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Diagnostic Shining Bronze-Cuckoo, Chalictes lucidus, 13 - 18 cm / 5 - 7 in. Near the Gairdner River Inlet, Western Australia. I had already missed a shot of a previous cuckoo due to poor light, so I went after this one even though the light was not that great. Common in forest habitats.
Gairdner River Inlet, Western Australia.
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Diagnostic Long-wattled Umbrellabird, Cephalopterus penduliger, M: 40 - 42 cm. / 15.75 - 16.5 in., F: 35.5 - 37 cm. / 14 - 14.5 in. RARE and local in canopy and borders of foothill and lower sub-tropical forest on the west slope.
Umbrellabird Lodge, Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador.
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Kecila Rul earns a living on Tatooine as a Podracer mechanic. It's a tough living sure: hot, oily and often dangerous. Still, for him it sure beats being a moisture farmer, having the constant threat of Tusken Raider attack day and night. At least in the larger settlements there was relative safety in the crowd. Inbetween Podraces, his boss, Deq Vu Vurt, earns a few extra credits hiring out his pod for joyrides from visiting offworlders. So there's always steady work for Kecila and his pit droids.
Diagnostic Sharpe's Drongo, Dicrurus sharpei, 19cm. / 7.5 in. Recently spilt from Square-tailed Drongo, Dicrurus ludwigii and found in interior forest and edges.
Kakamega Forest, Vihiga, Western, Kenya.
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Diagnostic 'Anianiau, Lesser Amakihi, Magumma parvus, Hemignathus parvus, 4 in / 10.16 cm. Kaua'i only. ENDEMIC. Fairly COMMON in native forest above 3,000 ft.
Koke'e State Park, Kaua'i, Hawai'ian Islands, United States.
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Diagnostic Chilean Flicker, Colaptes pitius, 30 - 33 cm. / 12 - 13 in. Widespread in central and southern Chile. Typical flicker behaviors. Prefers open beech forest or forest edge, agricultural areas with adjacent tall trees and taller matorral. Appear to be shy birds.
Antillanca, Puyehue National Park, Los Lagos Region, Chile. ©bryanjsmith 2017.
Diagnostic Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle, Geranoaetus melanoleucus australis, 60 - 76 cm. / 24 - 30 in. Wingspan: 149 - 184 cm. / 59 - 72 in. Various habitats often near mountain slopes of both the Andes and coastal ranges. Also found at forest edges, agricultural areas and desert oasis valleys of the north.
La Campana National Park, Valparaiso Region, Chile.
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Diagnostic Retz's Helmetshrike, Prionops retzii, 22 cm / 8.66 in. COMMON resident in woodland, including miombo, and riparian forest.
Limpopo Valley, South Africa.
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Diagnostic 'Apapane, Himatione sanguinea, 13 cm. / 5.25 in. ENDEMIC in forest canopy favoring 'ohi'a lehua tree flowers.
Waimea Canyon, Kaua'i, Hawai'ian Islands, USA.
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A diagnostic feature of Grey Plover is black armpits, but they are usually only visible in flight. This individual obligingly flashed its armpits for this photo. Grey Plovers breed on low tundra around the high Arctic. In America this same species is known as Black-bellied Plover as in breeding plumage the black is more extensive and striking than on Golden Plovers. But even in America most birders see them in grey winter plumage, so Black-armpitted Plover would be more appropriate. And incidentally, the proper term for armpits is axillaries, so most bird books describe them as having black axillaries. They winter around the coasts of every continent where it does not freeze in winter, but are often at quite low density. I often hear their characteristic call before I see them (listen to it here): www.xeno-canto.org/678452 Peak numbers in Britain occur in autumn decreasing to a plateau in winter suggesting that many birds stop off en route to other wintering areas. The number wintering in Britain is about 34,000, compared with about 400,000 Golden Plover. But many Golden Plovers spend the winter on farmland as well as estuaries, whereas Grey Plovers are very rare away from the coast. The scientific name is Pluvialis squatarola, given by Linnaeus from a Venetian name for a type of Plover (Sgatarola). In the first bird book in English (1678) John Ray called it the Squatarola or Grey Plover, and that name has been with us ever since. Unlike most shorebirds in winter, they don't flock with their own kind, but you see odd ones scattered thinly on muddy and sandy shores. I don't find them easy to photograph as they are often miles away on the mudflats, but I took this one roosting on rocks at high tide on the Northumberland coast.
