Hey Children check this out. Basic Aves science for children - Cycle of Bird Life Video included. Great-billed Parrot Identified in 1783 the Latin mane for this bird is called - Tanygnathus megalorynchos. Now if you find this hard to pronounce then try this. Break the words down in to simple small words. Speak them slowly until your able to pronounce the entire Latin name. Like this. Tanyg-nathus mega-lory-nchos (now pronounce it with a silent (y).. The correct term we use when identifying in Latin comes from Professor Carl Linnaeus. Linnaeus called the Latin identifying system (nomenclature). :) Carl Linne as he was commonly known invented this system of naming to make it much easier for us all to identify a single species of plant or animal with its own unique name. When writing about any plant or animal please use this system of identification. That way we do not confuse a common name of one species with the other that may also have that common name but would not have the same Latin name. This (mega) large Parrot is listed as (least concern) because it does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 02:32:49 +0000
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