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La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Piranga flava, now Piranga lutea
(Tooth-billed Tanager / Cardenal Montañero)
Hepatic Tanager is the most widely distributed Piranga tanager, ranging from the southwest United States south to northern Argentina. Its English name is based on the liver-red color of the adult male from the northern part of the species' range; however, its scientific name, flava, meaning "yellow," derives from the original description, which is based on a female from Paraguay. These names reflect both a characteristic of the genus Piranga, marked sexual dichromatism, and the broad range of coloration, habitat, and behavior encompassed within the Hepatic Tanager as currently recognized.
Even though the Hepatic Tanager is currently considered one species, much evidence, including a recent study of molecular genetics, indicates that up to 3 species could be recognized, corresponding to the 3 groups of subspecies combined long ago. These groups and their respective species names are the Hepatic Tanager (P. hepatica) of montane pine-oak forests from the southwestern United States to Nicaragua, the Tooth-billed Tanager (P. lutea) of forest edges in foothills and mountains from Costa Rica to northern and western South America, and the Red Tanager (P. flava) of open woodlands of eastern and southeastern South America.
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Chilean Flamingo at sunset, Laguna Chaxa, Salar De Atacama, Atacama Desert, Chile
Los Flamencos National Reserve is located in the area of San Pedro de Atacama in Northern Chile. It is an impressive 180,000 acres and was designated a protected area in 1990. What makes this area so special is that it is comprised of seven distinct sectors. Each of these sections have their own landscape with corresponding flora, including local and migrating birds.
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
♂️ Piranga flava, now Piranga lutea
(Tooth-billed Tanager / Cardenal Montañero)
Hepatic Tanager is the most widely distributed Piranga tanager, ranging from the southwest United States south to northern Argentina. Its English name is based on the liver-red color of the adult male from the northern part of the species' range; however, its scientific name, flava, meaning "yellow," derives from the original description, which is based on a female from Paraguay. These names reflect both a characteristic of the genus Piranga, marked sexual dichromatism, and the broad range of coloration, habitat, and behavior encompassed within the Hepatic Tanager as currently recognized.
Even though the Hepatic Tanager is currently considered one species, much evidence, including a recent study of molecular genetics, indicates that up to 3 species could be recognized, corresponding to the 3 groups of subspecies combined long ago. These groups and their respective species names are the Hepatic Tanager (P. hepatica) of montane pine-oak forests from the southwestern United States to Nicaragua, the Tooth-billed Tanager (P. lutea) of forest edges in foothills and mountains from Costa Rica to northern and western South America, and the Red Tanager (P. flava) of open woodlands of eastern and southeastern South America.
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Lol my last 4 shots have gotten explored. let's see if I'm guaranteed exploration forever.
Finally finished the corresponding blog post for this: ybrt.wordpress.com/2017/08/15/a-taste-of-east/
Imagen capturada en el interior de la cúpula correspondiente a la fauna de la zona ártica exiatente en el "Oceanografic" de la Ciudad de las Ciencias y las Artes en Valencia.
Bajo esta cúpula y en condiciones de frio y luz adecuadas hay un enorme acuario circular donde se encuentran en cautividad una familia de ballenas Belugas...Las únicas en toda Europa. En mi foto pueden verse abajo a la derecha, pasando delante de unos niños que recibian información al respecto por un monitor del acuario.
Estos inteligentes cetáceos mostraban un interes especial por los pequeños que las observaban con atención y se sorprendian con las piruetas que les dedicaban las belugas al pasar delante de ellos.
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Image captured inside the dome corresponding to the fauna of the existing arctic zone in the "Oceanografic" of the City of Sciences and Arts in Valencia.
Under this dome and in adequate cold and light conditions there is a huge circular aquarium where a family of Beluga whales in captivity, the only ones in all of Europe. In my photo you can see it on the bottom right, passing in front of some children who were receiving information about these cetaceans for an aquarium monitor.
These intelligent cetaceans showed a special interest in the little ones who watched them carefully and were surprised by the pirouettes they performed the belugas when passing in front of them.
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Hepatic Tanager is the most widely distributed Piranga tanager, ranging from the southwest United States south to northern Argentina. Its English name is based on the liver-red color of the adult male from the northern part of the species' range; however, its scientific name, flava, meaning "yellow," derives from the original description, which is based on a female from Paraguay. These names reflect both a characteristic of the genus Piranga, marked sexual dichromatism, and the broad range of coloration, habitat, and behavior encompassed within the Hepatic Tanager as currently recognized.
Even though the Hepatic Tanager is currently considered one species, much evidence, including a recent study of molecular genetics, indicates that up to 3 species could be recognized, corresponding to the 3 groups of subspecies combined long ago. These groups and their respective species names are the Hepatic Tanager (P. hepatica) of montane pine-oak forests from the southwestern United States to Nicaragua, the Tooth-billed Tanager (P. lutea) of forest edges in foothills and mountains from Costa Rica to northern and western South America, and the Red Tanager (P. flava) of open woodlands of eastern and southeastern South America.
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13-August-2022
The lake, in its natural vastness 25/30km2 (up to 38km2), disappeared during the summer of 2021, with water remaining in the channels dug by the tributaries (in the middle of the empty wide basin) and in the small part dammed by man (less than 1% of its "normal" surface), which is the deepest part and therefore the one in which the water never disappears, at least until it disappears.
The owners of the modest boats, mostly used for fishing, in the course of 2021 (some already since 2003, indeed), seeing that the lake no longer filled up, "temporary" moved their mooring along the "new" banks, or those corresponding to the perennial part of the lake, precisely the embanked one.
In the past there have been several episodes of emptying, but they were shorter and this part of the lake was always full of water up to the edge of the embankment, with a constant level, also because the tributaries have always carried a bit of water up to here.
For the first time, starting from June 2022, the tributaries dried up, the pools in the parts dug by them dried up in July (as seen in the previous photos) and, during this period, the emptying of this part also began, for the first time, not more fed, mainly due to evaporation, which in summer is very intense.