Diagnostic Red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceous, 6 in / 15.24 cm. COMMON and widespread in forests, migrants in almost any wooded habitat.
Sieur de Monte Spring, Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Hancock County, Maine, USA.
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Diagnostic Little Lorikeet, Glossopsitta pusilla, 16 - 18 cm. / 6.2 - 7.1 in. COMMON and ENDEMIC. They inhabit tall open forests, woodlands, orchids, parks and urban trees. Above the car park at a lunch stop.
Queensland, Australia.
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Diagnostic Meyer's Parrot, Poicephalus meyeri saturatus, 23cm. / 9in. COMMON and widespread in woodlands, brush lands, scrub and cultivation.
Harambee Road, Kisumu, Western Region, Kenya.
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Diagnostic Malagasy Sacred Ibis, Threskiornis bernieri bernieri, 70 - 85 cm. / 27.6 - 33.5 in. RARE and THREATENED regional ENDEMIC. Largely restricted to coastal mudflats, estuaries and mangrove swamps.
Betsikoba Delta, Madagascar.
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Diagnostic Des Murs' Wiretail, Sylviorthorhynchus desmursii, 24 cm. / 9.5 in. (including tail which is shown here and is twice as long as the body). Dense bamboo thickets, Shy and very difficult to see, then when spotted quickly darts around among the thick cover. Very quick little bird!
Chinquihue, Puerto Montt, Los Lagos Region, Chile.
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Diagnostic Female Helmeted Manakin, Soldadinho, Antilophia galeata, 14 cm / 5.5 in. Low levels in riparian habitat, palm groves and woodland. Stayed in the cover and canopy shadows.
Bahia, Brazil.
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[ ALL TAG AND OTHER DESCRIPTIVE DATA RE THIS IMAGING OF TINY CREATURES (WHO, MY RESEARCH INDICATES, FLED WEIMAR GERMANY DURING THE DECLINE) REVEALED TO BE LIVING INSIDE THE "CURSED FUJI" HAVE BEEN LOST THANKS TO SOME FREAKO FLICKR ERROR. GRRRR ARGH. ;)
THE FLICKR UPLOADR IS NEITHER COMPELLING NOR SEXY ENOUGH FOR ME TO SPEND AN ENTURE FRIDAY EVENING WITH. OOPS. THAT PERHAPS MERITED A 'CANDOR ALERT' ;-}
PROST.
Diagnostic Tufted Tit-Tyrant, Anairetes parulus, 11 cm. / 4.25 in. In shrubby clearings and temperate forest on both slopes, ranging up into shrubby paramo. Diagnostic image showing the crest on top of the head, if you squint. And you can also see the very small eye.
Antisanilla Ecological Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador.
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Diagnostic Fan-tailed Widowbird, Euplectes axillaris zanzibaricus, 15 cm. / 6 in. COMMON and widespread. Marshy areas and wet grassland from sea level to 2300 m. / 7546 ft.
Kisumu, Kenya
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Diagnostic Male GuiraTanager, Saira-de-papo-preto, Hemithraupis guira, 13 cm / 5.1in. LESS FREQUENT. Borders of humid forest, woodland and riparian habitat up to 1500 m / 4922 ft., locally higher.
PN Chapada Diamantina, Lechos, Bahia, Brazil.
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Diagnostic Puna Teal, Spatula puna, 45 - 49 cm. / 17.5 - 19 in. Restricted to altiplano habitats. Very wary birds.
Lago Chungara, Parinacota Province, Chile.
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Diagnostic Ticking Doradito, Pseudocolopterx citreola, 12.5 cm. / 4.9 in. Unfortunately, this RARE bird was only seen from some distance away. Inhabits marshes and wet riparian areas. Requires rushes and cattails adjacent to wet willow thickets along streams.
