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Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper is a striking and distinctive species. It was described to science in 1849 as Nasica bridgesii and was originally placed in the same genus as Long-billed Woodcreeper (Nasica longirostris). Because Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper differs in morphology from Long-billed Woodcreeper, in 1852 the genus Drymornis was erected for Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper and Greater Scythebill (Drymotoxeres pucheranii). However, due to its distinctiveness, in 1925 Drymornis became a monospecific genus.
This woodcreeper is found over a relatively large area of south-central South America, from southeastern Bolivia and extreme southern Brazil to central Argentina. It inhabits the Chaco woodlands, scrub, and espinal forests. Unlike other woodcreepers, it feeds on the ground where it forages for arthropods, although it also climbs trees like other woodcreepers. Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper is a mostly brown bird with a white supercilium and malar stripe, and with heavily streaked underparts; these streaks are broad and white with black edges. The bill is long and slightly curved. It also emits long and loud shrieking vocalizations that are quite distinctive. This species' scientific name commemorates Thomas Charles Bridges, an English botanist, zoologist, and collector who traveled widely in South America in the mid-1800s. doi.org/10.2173/bow.scbwoo4.02
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Scimitar Oryx Grazing. Beautiful animals. Have a great day my Flickr friends. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scimitar_oryx
This is actually a juvenile spotted drum (equetus punctatus), but the long, sleek, dorsal fin reminds me of a scimitar, and so wouldn't "scimitarfish" be an apt name?
Juvenile spotted drums are one of my favorite finds. They are not common (maybe one out of every 40 dives based on our dive log), they are tiny (1-2 cm from tip of nose to tail), they nervously swim back and forth undulating their tail, and, in particular, the shape of the dorsal fin is so distinctive among fish. Even the adult spotted drum lacks the long thin "scimitar". (Though, in fairness to who named the species, the adults do have spots that the juveniles lack.)
They are also a challenge to photograph because they usually are tucked low in the reef, often under ledges or in crevices. And they don't stay still - they tend to constantly circle around. This one was relatively out in the open, so I was determined to get a clean shot. I intentionally used a wide aperture to get the narrow depth of field. On this capture I think I got the eye and the dorsal fin on the same plane of focus and so it became a keeper!
The Sri Lanka scimitar babbler or Ceylon scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus melanurus) is an Old World babbler. It is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka.
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I always have this sort of image in mind during the fall duck season, so it's cool when sun, foliage, and bird decide to cooperate!
A Male, Female and new baby. I think it had not been born long. It was still wobbly. Have a great weekend and thanks for your comments.
IUCN Red listed as EW-Extinct in the wild
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A herd of scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah) graze in The Fossil Rim Wildlife Preserve near Glenrose Texas. These animals became extinct in the wild in the late 1980. Thanks to the Environmental Agency – Abu Dhabi and Sahara Conservation Fund, since 2016, these animals are once again roaming the grasslands of Chad.. Animals from captive populations worldwide, including Fossil Rim, are forming a World Herd in Abu Dhabi, from which release animals are drawn.
The Indian scimitar babbler's habitat is forest and secondary growth mainly in the hilly regions. They feed on insects on the ground or on vegetation. Hopping on the ground, they may turn over leaves or probe in leaf litter for prey.
The Reliant Scimitar name was used for a series of sports car models produced by British car manufacturer Reliant between 1964 and 1986. During its 22-year production it evolved from a coupe (GT) into a sports estate (GTE), with a convertible variant (GTC) launched in 1980. All have a fibreglass body mounted on a steel box-section chassis, and Ford engines.
This 3-litre 1979 Reliant Scimitar, DNK16T, was seen at Bidford Classic Wings and Wheels on 15th September 2024.
An old car in a junk/repair area in an industrial estate. I think this shot was to finish the roll. These were made by Reliant who also made the famous "Robin Reliant".
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'HMS Scimitar', one of several patrol boats that passed Admiralty House gardens en route to HMNB this afternoon (7th July '21).