The "constant" part of the lake, artificially dammed, for the first time has decreased its water level and we are now about 5 meters below the standard, a standard level that is already 2 or 3 meters below the average of the full lake.
Some flowers have a special power that makes me stop in my tracks. Perhaps it's because the colors are opposite on the color wheel...Or perhaps Carl Jung summed it up with this quotation...
"The greater the contrast, the greater the potential. Great energy only comes from a correspondingly great tension of opposites."
♂️ Piranga flava, now Piranga lutea
(Tooth-billed Tanager / Cardenal Montañero)
Taken in La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Hepatic Tanager is the most widely distributed Piranga tanager, ranging from the southwest United States south to northern Argentina. Its English name is based on the liver-red color of the adult male from the northern part of the species' range; however, its scientific name, flava, meaning "yellow," derives from the original description, which is based on a female from Paraguay. These names reflect both a characteristic of the genus Piranga, marked sexual dichromatism, and the broad range of coloration, habitat, and behavior encompassed within the Hepatic Tanager as currently recognized.
Even though the Hepatic Tanager is currently considered one species, much evidence, including a recent study of molecular genetics, indicates that up to 3 species could be recognized, corresponding to the 3 groups of subspecies combined long ago. These groups and their respective species names are the Hepatic Tanager (P. hepatica) of montane pine-oak forests from the southwestern United States to Nicaragua, the Tooth-billed Tanager (P. lutea) of forest edges in foothills and mountains from Costa Rica to northern and western South America, and the Red Tanager (P. flava) of open woodlands of eastern and southeastern South America.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
♂️ Piranga flava, now Piranga lutea
(Tooth-billed Tanager / Cardenal Montañero)
Hepatic Tanager is the most widely distributed Piranga tanager, ranging from the southwest United States south to northern Argentina. Its English name is based on the liver-red color of the adult male from the northern part of the species' range; however, its scientific name, flava, meaning "yellow," derives from the original description, which is based on a female from Paraguay. These names reflect both a characteristic of the genus Piranga, marked sexual dichromatism, and the broad range of coloration, habitat, and behavior encompassed within the Hepatic Tanager as currently recognized.
Even though the Hepatic Tanager is currently considered one species, much evidence, including a recent study of molecular genetics, indicates that up to 3 species could be recognized, corresponding to the 3 groups of subspecies combined long ago. These groups and their respective species names are the Hepatic Tanager (P. hepatica) of montane pine-oak forests from the southwestern United States to Nicaragua, the Tooth-billed Tanager (P. lutea) of forest edges in foothills and mountains from Costa Rica to northern and western South America, and the Red Tanager (P. flava) of open woodlands of eastern and southeastern South America.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Hepatic Tanager is the most widely distributed Piranga tanager, ranging from the southwest United States south to northern Argentina. Its English name is based on the liver-red color of the adult male from the northern part of the species' range; however, its scientific name, flava, meaning "yellow," derives from the original description, which is based on a female from Paraguay. These names reflect both a characteristic of the genus Piranga, marked sexual dichromatism, and the broad range of coloration, habitat, and behavior encompassed within the Hepatic Tanager as currently recognized.
Even though the Hepatic Tanager is currently considered one species, much evidence, including a recent study of molecular genetics, indicates that up to 3 species could be recognized, corresponding to the 3 groups of subspecies combined long ago. These groups and their respective species names are the Hepatic Tanager (P. hepatica) of montane pine-oak forests from the southwestern United States to Nicaragua, the Tooth-billed Tanager (P. lutea) of forest edges in foothills and mountains from Costa Rica to northern and western South America, and the Red Tanager (P. flava) of open woodlands of eastern and southeastern South America.
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La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
♂️ Piranga flava, now Piranga lutea
(Tooth-billed Tanager / Cardenal Montañero)
Hepatic Tanager is the most widely distributed Piranga tanager, ranging from the southwest United States south to northern Argentina. Its English name is based on the liver-red color of the adult male from the northern part of the species' range; however, its scientific name, flava, meaning "yellow," derives from the original description, which is based on a female from Paraguay. These names reflect both a characteristic of the genus Piranga, marked sexual dichromatism, and the broad range of coloration, habitat, and behavior encompassed within the Hepatic Tanager as currently recognized.
Even though the Hepatic Tanager is currently considered one species, much evidence, including a recent study of molecular genetics, indicates that up to 3 species could be recognized, corresponding to the 3 groups of subspecies combined long ago. These groups and their respective species names are the Hepatic Tanager (P. hepatica) of montane pine-oak forests from the southwestern United States to Nicaragua, the Tooth-billed Tanager (P. lutea) of forest edges in foothills and mountains from Costa Rica to northern and western South America, and the Red Tanager (P. flava) of open woodlands of eastern and southeastern South America.
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The monarch is a milkweed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The eastern North American monarch population is notable for its annual southward late-summer/autumn instinctive migration from the northern and central United States and southern Canada to Florida and Mexico. During the fall migration, monarchs cover thousands of miles, with a corresponding multigenerational return north in spring. The western North American population of monarchs west of the Rocky Mountains often migrates to sites in southern California, but individuals have been found in overwintering Mexican sites, as well. Non-migratory populations are found further south in the Americas, and in parts of Europe, Oceania, and Southeast Asia. (Wikipedia)
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The Monarchs were gathering at the park in early September, in preparation for their journey to Mexico. Several landed on this thistle to take a drink before heading off across Lake Ontario. A very beautiful sight that distracted me from my main task at hand - identifying shore birds.
Owen Point, Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. September 2024.
Eastern Ontario Birding.
The Basilica and Convent of San Francisco, is a Catholic basilica that stands in the middle of the historic center of Quito. The structure is the largest architectural complex within the historic centers of all of South America. San Francisco is considered a jewel of continental architecture for its mixture of different styles combined throughout more than 150 years of construction. Inside the church there are more than 3,500 works of colonial art, of multiple artistic manifestations and varied techniques, especially those corresponding to the Colonial Quito School of Art, which was born precisely in this place.
