demoiselle crane


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demoiselle crane

n.
A small crane (Anthropoides virgo) of Asia, northern Africa, and Europe, having gray and black plumage, long black breast feathers, and white plumes at the side of the head.
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Translations
grulla damiselazaida
neitokurki
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Demoiselle crane (karkara koonj), Eurasian common crane (zanrran koonj) and more than 30 species of ducks are migratory to this area in spring and fall migration season 'In addition to this, the area has potential for local birds including black and grey partridges.
'There has been indiscriminate hunting of Demoiselle Crane (locally Koonj) in our region whereas the ministry will also work on reducing the permissible number of hunting for this specie as it is a very beautiful bird,' Zartaj Gul said.
From birds of paradise in the rainforests to demoiselle crane's in the mountains you can also learn about the gilded flicker, a large woodpecker who nests in cactus plants, a loggerhead shrike which uses sharp fences to net its prey on the prairie.
28 (ANI): The Lucknow zoo authorities haveEewritten to national and international experts to find the cure for the injured female demoiselle crane, which was rescued in Allahaganj town of LucknowaACAOs Shahjahanpur district on October 17.
Curly and pink pelicans, black stork, common flamingo, bustard, demoiselle crane, black francolin and Caspian snowcock and all birds of prey are also prohibited for hunting.
TWO demoiselle crane eggs successfully hatched at Martin Mere, below.
The management of more than a hundred staffers of MCI is being managed by Dr Bilal which disallows the required attention towards the daily check-up of the animals' feed and the overall zoo environment.In 2017, two Nilgai's died in the zoo, which is a slightly better statistic than in 2016, when 17 animals died including a zebra, hog deer, ostrich male, zebra foal, ostrich female, wolf, lion cub male, lion cub female, flamingo male, crane male, two common peafowl male, ring-necked pheasant female, and a demoiselle crane.
One wonders whether his vibrantly colored portrait of a Demoiselle Crane, Toucan, and Tufted Crane, 1745, which depicts two birds in balletic, nearly identical postures, was a wry allusion to a mode of courtly behavior at Versailles, wherein elaborately coiffed courtiers performed an endless dance of solicitous display for the king.
Two exceptions are the demoiselle crane, which occupies the steppes and deserts of eastern Europe, Central Asia, and northeast Africa; and the blue crane (A.