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Some 87 bird species have been recorded in the nominated site including three endemics, Cocos Island cuckoo Coccyzus ferrugineus, Cocos Island flycatcher Nesotriccus ridgwayi and Cocos Island finch Pinaroloxias inornata.
Isla del Coco Marine and Terrestrial Conservation Area, Costa Rica 2008
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Of the seven species of land birds, the Cocos cuckoo (Coccyzus ferrugineus), the Cocos flycatcher (Nesotriccus ridgwayi) and the Cocos finch (Pinaroloxias inornata) are also endemic.
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Other birds found in this ecoregion include the western thornbill (Acanthiza inornata), and the short-billed black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris EN) which inhabits sandplain woodlands and mallee, and the long-billed black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus baudinii) which is found in open eucalypt woodland and farmland.
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March is the month in which to look for the nest of the Indian wren-warbler (_Prinia inornata_).
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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The nest of the Indian wren-warbler (_Prinia inornata_) is, except for its shape and its smaller size, very like that of a weaver-bird.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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We also figure the larva of another borer (Fig. 107 _c_; _a_, top view of the head; _b_, under side; _e_, dorsal view of an abdominal segment; _d_, end of the body, showing its peculiar form), the Saperda inornata of Say, the beetle of which is black, with ash gray hairs, and without spines on the wing-covers.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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The Garden Bower-bird (_Amblyornis inornata_) 382 122.
Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions George John Romanes 1871
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The eggs of this species do not differ materially in size, shape, or markings from those of _P. inornata_ which are very fully described above.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870
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The markings consist of bold blotchings or sometimes ill-defined clouds (in this respect recalling the eggs of _Prinia inornata_,) chiefly confined to the large end; and specks, spots, and splashes, extending more or less over the whole surface, typically of
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870
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The eggs of this species recall in many respects those of _P. inornata_, but the ground-colour is much more variable, and the markings are more blotchy and less intricate in shape.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870
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