Histoire :
Poste de guet qui va permettre au Moyen Âge la surveillance du pont de Tournepiche, l'eschif est construit en 1347 sur les remparts du Puy-Saint-Front (la cité médiévale correspondant au centre historique de Périgueux) au pied desquels l'Isle s'écoulait.
En 1929, l'eschif est inscrit au titre des monuments historiques sous le nom (erroné) de moulin Saint-Front. Cette inscription est annulée en 1977 et remplacée par un classement au titre des monuments historiques.
Il appartient à la ville de Périgueux depuis 1976
Architecture :
L'eschif a conservé ses pans de bois et son torchis. L'édifice semble tenir miraculeusement sur un mince support auquel il est relié par des jambes de force sur ses deux façades longitudinales
History :
Watchtower which in the Middle Ages will allow the surveillance of the Tournepiche bridge, the eschif was built in 1347 on the ramparts of Puy-Saint-Front (the medieval city corresponding to the historic center of Périgueux) at the foot of which Isle s 'flowed.
In 1929, the eschif was listed as a historical monument under the (erroneous) name of Moulin Saint-Front. This registration was canceled in 1977 and replaced by a classification as historical monuments.
It has belonged to the city of Périgueux since 1976
Architecture:
The eschif has retained its half-timbered walls and its cob. The building seems to stand miraculously on a thin support to which it is connected by struts on its two longitudinal facades.
Painted Hills is one of the three units of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, located in Wheeler County, Oregon.The Painted Hills are listed as one of the Seven Wonders of Oregon. Painted Hills is named after the colorful layers of its hills corresponding to various geological eras, formed when the area was an ancient river floodplain.
The black soil is lignite that was vegetative matter that grew along the floodplain. The grey coloring is mudstone, siltstone, and shale. The red coloring is laterite soil that formed by floodplain deposits when the area was warm and humid.
An abundance of fossil remains of early horses, camels, and rhinoceroses in the Painted Hills unit makes the area particularly important to vertebrate paleontologists." Wiki
Fascinating region!
Enjoy a wonderful Sunday!
The bee is nothing special that I'm aware of, the plant is a a rather unusual prairie-specific species. A little background on this location... Horn Prairie Grove LWR is a privately-owned plot with about 40 acres of prairie, 30 acres of that is untouched remnant-- the largest single area in Illinois. It has amazing diversity of plant life, with the current count at 619 individual species. This supports a correspondingly wide array of insect species that rely on particular plants, as well as a good variety of other wildlife. The landowner has worked with the Illinois DNR to ensure that this unique plot is preserved after it leaves his stewardship. It's a wonderful place to visit.
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Piranga flava, now Piranga lutea
(Tooth-billed Tanager / Cardenal Montañero)
Hepatic Tanager is the most widely distributed Piranga tanager, ranging from the southwest United States south to northern Argentina. Its English name is based on the liver-red color of the adult male from the northern part of the species' range; however, its scientific name, flava, meaning "yellow," derives from the original description, which is based on a female from Paraguay. These names reflect both a characteristic of the genus Piranga, marked sexual dichromatism, and the broad range of coloration, habitat, and behavior encompassed within the Hepatic Tanager as currently recognized.
Even though the Hepatic Tanager is currently considered one species, much evidence, including a recent study of molecular genetics, indicates that up to 3 species could be recognized, corresponding to the 3 groups of subspecies combined long ago. These groups and their respective species names are the Hepatic Tanager (P. hepatica) of montane pine-oak forests from the southwestern United States to Nicaragua, the Tooth-billed Tanager (P. lutea) of forest edges in foothills and mountains from Costa Rica to northern and western South America, and the Red Tanager (P. flava) of open woodlands of eastern and southeastern South America.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...
L’hôtel de ville de Paris, communément appelé l’Hôtel de Ville, est le bâtiment qui héberge les institutions municipales de Paris depuis 1357.
La façade principale, d'une longueur de 143 mètres et d'une hauteur de 18,80 mètres (26,80 mètres pour celle des pavillons d'angle et 50 mètres pour le campanile), comprend un avant-corps central correspondant à l'ancien monument construit sous la Renaissance. Il se relève à ses extrémités en deux pavillons flanqués chacun d'une tourelle carrée en encorbellement, dans lesquels sont percées deux portes d'accès aux cours, fermées par des grilles en fer forgé, portant les armes de la Ville de Paris. Ce corps central et ses deux pavillons sont élargis de chaque côté par une petite aile en retrait de six mètres qui se termine par un pavillon d'angle.
The Paris City Hall, commonly known as the Hôtel de Ville, is the building that has housed the municipal institutions of Paris since 1357.
The main facade, 143 meters long and 18.80 meters high (26.80 meters for that of the corner pavilions and 50 meters for the campanile), includes a central avant-corps corresponding to the ancient monument built during the Renaissance. It rises at its ends into two pavilions, each flanked by a square corbelled turret, in which are pierced two access doors to the courtyards, closed by wrought iron gates, bearing the arms of the City of Paris. This central body and its two pavilions are widened on each side by a small wing set back six meters which ends in a corner pavilion.
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La mantide religiosa deve il suo nome apparentemente curioso a una sua caratteristica fisica: la posizione simile a una persona che prega.
Questo insetto, infatti, ha una posizione abituale delle zampe anteriori a riposo, che ricordano le mani giunte in preghiera. La stessa parola mantide deriva dal greco Mantis, ossia profeta.
Come per tantissimi altri insetti, anche nella mantide religiosa si riscontrano delle differenze tra esemplari maschi e esemplari femmine.
La femmina adulta è lunga circa 7,5 cm mentre il maschio adulto circa 6 cm. Inoltre, il ventre del maschio è articolato in 8 segmenti, che diventano 6 nelle femmine.
Le mantidi europee sono solitamente di colore verde brillante, ma possono virare fino al marrone chiaro. Hanno una grande chiazza nera su ciascuna delle zampe anteriori e due paia di ali, in corrispondenza delle zampe mediane e posteriori.
Una caratteristica particolare di questi insetti è la presenza di un unico orecchio, posto al centro del torace.
