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- noun Any of several
passerine birds , of the genusMacronyx , that have long hind claws
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Examples
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Mystery bird: yellow-throated longclaw, Macronyx croceus
Mystery bird: African mourning dove, Streptopelia decipiens 2010
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The pommel on needle looks ok, but the wolf head on longclaw just looks plain cheesy. yuck.
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If you don't like the GRRM-licensed version of Longclaw, google "rick barrett longclaw" - His one-off version is pretty much the most excellent sword ever and it's about 30-60x the price of the collector version, so it should be.
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With regards to how the swords look, I don't like the pommel of longclaw either and needle seems too fancy for something the local blacksmith made as a favor for Jon.
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The near threatened pallid harrier (Circus macrourus) and Abyssinian longclaw (Macronyx flavicollis) are found in both the Bale and Simien Mountains.
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The Senegal longclaw, however, maintains its place, and is the largest bird seen.
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Kenya, combed a pasture on the Kinangop Plateau for 20 minutes before finding a single longclaw.
NYT > Home Page By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL 2011
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Kenya, combed a pasture on the Kinangop Plateau for 20 minutes before finding a single longclaw.
NYT > Home Page By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL 2011
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The Abyssinian longclaw is considered near-endemic to this ecoregion, as are the moorland chat (Cercomela sordida), Abyssinian waxbill (Estrilda ochrogaster), moorland francolin (Francolinus psilolaemus), Rueppell's chat (Myrmecocichla melaena), ankober serin (Serinus ankoberensis), and spot-breasted lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus).
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Others, for example Hunter’s cisticola (Cisticola hunteri), Jackson’s francolin (Francolinus jacksoni), and Sharpe’s longclaw (Macronyx sharpei), occur in most (but not all) of the major mountains in this ecoregion.
reesetee commented on the word longclaw
A small, slender bird with brownish-black upperparts, and distinct cinnamon-to-yellow edgings on the feathers. Occurs only in the highlands of west and central Kenya in open, treeless, short grassland between 1,850 and 3,400 meters. It prefers areas with tussocks, which it requires for nesting.
March 14, 2008