Definition, Betydelse & Synonymer | Engelska ordet JACKDAW

Definition av JACKDAW

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• The Daurian jackdaw (Coloeus dauuricus) is a bird in the crow family, Corvidae, native to eastern Asia.
• The play begins with two middle-aged men stumbling across a hillside wilderness, guided by a pet crow and a pet jackdaw.
• Max Vasmer and modern Slavists generally agree that "Halych" is an adjective derived from the East Slavic word for "jackdaw" ("halka").
• The birds seen on Brean Down include peregrine falcon, jackdaw, kestrel, collared and stock doves, common whitethroat, common linnet, stonechat, dunnock, rock pipit and – in 2007 – Britain's first and only Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross was discovered in a garden nearby.
• The region has given its name to various animal species including Daurian hedgehog, and the following birds: Asian brown flycatcher (Muscicapa daurica), Daurian jackdaw, Daurian partridge, Daurian redstart, Daurian starling, Daurian shrike and the red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica).
• The azure jay (Cyanocorax caeruleus) (Brazilian Portuguese: Gralha-azul, meaning blue jackdaw) is a passeriform bird of the crow family, Corvidae.
• The word is also used in other words and phrases such as: apple jack, hijack, jack of clubs (playing card), jack straw (scarecrow), jack tar (sailor), jack-in-the-box, jack-of-all-trades, Jack the lad, jack o'lantern, jackdaw, jackhammer, jackknife, jackpot, lumberjack, Union Jack, etc.
• The jackdaw transformation is attested in the Hungarian tale, A csóka lányok ("The Jackdaw Girls"), wherein a poor mother wishes her rambunctious twelve daughters would turn into jackdaws and fly away, which was promptly fulfilled; and in the "West Prussian" tale Die sieben Dohlen ("The Seven Jackdaws"), collected by professor Alfred Cammann (de).
• The western jackdaw and the Eurasian magpie have been found to have a nidopallium about the same relative size as the functionally equivalent neocortex in chimpanzees and humans, and significantly larger than is found in the gibbons.
• Additionally, thrush, blackbirds, chaffinch, lark, starling, jay, jackdaw, sparrow, siskin, blackcap, Rock partridge, grebe, plover, coot, wagtail, francolin, and even cranes were hunted, or trapped, and eaten, and sometimes available in markets.
• Grey heron (Ardea cinerea), white stork (Ciconia ciconia), garganey (Anas querquedula), tufted duck (Aythya fuligula), red kite (Milvus milvus), hen harrier (Circus cyaneus), Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus), buzzard (Buteo buteo), hobby (Falco subbuteo), lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), curlew (Numenius arquata), green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus), Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola), common snipe (Gallinago gallinago), collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto), cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), long-eared owl (Asio otus), tawny owl (Strix aluco), common swift (Apus apus), hoopoe (Upupa epops), grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus), European green woodpecker (Picus viridis), barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), house martin (Delichon urbica), tree pipit (Anthus trivialis), dunnock (Prunella modularis), redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), redwing (Turdus iliacus), mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus), sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus), aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola), reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus), icterine warbler (Hippolais icterina), lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca), whitethroat (Sylvia communis), wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix), pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca), collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis), crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus), long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus), red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio), jackdaw (Corvus monedula), common raven (Corvus corax), brambling (Fringilla montifringilla), hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), serin (Serinus serinus), siskin (Carduelis spinus), bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula), linnet (Carduelis cannabina), common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) and common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra).
• Birdwatchers can find a great diversity in this area: diurnal birds such as the black kite, the kite, the short-toed eagle, golden eagle, the blue black-shouldered kite, the griffon vulture, and the buzzard; nocturnal predators like the barn owl and tawny owl; corvids like the crow, the jackdaw, the chough, the Dartford, and the jay; the white stork that today, like many other birds, has stopped migrating because of its adaptation to landfills and dumps where they have food throughout the year; and small birds such as thrushes, orioles, hoopoes, cuckoos and partridges.
• The Kazinag National Park is home to about 120 species of birds including the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), Impeyan or monal pheasant (Lophophorus impejanus), cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii), sparrow hawk (Accipiter nisus melaschistos), snow pigeon (Columba leuconota), cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), Himalayan pied kingfisher (Ceryle lugubris), lesser pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis), nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes), jackdaw (Corvus monedula), long tailed minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus), sooty flycatcher (Muscicapa infuscata), Kashmir red breasted flycatcher (Ficedula subrubra) and yellow throated martin (Martes flavigula).
• Winter: Whooper swan (fly-over), mallard, cormorant, grey heron, hen harrier, sparrowhawk, buzzard, peregrine falcon, lapwing, snipe, woodcock, feral pigeon, woodpigeon, kingfisher, meadow pipit, grey wagtail, pied wagtail, dipper, wren, dunnock, robin, stonechat, blackbird, fieldfare, song thrush, redwing, mistle thrush, goldcrest, long-tailed tit, coal tit, blue tit, great tit, treecreeper, magpie, jackdaw, rook, hooded crow, raven, starling, common chaffinch, goldfinch, siskin, lesser redpoll, bullfinch, reed bunting.
• The reserve supports woodland and grassland species such as blackcap, linnet, tree pipit, coal tit, goldcrest, turtle dove, great spotted woodpecker, pied wagtail and jackdaw.
• Breeding birds include great spotted woodpecker, marsh tit, blackcap, jackdaw, bullfinch, wren, mistle thrush and also goldcrest and spotted flycatcher.
• Birds recorded at the site include: jack snipe, common snipe, grey heron, whooper swan, mute swan, teal, wigeon, goldeneye, tufted duck, mallard, coot, moorhen, buzzard, wren, coal tit, great tit, blue tit, long-tailed tit, treecreeper, great spotted woodpecker, song thrush, blackbird, robin, dunnock, chaffinch, jackdaw, carrion crow, sparrowhawk, water rail, redshank, pheasant, owls, grasshopper warbler and reed bunting.
• Birds found at Les Landes include the Eurasian skylark, European stonechat, Dartford warbler, meadow pipit, common raven, common linnet, western jackdaw, barn swallow, northern wheatear, western yellow wagtail, Eurasian dotterel, European golden plover, Eurasian wryneck, ring ouzel, western marsh harrier, hen harrier, merlin, peregrine falcon, and short-eared owl.

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