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The praying mantis owes its apparently curious name to one of its physical characteristics: the position similar to a person who prays.
This insect, in fact, has a habitual position of the front legs at rest, reminiscent of hands joined in prayer. The word mantis itself comes from the Greek Mantis, meaning prophet.
As with many other insects, also in the praying mantis there are differences between male and female specimens.
The adult female is about 7.5 cm long while the adult male is about 6 cm. Furthermore, the belly of the male is divided into 8 segments, which become 6 in the females.
European mantises are usually bright green in color but can turn light brown. They have a large black patch on each of their front legs and two pairs of wings, corresponding to the middle and hind legs.
A particular feature of these insects is the presence of a single ear, placed in the center of the thorax.
“Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep, inexpressible certitude of the contemplative experience awakens a tragic anguish and opens many questions in the depths of the heart like wounds that cannot stop bleeding. For every gain in deep certitude there is a corresponding growth of superficial "doubt." This doubt is by no means opposed to genuine faith, but it mercilessly examines and questions the spurious "faith" of everyday life, the human faith which is nothing but the passive acceptance of conventional opinion. This false "faith" which is what we often live by and which we even come to confuse with our "religion" is subjected to inexorable questioning… Hence, is it clear that genuine contemplation is incompatible with complacency and with smug acceptance of prejudiced opinions. It is not mere passive acquiescence in the status quo, as some would like to believe – for this would reduce it to the level of spiritual anesthesia.”
― Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
Kleve, Germany, 2019.
See all the images from this location in my corresponding blog post.
This image is a part of my ongoing series Deliberately Confusing.
Enjoy!
Type "Junior", Bj. ab 1957. 822 ccm, 14 PS. Max. 20 km/h. Seen in the forest.
This type was used in many variants in agriculture as well as in fruit and wine growing. A total of 23,000 pieces of the small Oldtimer were built by 1961. Correspondingly, many of the "classic cars" can still be purchased today.
The color of the auroras are based off charged particles passing through the gases in our atmosphere. While some colors in the Aurora are a mystery, like white & pink, the most common colors and their corresponding gas are: Charged oxygen: green to red, Charged nitrogen: deep red, Ionized nitrogen: red to blue to purple.
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Piranga flava, now Piranga lutea
(Tooth-billed Tanager / Cardenal Montañero)
This male usually assumes this position when the female is eating and he watches over her from a certain distance, making sure that other birds do not disturb her.
Hepatic Tanager is the most widely distributed Piranga tanager, ranging from the southwest United States south to northern Argentina. Its English name is based on the liver-red color of the adult male from the northern part of the species' range; however, its scientific name, flava, meaning "yellow," derives from the original description, which is based on a female from Paraguay. These names reflect both a characteristic of the genus Piranga, marked sexual dichromatism, and the broad range of coloration, habitat, and behavior encompassed within the Hepatic Tanager as currently recognized.
Even though the Hepatic Tanager is currently considered one species, much evidence, including a recent study of molecular genetics, indicates that up to 3 species could be recognized, corresponding to the 3 groups of subspecies combined long ago. These groups and their respective species names are the Hepatic Tanager (P. hepatica) of montane pine-oak forests from the southwestern United States to Nicaragua, the Tooth-billed Tanager (P. lutea) of forest edges in foothills and mountains from Costa Rica to northern and western South America, and the Red Tanager (P. flava) of open woodlands of eastern and southeastern South America.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...
Image captured on the bank of the Guadalquivir river corresponding to the Doñana Natural Park. In this area of the river near its mouth at Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz), its channel is even more than a kilometer wide in some sections.
Imagen capturada en la orilla del rio Guadalquivir corrrespondiente al Parque Natural de Doñana. En esta zona del rio próxima a su desembocadura por Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz), su cauce llega a tener incluso más de un kilomentro de ancho en algunos tramos.
The Kristiansand area has been inhabited since prehistoric times. In 1996, the well-preserved skeleton of a woman dating to approximately 6500 BC was discovered in the neighbouring municipality of Søgne. This demonstrates very early habitation of the archipelago. Grauthelleren (Grathelleren), located on Fidjane, is believed to be a Stone Age settlement. The first discovery in Norway of a Sarup enclosure (a Neolithic form of ritual enclosure first identified at Sarup on the Danish island of Funen) was made in 2010 at Hamresanden and dates to c. 3400 BC. Archaeological excavations to the east of Oddernes Church have uncovered rural settlements that existed during the centuries immediately before and after the start of the common era. Together with a corresponding discovery in Rogaland, these settlements are unique in the Norwegian context; isolated farms, rather than villages, were the norm in ancient Norway. Other discoveries in grave mounds around the church, in the Lund section of the city, indicate habitation beginning c. 400 AD, and 25 cooking pits that were found immediately outside the church wall in 1907 are probably even older. One of the largest pre-Christian burial grounds in South Norway was formerly located to the south and west of the church. A royal centre is thought to have existed at Oddernes before 800, and the church was built around 1040.
Before the stone church was built, one or perhaps two wooden post churches are believed to have stood on the same spot. A few years ago, excavations were carried out under and around the runestone when it was moved to the church porch; the grave finds indicated that the churchyard must already have been unusually large in the High Middle Ages. This means that the area must have had a large population before it was reduced by the Black Death.
In the 14th and 15th centuries, there was already a busy port and a small village on the Otra at the lowest point of today's Lund neighbourhood (Lahelle). Another important element in the development of Kristiansand was the harbor on the island of Flekkerøy, which was the most important on the Skagerrak beginning in the 16th century and was first fortified under King Christian III in 1555. In 1635, King Christian IV ordered his feudal seigneur, Palle Rosenkrantz, to move from Nedenes and build a royal palace on the island. wikipedia
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Piranga flava, now Piranga lutea
(Tooth-billed Tanager / Cardenal Montañero)
Hepatic Tanager is the most widely distributed Piranga tanager, ranging from the southwest United States south to northern Argentina. Its English name is based on the liver-red color of the adult male from the northern part of the species' range; however, its scientific name, flava, meaning "yellow," derives from the original description, which is based on a female from Paraguay. These names reflect both a characteristic of the genus Piranga, marked sexual dichromatism, and the broad range of coloration, habitat, and behavior encompassed within the Hepatic Tanager as currently recognized.
