subspecies became extinct following the habitat destruction brought about by settlement and construction activity in the 1930s. It differed from the typical P. v. varius in having a broad chestnut coloured band on the upper mantle, olive green not dark grey lower mantle, and orangey not white sides to the head Harrap & Quinn 1996, del Hoyo et al. 2007 . Like many bird taxa from the Okinawa region, the scientific name is named after the veteran specimen collector Hyojiri Orii . See Varied Tit as for why present data suggests placement in Poecile instead of Sittiparus . References del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A., & Christie D. eds . 2007 . Handbook of the Birds of the World . Volume 12 Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 9788496553422 Harrap, S., & Quinn, D. 1996 . Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers . Christopher Helm. ISBN 0 7136 3964 4 Kuroda, N. M. 1923 . Descriptions of New Forms of Birds from the Borodino Islands. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Club 43 120 123 Category Poecile Category Extinct birds Category Animals described in 1923 Category Bird extinctions since 1500 de Borodino Buntmeise ja ... more details
Taxobox name Varied carpet beetle image Anthrenus verbasci 2 aka .jpg regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Beetle Coleoptera familia Dermestidae genus Anthrenus subgenus incertae sedis species A. verbasci binomial Anthrenus verbasci binomial authority Carl Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1767 wikispecies Anthrenus verbasci Varied carpet beetle The varied carpet beetle Anthrenus verbasci is a 3 mm long beetle that can be a serious list of common household pests household pest . It feeds on natural fibers and can damage carpets, furniture and clothing. The larval form is known as a woolly bear , a name it shares with the larvae of Arctia caja and many other moths of the family Arctiidae. A. verbasci was the first insect to be shown to have an annual circadian rhythm ref name blake Cite journal author G. M. Blake year 1958 title Control of diapause by an internal clock in Anthrenus verbasci journal Nature journal Nature volume 183 pages 126 127 doi 10.1038 183126a0 ref and to date remains a classic example of circannual cycles in animals. Identification File Anthrenus verbasci larva side aka .jpg thumb left Larval form of Anthrenus verbasci 4.6 mm long The larval form of A. verbasci are roughly convert 4 5 mm in length. The body is covered in a pattern of alternating light and dark brown stripes. The body is usually wider at the back than at the front and also bears 3 pairs of hair tufts along its rear abdomen that can be used for self defense. ref name Pied Piper cite web author Stuart Bennet url http www.the piedpiper.co.uk th8f.htm title Varied Carpet Beetle ... view 95010 id title Varied Carpet Beetle accessdate February 22, 2009 ref Natural history Life cycle ... pupation rhythm of the varied carpet beetle Anthrenus verbasci journal Journal of Comparative ... year 2002 title Attractiveness of p anisaldehyde to the varied carpet beetle, Anthrenus verbasci ..., abdomen and antennae. http www.pestworld.org Database FactSheet.asp?ID 121&UserType Consumers Varied ... more details
Created by User Hyacinth Hyacinth User talk Hyacinth talk using Sibelius 5. See Image Varied pulse groups equals non isochronal multiple level.png GFDL self migration not eligible Category Music midis ... more details
Created by User Hyacinth Hyacinth User talk Hyacinth talk using Sibelius 5. See File Varied pulse groups equals non isochronal multiple level.mid GFDL self migration review Category Music images Category Monochrome images ... more details
Summary Draper, William Franklin 1909 , Recollections of a Varied Career, Boston, Ma Little, Brown, And Company, p. 154. Licensing PD US ... more details
Woolly bear can mean The hairy caterpillars of the Arctiidae family of moths The larva of the varied carpet beetle A type of thermal undersuit used with drysuits for applications such as scuba diving disambig ... more details
unreferenced date June 2009 Wiktionary aprosody Aprosody literally, without Prosody linguistics prosody refers to the lack of variations in normal speech characteristics, such as speed, tone, and varied emphasis. It is mentioned in the context of medical diagnosis, similar to ataxia and aphasia . symptom stub Category Speech and language pathology es Aprosodia ... more details
Summary A graph that shows Manoj Prabhakar s test career batting and bowling statistics and how they have varied over time. It was created by User Masai 162 Masai 162 . This image was created using Microsoft Excel and MS Paint. Source Data obtained from www.howstat.com.au Licensing PD self date August 2007 ... more details
Medieval rock can refer to Medieval folk rock , subgenre of electric folk and progressive folk Medieval metal , subgenre of folk metal Neo medieval music , a varied collection of different styles within modern popular music disambig ... more details
Occasional furniture refers to small pieces of furniture that can be put to varied uses as the occasion demands. Items such as small Table furniture tables , Nightstand nightstands , Chest furniture chests , Commode commodes , and easily moved Chair chairs are usually included in this category. Category Furniture Category Interior design ... more details
Summary PD old 100 Diagram of varied parts of a ship, from Cyclopaedia , Volume 2, 1728. This is a derivative work, based upon the original diagram see http en.wikipedia.org w index.php?title File Warship diagram orig.jpg Warship diagram . Original source http images.library.wisc.edu HistSciTech EFacs Cyclopaedia Cyclopaedia02 XL 0724.jpg . ... more details
Encyclopedia
top
