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  • Very rich in bird species, and the most important winter habitat for waterfowl and birds of prey such as Anas discors, A. cyanoptera, A. acuta, A. clypeata and A. americana, and the osprey Pandion haliaethus.

    Magdalena-Urabá moist forests 2008

  • These include the osprey (Pandion haliaetus) and wild ducks such as Anas discors, Anas cyanoptera, Anas acuta, Anas clypeata and Anas americana.

    Sinú Valley dry forests 2008

  • Among the bird species the following are the commonest: military macaw Ara militaris (VU), rufescent tinamu Crypturellus cinnamomeus, spot‑bellied bobwhite Colinus leucopogon, great curassow Crax rubra, crested guan Penelope purpurascens, blue‑winged teal Anas discors, roseate spoonbill Ajaia ajaja, thick knee Burhinus bistriatus, jabiru Jabiru mycteria (VU), ibis Eudocimus albus and laughing falcon Herpetotheres cachinans.

    Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica 2008

  • Augustan conceit of concordia discors — is an important one for many of the major male Romantic writers, not the least Wordsworth, and his attention to it was crucial in the composition of The

    The 'Power of Sound' and the Great Scheme of Things: Wordsworth Listens to Wordsworth 2008

  • Winter visitors are comprised of the sandpipers (Calidris mauri and Micropalama himantopus), the blue-winged teal (Anas discors) and several Nearctic limicolaes.

    Coastal Venezuelan mangroves 2008

  • The Redwinged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), Blue-winged teal (Anas discors), and the Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) can all be found in playa lakes at some time of the year.

    Wetland 2008

  • Waterfowl, such as this Blue-wing Teal, Anas discors, are common in the lakes and wetlands of the Nebraska Sand Hills (44).

    Ecoregions of Kansas and Nebraska (EPA) 2008

  • Nos. 31646-31647, which are probably females, represent the subspecies _discors_ because the light edgings of their crowns are definitely present; the areas of their backs are brownish, not more intensively black, and their underparts are brownish, less blackish.

    Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban

  • Quid velit et possit rerum concordia discors (What the discordant harmony of circumstances would and could effect).

    Quotations 1919

  • Quid velit et possit rerum concordia discors (What the discordant harmony of circumstances would and could effect).

    Quotations 1919

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