Even though the Hepatic Tanager is currently considered one species, much evidence, including a recent study of molecular genetics, indicates that up to 3 species could be recognized, corresponding to the 3 groups of subspecies combined long ago. These groups and their respective species names are the Hepatic Tanager (P. hepatica) of montane pine-oak forests from the southwestern United States to Nicaragua, the Tooth-billed Tanager (P. lutea) of forest edges in foothills and mountains from Costa Rica to northern and western South America, and the Red Tanager (P. flava) of open woodlands of eastern and southeastern South America.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...
"The impressions we receive, which often appear merely chaotic, consist of three elements; the impression of the color of the object, its form, and of its combined color and form, i.e., of the object itself. At this point the individuality of the artist comes to the front and disposes, as he wills, these three elements. It is clear, therefore, that the choice of object (i.e., of one of the elements in the harmony of form) must be decided only by a corresponding vibration in the human soul..."
- Wassily Kandinsky
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The street stretches from Østre Strandgate to Tordenskjoldsgate and was originally named Nordre gate. From Østre Strandgate to Tollbodgaten, the buildings were erected after the brick wall was introduced immediately after the town fire in 1892.
This part of the street was also reduced to ashes during the town fire of 1734, which affected 333 residential houses. During the fire in July 1892, all houses in Festningsgata south of Tollbodgaten were destroyed.
In addition to the brick wall, Kvadraturen was divided into 4 parts in that Festningsgata (and Rådhusgata) were laid out to a width of 31 meters before the reconstruction. But only part of this plan, lower part of Festningsgata from Retranchementet (Tresse) to Avenyen and part of Rådhusgata by the square were carried out according to this plan. In [Hans Jacobsen Schiørt's original plan for the city, the street width was 24 cubits, corresponding to 15 meters. Since then, redevelopment and new construction have gradually made the street run wider and today (2011) there is only one block, between Gyldenløves gate and Rådhusgata, which has a different width.
In Festningsgata 2 is the Odd Fellow lodge, originally designed as a magnificent villa for steam saw owner and lumber merchant Lars Usterud. With its distinctive tower and column veranda, it stands out in the building style, similar to the one we find at [Oscarshall] The building was designed by Johan Keyser Frølich for a number of the brick buildings after the city fire in 1892. wikipedia
The speckled wood (Pararge aegeria) is a of woodland areas throughout much of the Palearctic ecozone.[1] The species is subdivided into multiple subspecies, including Pararge aegeria aegeria,[1] Pararge aegeria tircis, Pararge aegeria oblita, and Pararge aegeria insula.[2] The color of this butterfly varies between subspecies. The existence of these subspecies is due to variation in morphology down a gradient corresponding to a geographic cline.[3] The background of the wings ranges from brown to orange, and the spots are either pale yellow, white, cream, or a tawny orange. The speckled wood feeds on a variety of grass species.[2] The males of this species exhibit two types of mate locating behaviors: territorial defense and patrolling.[4] The proportion of males exhibiting these two strategies changes based on ecological conditions.[4][5] The monandrous female must choose which type of male can help her reproduce successfully. Her decision is heavily influenced by environmental conditions
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
♂️ Piranga flava, now Piranga lutea
(Tooth-billed Tanager / Cardenal Montañero)
Hepatic Tanager is the most widely distributed Piranga tanager, ranging from the southwest United States south to northern Argentina. Its English name is based on the liver-red color of the adult male from the northern part of the species' range; however, its scientific name, flava, meaning "yellow," derives from the original description, which is based on a female from Paraguay. These names reflect both a characteristic of the genus Piranga, marked sexual dichromatism, and the broad range of coloration, habitat, and behavior encompassed within the Hepatic Tanager as currently recognized.
Even though the Hepatic Tanager is currently considered one species, much evidence, including a recent study of molecular genetics, indicates that up to 3 species could be recognized, corresponding to the 3 groups of subspecies combined long ago. These groups and their respective species names are the Hepatic Tanager (P. hepatica) of montane pine-oak forests from the southwestern United States to Nicaragua, the Tooth-billed Tanager (P. lutea) of forest edges in foothills and mountains from Costa Rica to northern and western South America, and the Red Tanager (P. flava) of open woodlands of eastern and southeastern South America.
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El palacio de Carlos V es una construcción renacentista situada en la colina de la Alhambra de la ciudad española de Granada, en Andalucía. Desde 1958, es sede del Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada y, desde 1994, también es sede del Museo de la Alhambra.
La iniciativa para la construcción del palacio partió del emperador Carlos Vnota 1 a partir de su boda con Isabel de Portugal, celebrada en Sevilla en 1526. Tras el enlace, la pareja residió varios meses en la Alhambra, quedando profundamente impresionado por los Palacios nazaríes, dejando encargada la construcción del nuevo palacio con la intención de establecer su residencia en la Alhambra granadina.1
Ya los Reyes Católicos habían habilitado salas después de 1492, pero la intención de Carlos era la de dotarse de una residencia estable a la medida de un emperador. El proyecto fue asignado a Pedro Machuca. En una España en la que el estilo imperante era el plateresco, y que no se había despegado totalmente del gótico, Machuca construyó un palacio que corresponde estilísticamente al manierismo, estilo que estaba dando sus primeros pasos en Italia. Aún aceptando las versiones que sitúan a Machuca en los talleres de Miguel Ángel, cuando comienzan las obras del Palacio en 1527 éste no había realizado todavía lo más representativo de su producción arquitectónica.