Laguna El Peral Nature Reserve, Valparaiso Region, Chile.
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Diagnostic Collared Falconet, Microhierax caerulescens burmanicus, 15 cm. / 5.9 in. Extremely RARE resident. Hunts from open trees like a small swallow.
Yunnan, China
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Diagnostic Pink-legged Graveteiro, Acrobata, Acrobatornis fonsecai, 14 cm / 5.9 in. RARE ENDEMIC with a small, limited range. Cacao plantations shaded by taller trees.
Camacan, Bahia, Brazil.
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White-winged Scoters (Melanitta deglandi) are a recent taxonomic split from Velvet Scoter (M.fusca) which winters around the British coast. The Siberian Stejneger's Scoter (M. stejnegeri) which was split at the same time. All three are incredibly similar in being large black ducks with a white speculum (at back of wing) and some white around the eye. But there are diagnostic differences in bill shape and colouration, shape of white eye patch, tracheal structure, and vocalisations. White-winged Scoters have a wide breeding distribution in the western half of Canada and Alaska, plus around the Great Lakes in the east. They were first described by Charles Bonaparte, Napoleon's nephew, in 1850. The scientific name bestowed by Bonaparte commemorates French zoologist Côme-Damien Degland (1787–1856) who had just published a two-volume work on the birds of Europe in 1849.
Like Velvet Scoter, White-winged Scoters are usually shy and difficult to get close to. These were taken in Johnstone Strait on Vancouver Island. The front bird is a black adult male with an eye patch, the females at the rear is browner with plain face, but both show the diagnostic white wing patches.
Diagnostic Yellow-plumed Honeyeater, Lichenostomus ornatus, 14 - 18.5 cm. / 5.5 - 7.3 in. COMMON and ENDEMIC. Found in mallee and semi-arid eucalyptus woodlands.
Dryandra State Forest, Western Australia.
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Diagnostic Black Cuckooshrike, Campephaga lava, 18 21 cm / 7.1 - 8.3 in. Fairly COMMON resident in mature woodland and forest margins. The red gape stripe is diagnostic though is more commonly yellow in color.
Skukuza Golf Course, Skukuza, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.
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Diagnostic Female Malagasy Harrier, Circus macrosceles, 54 - 59 cm. / 21 - 23.2 in. Regional RARE ENDEMIC and ENDANGERED. Marshy edges of lakes and rivers rice paddies and grasslands. Seen on the final day of our trip on the way to the airport!
Lake Alarobia, Antananarivo Ivato Airport, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
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Diagnostic Red-Rumped Woodpecker, Veniliornis kirkii cecilii, 15.5 - 16 cm. / 6 - 6.25 in. Widespread, but rarely numerous in lower and middle growth of humid and deciduous forest and woodlands and adjacent plantations in lowlands and foothills of the west.
Lower road, Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador.
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iss067e183752_alt (July 8, 2022) --- Expedition 67 Flight Engineer and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti participates in the Acoustic Diagnostics study. The investigation explores whether equipment noise levels and the microgravity environment may create possible adverse effects on astronaut hearing. The acoustic data will help researchers understand the International Space Station’s sound environment and may inform countermeasures to protect crew hearing.
Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon Portugal
Charles Correa Associates designed this research and diagnostic centre located in Lisbon. It is a state-of-the-art facility guided by some of the best scientist in the world. The site, where the river meets the Atlantic Ocean, is steeped in history. It is the site where Henry the Navigator, Vasco de Gama and other great Portuguese left on their journeys into the unknown—a perfect metaphor for the discoveries of contemporary science today. The 3 units that constitute the project are:
•the largest for the doctors and scientist,
•the second for the theatre, the exhibition hall, the foundation offices, etc,
•the third is an open-air amphitheatre for the city.
They have been arranged to create a 125m long pathway leading diagonally across the site, towards the open seas. This pathway is ramped up at a gentle slope of 1:20, so as you ascend, you see only sky ahead of you. At the end of the ramp are two stone monoliths, straight from the quarry. When you reach the highest point, you begin to see a large body of water, which seemingly connects (i.e. without any visual break) to the ocean beyond. In the centre of this water body, just below the surface of the water, is an oval shaped object—made of stainless steel and slightly convex, so that it reflects the blue sky and passing clouds above.
