Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of Paradiseidæ.
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Examples
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Blue crane (Anthropoides paradisea), South Africa.
Highveld grasslands 2008
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The Kvarken Archipelago is on an important migratory route and offers excellent breeding habitats for birds: There are important Baltic populations of black guillemot Cepphus grille (6,000 pairs, a quarter of the Baltic population) and razorbill Alca torda (1,000 pairs); also Caspian and Arctic terns Sterna caspia and S. paradisea, whitetailed eagle Haliaetus albicilla (35 pairs), osprey Pandion haliaetus andgreat scaup Aythya marila.
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This ecoregion now provides the last remaining stronghold of several grassland species that have suffered major reductions in abundance in the grassland biome, and which are consequently threatened with extinction (e.g. the blue crane (Anthropoides paradisea)).
Highveld grasslands 2008
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The present state of fragmentation, together with anthropogenic changes planned for the coming years may lead to the extinction or near-extinction of some larger animal species, such as the blue crane (Anthropoides paradisea).
Highveld grasslands 2008
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Dicanthium fovealatum, Octhocloa compressa, Stipagrostis paradisea and S. socotrana.
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The paradise jacamar (galbula paradisea) frequents the more open parts of the forest, and is generally found in pairs.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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S. paradisea being killed by a clam: the bird (a banded individual) was discovered in
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Despite the severely degraded nature of the once pristine Highveld Grassland, this ecoregion provides the last remaining stronghold of several grassland species that have suffered major reductions in abundance in the grassland biome (e.g. the blue crane (Anthropoides paradisea).
Highveld grasslands 2008
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Blue Crane Anthropoides paradisea Agulhas Plains, Cape Province, South Africa.
Feeds4all documents in category 'SEO' Christo Fouche 2008
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Blue Crane Anthropoides paradisea Agulhas Plains, Cape Province, South Africa.
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