El edificio se levantó en el corazón de la Alhambra musulmana, en un extremo del patio de los Arrayanes y para su construcción fue preciso derribar un pabellón opuesto a la torre de Comares. Este hecho, que ha sido objeto de crítica y polémica, hay que entenderlo en el contexto de su época: el Palacio de Carlos I no significó tanto la destrucción de parte de la Alhambra como la garantía de supervivencia del resto. En unos tiempos en que lo más habitual era la destrucción total de palacios y templos de los pueblos sometidos, la sensibilidad de los reyes cristianos ante la belleza incontestable de la Alhambra supuso la necesidad de disfrutarla desde dentro y, por ende, de conservarla.
El dominio del lenguaje clásico que demuestra Machuca llega a subvertirlo conscientemente: esto nada tiene que ver con otras obras españolas de la época, en su mayoría fundamentadas en concepciones locales. Su influencia fue muy limitada, por incomprendida: quedarían muchos años hasta que Juan Bautista de Toledo y Juan de Herrera llegaran a las altas cotas de clasicismo del monasterio de El Escorial.
Fachada oeste
Desde 1572, con la rebelión morisca de las Alpujarras, se ralentizaron las obras que quedaron interrumpidas definitivamente en 1637, con los muros y bóvedas concluidos, a falta de cubrir aguas.
Durante la guerra de la Independencia, el ejército francés convirtió el palacio en almacén de artillería, esa misma función se mantuvo cuando las tropas españolas se hicieron con el edificio, que guardaba en su interior gran cantidad de pólvora, balas y carbón piedra. La permanencia de los explosivos suponía un grave peligro para el palacio y para toda la Alhambra. Casi veinte años después de la guerra, el viajero y escritor inglés Samuel Edward Cook escribiría hacia 1828: "El Palacio de Carlos V, aún se usa como polvorín; se encuentra sin pararrayos y la sola chispa de un rayo podría destruir los restos de este interesante edificio y probablemente toda la Alhambra". En 1832, se evacuó por fin el palacio. El estado de la construcción entonces, según relataba el gobernador, era lastimoso y consideraba un milagro que no se hubiera desplomado.
Las obras se terminaron a partir de 1930. Desde 1958, el palacio es sede del Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada, que cuenta con piezas singulares como un famoso bodegón de Juan Sánchez Cotán y varios ejemplos de Alonso Cano. La decisión de trasladar aquí el viejo museo, fundado en 1839, se adoptó en 1941 aunque ya se había acordado en 1914.Tras unas obras de reforma, en enero de 2008 se reabrió el museo. Desde 1994, también es sede del Museo de la Alhambra.
La planta del palacio la conforma un cuadrado de 63 metros de lado con un patio circular inscrito en su interior. Esta disposición, principal rasgo manierista del palacio, no tiene precedentes en la arquitectura del Renacimiento, y sitúa la construcción en lo que se considera la vanguardia artística del momento. El edificio consta de dos niveles: el bajo es de orden toscano completamente almohadillado, en cuyas pilastras se insertan grandes anillas de bronce decoradas.
El piso superior es de orden jónico y sus pilastras alternadas con vanos adintelados provistos de frontón. Las dos fachadas principales ostentan sendas portadas de piedra de Sierra Elvira. El patio circular también muestra dos pisos. El inferior está presidido por una columnata dórica de piedra pudinga con un entablamento muy ortodoxo, formado por triglifos y metopas con motivos de guirnaldas y bucráneos.
El piso superior lo forma una columnata jónica, más ligera, con entablamento liso. Esta estructura general del patio muestra un claro conocimiento de la arquitectura imperial romana, y se encuadraría en el más puro Renacimiento de no ser por su disposición curva, que provoca en el espectador desconcierto cuando se penetra por sus fachadas principales, y supedita los espacios interiores y escaleras a la idea generatriz. Más tarde, Miguel Ángel y Palladio construirán edificios con soluciones análogas, bajo la etiqueta de manierismo.
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The Palace of Charles V is a Renaissance building in Granada, southern Spain, located on the top of the hill of the Assabica, inside the Nasrid fortification of the Alhambra. The building has never been a home to a monarch and stood roofless until 1957.
The structure was commanded by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, who wished to establish his residence close to the Alhambra palaces. Although the Catholic Monarchs had already altered some rooms of the Alhambra after the conquest of the city in 1492, Charles V intended to construct a permanent residence befitting an emperor. The project was given to Pedro Machuca, an architect whose biography and influences are poorly understood. At the time, Spanish architecture was immersed in the Plateresque style, still with traces of Gothic origin. Machuca built a palace corresponding stylistically to Mannerism, a mode still in its infancy in Italy. The exterior of the building uses a typically Renaissance combination of rustication on the lower level and ashlar on the upper. Even if accounts that place Machuca in the atelier of Michelangelo are accepted, at the time of the construction of the palace in 1527, the latter had yet to design the majority of his architectural works.
The plan of the palace is a 17-metre (56 ft) high, 63-metre (207 ft) square containing an inner circular patio. This has no precedent in Renaissance architecture, and places the building in the avant-garde of its time. The palace has two floors (not counting mezzanine floors). The classical orders are in pilaster form except around the central doorways. On the exterior, the lower floor is in the Tuscan order, with the pilasters "blocked" by continuing the heavy rustication across them, while the upper storey uses the Ionic order, with elaborately pedimented lower windows below round windows. Both main façades emphasize the portals, made of stone from the Sierra Elvira.
The circular patio has also two levels. The lower consists of a Doric colonnade of conglomerate stone, with an orthodox classical entablature formed of triglyphs and metopes. The upper floor is formed by a stylized Ionic colonnade whose entablature has no decoration. This organisation of the patio shows a deep knowledge of Roman architecture, and would be framed in pure Renaissance style but for its curved shape, which surprises the visitor entering from the main façades. The interior spaces and the staircases are also governed by the combination of square and circle. Similar aesthetic devices would be developed in the following decades under the classification of Mannerism.
The palace was not completed, and remained roofless until the late twentieth century.
♂️ Piranga flava, now Piranga lutea
(Tooth-billed Tanager / Cardenal Montañero)
Taken in La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Hepatic Tanager is the most widely distributed Piranga tanager, ranging from the southwest United States south to northern Argentina. Its English name is based on the liver-red color of the adult male from the northern part of the species' range; however, its scientific name, flava, meaning "yellow," derives from the original description, which is based on a female from Paraguay. These names reflect both a characteristic of the genus Piranga, marked sexual dichromatism, and the broad range of coloration, habitat, and behavior encompassed within the Hepatic Tanager as currently recognized.