Diagnostic Crimson-mantled Woodpecker, Colaptes rivolii brevirostris, 24 - 25 cm. / 9.5 - 10 in. Upper sub-tropical and temperate forest and woodland on both slopes, also borders and trees in clearings.
Puembo Birding Garden, Puembo, Pichincha Province, Ecuador.
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L'anoressia nervosa viene diagnosticata nel 90-95 % dei casi a pazienti di sesso femminile.
I criteri standard raccomandati dai manuali psichiatrici per fare diagnosi di anoressia nervosa sono attualmente: una magrezza estrema (non costituzionale) con rifiuto di mantenere il peso al di sopra di una soglia minima di peso ritenuta normale (il peso del soggetto deve essere sotto l'85% del peso previsto in base all'età ed alla altezza e/o l'indice di massa corporea - BMI -inferiore a 17,5)
una forte paura di ingrassare anche in presenza di un evidente sottopeso
una preoccupazione estrema per il peso e l'aspetto fisico, che includa sia una alterazione del vissuto corporeo, sia una importanza eccessiva data al peso nei riguardi della propria autostima, o ancora il rifiuto di ammettere la gravità delle proprie condizioni fisiologiche nei pazienti di sesso femminile, un'amenorrea (sospensione del ciclo mestruale) che dati da almeno tre mesi.
spesso, ed è difficile accorgersene, i soggetti affetti da anoressia nervosa sono bugiardi con se stessi e con gli altri e fanno di tutto per nascondere questa loro malattia. Non è necessario avere tutti i parametri, in alcuni casi ne basta anche uno solo per diagnosticare la malattia...
Le cause che portano allo sviluppo di una anoressia nervosa sono multiple, ovvero esistono delle cause predisponenti di natura sia biologica, che sociale, che psicologica su cui si sovrappongono ad un certo punto dei fattori scatenanti che portano allo sviluppo della malattia.
Tra i fattori predisponenti è importante tenere presente il fatto di avere un familiare che soffre, o ha sofferto, di un disturbo del comportamento alimentare, il fatto di crescere in una famiglia dove esiste una oggettiva difficoltà a comunicare ed esprimere le emozioni, il fatto di appartenere ad un gruppo sociale "a rischio" per il controllo del peso (ad es. ballerine/i, ginnaste/i, cicliste/i, ecc.), il fatto di vivere in un'area urbana di un paese occidentale dove la magrezza viene enfatizzato come un valore sociale positivo, il fatto di soffrire di un disturbo della personalità.
Tra i fattori scatenanti, il più noto è il fatto di sottoporsi a diete ferree, e poi c'è sicuramente la difficoltà ad adattarsi ai cambiamenti e agli eventi stressanti che la vita impone. In questo senso possono essere considerati fattori scatenanti l'anoressia nervosa un fallimento amoroso, una bocciatura a scuola, un licenziamento dal lavoro, la perdita di un caro, ecc.
Alle volte la volontà di non mangiare non è correlata al fattore estetico o alla magrezza: persone che subiscono continuamente delusioni in campo affettivo, lavorativo, scolastico o sociale si sentono impotenti, incapaci di controllare la propria vita ottenendo ciò che vorrebbero, schiavi degli altri. Il cibo è una delle poche cose che possono controllare, e per dimostrare di essere forti e di avere il controllo devono dimostrare che potrebbero non essere dipendenti dal cibo, di poterne farne a meno, poiché il mangiare è visto come un'ulteriore schiavitù. Il riuscire a combattere la fame e rifiutare il cibo potrebbe essere una vittoria che accresce l'autostima.
Diagnostic Klipspringer, Oreotragus oreotragus, 80 -100 cm / 31.5 - 39.4 in. Looks larger than it really is because its hairs stand on end rather than lying flat. The only antelope to walk on tiptoes. Rocky habitats only.
Skukuza Roads, Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.