Very nice example. Apparently untaxed since 1988, but has obviously been in sympathetic hands during at least some of that time. There's a nice old photo of it a 1984 SABRE show, and I saw a brief mention of it having been restored after accident damage in 1983: jeffcraske.wixsite.com/index/1984-sabre-day
Scimitar Oryx , Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee City, Wisconsin.
The scimitar oryx, also known as the scimitar-horned oryx and the Sahara oryx, is an Oryx species that was once widespread across North Africa. In 2000, it was declared extinct in the wild on the IUCN Red List. Wikipedia
From around 11,000 - 3,000 BCE the Sahara was green, during the African Humid Period it was not desert, but lightly wooded savanna grassland, when this was the case Scimitar-horned Oryx would have been very common across northern Africa. Later depictions in Ancient Egyptian tomb art and in Roman mosaics suggest that they were still common in those days, but after the Roman period, the population of oryx started to gradually decline, as the climate changed and Africa became drier, however, they still survived in good numbers around the fringes of the Sahara up until the 20th century. Then their population went into steep decline, particularly following the introduction of better firearms and motor vehicles, hunters could kill more animals, more easily and gain access to areas of the Saharan region that would previously have been difficult to reach. The combination of habitat loss, competition with domestic livestock and overhunting, resulted in their extinction north of the Sahara, and a major reduction in numbers south of the Sahara, by the 1960s only one significant population remained in the Ouadi Rimé Ouadi Achim Game Reserve known as the OROA in central Chad. Unfortunately, civil war between the Chadian army and northern rebels backed by Colonel Gaddafi, made it too dangerous for rangers to operate in the reserve and these last wild oryx were poached, likely killed for meat by both sides during the conflict, sometime in the 1980s the Oryx likely became extinct, surveys conducted in the 90s found only skulls and horns, in the year 2000 the IUCN declared that the Scimitar-horned Oryx was extinct in the wild.
Luckily, in the 1960s when the oryx was still common in the OROA, fifty Oryx were captured to start a captive breeding programme, the animals were sent to zoos in the USA and from there to Europe and then around the world. During the 90s some captive oryx were returned to their natural habitat in fenced reserves in Tunisia and Morocco, but being fenced in they are not truly wild. Around a decade ago conservationists started to plan the reintroduction of oryx to the OROA, to re-establish a wild population in their last known home. Oryx were selected from zoos around the world including Marwell Zoo in the UK, to create a world herd of oryx at the Delaika Breeding Centre in Abu Dhabi, oryx from this herd would then be sent to Chad and ultimately released into the wild in the OROA. The first oryx in this project run by the Sahara Conservation Fund, were released in 2016, the plan is to release 500 oryx. Already the population in the OROA has grown to around 500, but a few more animals will be brought and released to bring the number of released animals up to 500.
December 2023 update, when I visited OROA in 2022 six years after the start of the oryx reintroduction project, despite there being a significant number of oryx back in the wild and plenty of wild born calves, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature still classified the SHO as Extinct in the Wild, however, they have just published their latest reassessment of the SHO and have changed their classification to Endangered. Thus, the Scimitar-horned Oryx’s return to the wild is now officially recognised and the wild population in OROA stands at over 600, this is a huge milestone for the project.
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Forged by elven smiths in times long since forgotten, this scimitar's edge is no less keen today as it was then.
The [Beefwitted] Elvish Scimitar is an unrigged COPY and MOD hand-crafted weapon that comes with a texture HUD providing four different options each for the Blade and Hilt Metals, as well as five options for the Grip.
Animations included are priority 5 so as to work with most other animations and you can drop your own animations into the blade and they will be provided for you to choose from upon clicking the item whilst attached.
Animations - streamable.com/dxyrzd
As well as the scimitar itself, a sheathed version and an empty sheath are also provided.
All objects are tintable.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to Beefwitted Resident.