Even though the Hepatic Tanager is currently considered one species, much evidence, including a recent study of molecular genetics, indicates that up to 3 species could be recognized, corresponding to the 3 groups of subspecies combined long ago. These groups and their respective species names are the Hepatic Tanager (P. hepatica) of montane pine-oak forests from the southwestern United States to Nicaragua, the Tooth-billed Tanager (P. lutea) of forest edges in foothills and mountains from Costa Rica to northern and western South America, and the Red Tanager (P. flava) of open woodlands of eastern and southeastern South America.
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Alanya
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("Where the Sun Smiles")
Alanya (/əˈlɑːnjə/ (About this soundlisten); Turkish pronunciation: [aˈɫanja]), formerly Alaiye, is a beach resort city and a district of Antalya Province on the southern coast of Turkey, in the country's Mediterranean Region, 133 kilometres (83 mi) east of the city of Antalya. As of Turkey's 2010 census, the city had a population of 98,627, while the district that includes the city and its built-up region had an area of 1,598.51 km2 and 248,286 inhabitants.
Because of its natural strategic position on a small peninsula into the Mediterranean Sea below the Taurus Mountains, Alanya has been a local stronghold for many Mediterranean-based empires, including the Ptolemaic, Seleucid, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires. Alanya's greatest political importance came in the Middle Ages, with the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm under the rule of Alaeddin Kayqubad I, from whom the city derives its name. His building campaign resulted in many of the city's landmarks, such as the Kızıl Kule (Red Tower), Tersane (Shipyard), and Alanya Castle.
The Mediterranean climate, natural attractions, and historic heritage make Alanya a popular destination for tourism, and responsible for nine percent of Turkey's tourism sector and thirty percent of foreign purchases of real estate in Turkey. Tourism has risen since 1958 to become the dominant industry in the city, resulting in a corresponding increase in city population. Warm-weather sporting events and cultural festivals take place annually in Alanya. In 2014 Mayor Adem Murat Yücel, of the Nationalist Movement Party unseated Hasan Sipahioğlu, of the Justice and Development Party, who had previously led the city since 1999.
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The city has changed hands many times over the centuries, and its name has reflected this. Alanya was known in Latin as Coracesium or in Greek as Korakesion (Ancient Greek: Κορακήσιον) from the Luwian Korakassa meaning "point/protruding city".The Roman Catholic Church still recognizes the Latin name as a titular see in its hierarchy.Under the Byzantine Empire it became known as Kalonoros or Kalon Oros, meaning "beautiful/fine mountain" in Greek.The Seljuks renamed the city Alaiye (علائیه), a derivative of the Sultan Alaeddin Kayqubad I's name. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Italian traders called the city Candelore or Cardelloro.In his 1935 visit, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk finalized the name in the new alphabet as Alanya, changing the 'i' and 'e' in Alaiye, reportedly because of a misspelled telegram in 1933. Wiki
USA, Oregon
Painted Hills, in the northwest United States, is one of the three units of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, located in Wheeler County, Oregon. It totals 3,132 acres (12.67 km2) and is located 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Mitchell, Oregon. The Painted Hills are listed as one of the Seven Wonders of Oregon. Painted Hills is named after the colorful layers of its hills corresponding to various geological eras, formed when the area was an ancient river floodplain.
Kleve, Germany, 2019.
This building was originally used as a granary. When a couple of years ago, a university campus was built all around it, the decision-makers decided to repurpose it as a library building. They turned it from a storehouse of wheat and rye into a storehouse of knowledge.
See all the images from this location in my corresponding blog post.
Enjoy!
Here in Sri Lanka Dal, sometimes also Daal or Dahl, is the collective name for chickpeas, beans, lentils, etc. and the name of a corresponding curry. In the market district of Colombos, such pulses are offered colourfully and in large quantities.
The street stretches from Østre Strandgate to Tordenskjoldsgate and was originally named Nordre gate. From Østre Strandgate to Tollbodgaten, the buildings were erected after the brick wall was introduced immediately after the town fire in 1892.
This part of the street was also reduced to ashes during the town fire of 1734, which affected 333 residential houses. During the fire in July 1892, all houses in Festningsgata south of Tollbodgaten were destroyed.
In addition to the brick wall, Kvadraturen was divided into 4 parts in that Festningsgata (and Rådhusgata) were laid out to a width of 31 meters before the reconstruction. But only part of this plan, lower part of Festningsgata from Retranchementet (Tresse) to Avenyen and part of Rådhusgata by the square were carried out according to this plan. In [Hans Jacobsen Schiørt's original plan for the city, the street width was 24 cubits, corresponding to 15 meters. Since then, redevelopment and new construction have gradually made the street run wider and today (2011) there is only one block, between Gyldenløves gate and Rådhusgata, which has a different width.
In Festningsgata 2 is the Odd Fellow lodge, originally designed as a magnificent villa for steam saw owner and lumber merchant Lars Usterud. With its distinctive tower and column veranda, it stands out in the building style, similar to the one we find at [Oscarshall] The building was designed by Johan Keyser Frølich for a number of the brick buildings after the city fire in 1892.
That time already again. Time to say good bye. Bid farewell. Fly away.
2015 was such an interesting year. I feel like it was one of those pivot moments in life where the starting point, and sometimes the ending points, were set in motion this year. On many levels.
Thank you all for your friendship and your kindness. Seeing your amazing work on a daily basis and corresponding with you as been an uplifting and inspiring experience. It has changed my life forever for the better and I cannot tell you how much I appreciate that.
The best of luck, love and happiness to you and yours in the new year.
Cheers, mv
El tren (465.203) procede de la Estación de L'Enova-Manuel y circula en sentido hacia la Estación de La Pobla Llarga.