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Diagnostic Northern Screamer, Chauna chavaria, 84 - 91 cm / 33 - 36 in. RARE. Huge, ungainly bird found locally in more remote marshy areas, lake margins and on river islands of the eastern lowlands. Both sexes have a long, slender "horn" rising from the forehead as seen in this diagnostic image. We were fortunate that among our group leaders was Robert Ridgely (Author of "The Birds of Ecuador"), who was very excited to find this unexpected member of the family Anhimidae at this site.
La Tembladera Wetlands near Santa Rosa, El Oro Province, Ecuador.
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Diagnostic Northern Fantail, Rhipidura rufiventris, 16 - 18.5 cm. / 6 - 7 in. COMMON. Frequents open forest, rainforest margins and mangrove habitats.
Flecker Botanical Gardens, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
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Diagnostic complex of (railway) infrastructure "ERA+" manufactured by JSC RPC INFOTRANS (Samara, Russia) by order of JSC "Russian Railways" is the special train for complex rail track and catenary diagnosing, and it is composed of set of measuring wagons built on the base of modern passenger carriages and standard carriges for personnel (the first wagon in the row on the picture). Complex allows to measure a lot of railway parameters and transmit them in real time to a single coordination center of RZD.
Диагностический комплекс инфраструктуры "Эра+"
изготовлен АО НПЦ ИНФОТРАНС для ОАО «РЖД».
Diagnostic Black-legged Kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla tridactyla, 37 - 42cm. UNCOMMON here. Breeds on steep sea cliffs, sometimes on buildings. Rarely seen far from the sea.
Salina do Sambouco, Alochete County, Setubal, Portugal.
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Diagnostic 'Akepa, Loxops coccineus, 4 - 5 in / 10.16 - 12.7 cm. UNCOMMON and ENDANGERED. An ENDEMIC found in native montane forest above 4,500 ft / 1371.6 m. Probably extinct on Mau'i and is extinct on O'ahu.
Lifelist #5355
Halalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, Mauna Kea, Hawai'i, Hawaiian Islands, United States.
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Diagnostic Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant, Agriornis montana, 25 cm. / 10 in. Widespread in Andes and also seen at lower elevations. Often in altiplano villages on buildings, wires, etc. Natural habitat is rocky slopes near grassland, prefers to perch on rocks instead of bushes.
Farellones, Region Metropolitana De Santiago, Chile.
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Diagnostic Straight-billed Earthcreeper, Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus, Upucerthis rufucaudus, 16 - 19 cm. / 6 - 7.5 in. COMMON in the north, less common central. Rocky slopes with scattered shrubbery. This bird danced around and was very shy.
Atacama Desert, Lluta Valley, Arica Y Parinacota Region, Chile.
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Diagnostic features: small size, short pronotum with sharply indented side keels, clubbed antennae (male), thickened antennae (female). Colour & pattern variable, but usually 'busy' with multi-coloured stripes & blotches. Like the field grasshopper, males have red colouration on the abdomen, but are much smaller & the clubbed antennae are distinctive.
The main picture was taken at The Ercall, Shrops, in 2007 with my first digital camera, a 6mp Sony H2 superzoom. It is still the best shot I've taken of the male's antennae.
Diagnostic Wrybill, Ngutuparore, Anarhynchus frontalis, 20 - 21 cm. / 7.8 - 8.3 in. VULNERABLE ENDEMIC found along estuaries of the North Island. Unique bill that bends to the right. While feeding on mudflats as the tide was receding 350 - 400 meters distant.
Puketutu Island, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand.
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Diagnostic Yellow-browed Sparrow, Ammodramus auriferons, 13 cm. / 5 in. COMMON and widespread in grassy areas of the eastern lowlands. Even though we only spotted this single.
Valladolid, Loja Province, Ecuador.
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Diagnostic Cinereous Conebill, Conirostrum cinereum littorale, 10 - 11 cm. / 4 - 4.5 in. COMMON in oasis valleys of the north and pre-puna shrub zone. Found in shrubby areas, olive plantations, gardens, riparian scrub and tamarugo forests.
Chaca Valley, Arica Y Parinacota Region, Chile.
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