A la derecha de la imagen, la línea de alta velocidad (todavía en construcción) correspondiente al tramo Valencia-Xàtiva.
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Renfe commuter train (Line C-2) passing through LA POBLA LLARGA (Valencia)
The train comes from L'Enova-Manuel Station and is moving in direction towards La Pobla Llarga Station.
On the right hand of the image, the high-speed line (still under construction) corresponding to the Valencia-Xàtiva section
Teatro Victoria Eugenia, Donostia, Guipúzcoa, España.
El Teatro Victoria Eugenia (en euskera Victoria Eugenia Antzokia) es un teatro situado en la ciudad de San Sebastián (España). Obra del arquitecto Francisco de Urcola, fue inaugurado en 1912. Ha sido escenario de importantes estrenos de zarzuela y de todas las ediciones del Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián hasta 1999, en las que el teatro fue escenario de acontecimientos como los estrenos mundiales de las películas Vértigo y Con la muerte en los talones de Alfred Hitchcock. Entre los años 2001 y 2007 se llevó a cabo el más profundo proceso de reforma del teatro. A lo largo de su siglo de historia ha sido el epicentro de la vida cultural de la ciudad y se ha erigido en uno de los más activos e importantes teatros de España.
El Teatro Victoria Eugenia, de estilo neorrenacentista español y neoplateresco y cuya entrada principal está situada en el Paseo de la República Argentina, ocupa una superficie total de 2.400 m². Mientras que un gran número de edificios del siglo XIX en San Sebastián son de clara influencia francesa, el exterior del edificio está inspirado en el palacio de Monterrey de Salamanca. En la fachada principal hay cuatro bustos, correspondientes al Conde de Peñaflorida, Arriaga, Eslava, Gayarre, Gaztambide y Santesteban. Las fachadas del edificio son de piedra arenisca, material típico de las construcciones de la época en la ciudad.
The Victoria Eugenia Theater (in Euskera Victoria Eugenia Antzokia) is a theater located in the city of San Sebastián (Spain). Work of the architect Francisco de Urcola, was inaugurated in 1912. It has been the scene of important releases of zarzuela and of all the editions of the San Sebastian International Film Festival until 1999, in which the theater was the scene of events such as the world premieres of the films Vertigo and With death on the heels of Alfred Hitchcock. Between 2001 and 2007 the deepest process of theater reform was carried out. Throughout its century of history it has been the epicenter of the cultural life of the city and has become one of the most active and important theaters in Spain.
The Victoria Eugenia Theater, of Neo-Renaissance Spanish and Neoplateresque style and whose main entrance is located on the Paseo de la República Argentina, occupies a total area of 2,400 m². While a large number of nineteenth-century buildings in San Sebastian are clearly influenced by France, the exterior of the building is inspired by the Monterrey Palace in Salamanca.On the main facade there are four busts, corresponding to the Count of Peñaflorida, Arriaga, Eslava, Gayarre, Gaztambide and Santesteban. The facades of the building are sandstone, typical material of the buildings of the time in the city.
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Piranga flava, now Piranga lutea
(Tooth-billed Tanager / Cardenal Montañero)
Hepatic Tanager is the most widely distributed Piranga tanager, ranging from the southwest United States south to northern Argentina. Its English name is based on the liver-red color of the adult male from the northern part of the species' range; however, its scientific name, flava, meaning "yellow," derives from the original description, which is based on a female from Paraguay. These names reflect both a characteristic of the genus Piranga, marked sexual dichromatism, and the broad range of coloration, habitat, and behavior encompassed within the Hepatic Tanager as currently recognized.
Even though the Hepatic Tanager is currently considered one species, much evidence, including a recent study of molecular genetics, indicates that up to 3 species could be recognized, corresponding to the 3 groups of subspecies combined long ago. These groups and their respective species names are the Hepatic Tanager (P. hepatica) of montane pine-oak forests from the southwestern United States to Nicaragua, the Tooth-billed Tanager (P. lutea) of forest edges in foothills and mountains from Costa Rica to northern and western South America, and the Red Tanager (P. flava) of open woodlands of eastern and southeastern South America.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...
The Basilica and Convent of San Francisco, is a Catholic basilica that stands in the middle of the historic center of Quito. The structure is the largest architectural complex within the historic centers of all of South America. San Francisco is considered a jewel of continental architecture for its mixture of different styles combined throughout more than 150 years of construction. Inside the church there are more than 3,500 works of colonial art, of multiple artistic manifestations and varied techniques, especially those corresponding to the Colonial Quito School of Art, which was born precisely in this place.
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Piranga flava, now Piranga lutea
(Tooth-billed Tanager / Cardenal Montañero)
Hepatic Tanager is the most widely distributed Piranga tanager, ranging from the southwest United States south to northern Argentina. Its English name is based on the liver-red color of the adult male from the northern part of the species' range; however, its scientific name, flava, meaning "yellow," derives from the original description, which is based on a female from Paraguay. These names reflect both a characteristic of the genus Piranga, marked sexual dichromatism, and the broad range of coloration, habitat, and behavior encompassed within the Hepatic Tanager as currently recognized.
Even though the Hepatic Tanager is currently considered one species, much evidence, including a recent study of molecular genetics, indicates that up to 3 species could be recognized, corresponding to the 3 groups of subspecies combined long ago. These groups and their respective species names are the Hepatic Tanager (P. hepatica) of montane pine-oak forests from the southwestern United States to Nicaragua, the Tooth-billed Tanager (P. lutea) of forest edges in foothills and mountains from Costa Rica to northern and western South America, and the Red Tanager (P. flava) of open woodlands of eastern and southeastern South America.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...
The Basilica and Convent of San Francisco, is a Catholic basilica that stands in the middle of the historic center of Quito. The structure is the largest architectural complex within the historic centers of all of South America. San Francisco is considered a jewel of continental architecture for its mixture of different styles combined throughout more than 150 years of construction. Inside the church there are more than 3,500 works of colonial art, of multiple artistic manifestations and varied techniques, especially those corresponding to the Colonial Quito School of Art, which was born precisely in this place.