"an indecisive man who wronged Welch. ""What Kind of Man"" received acclaim from music critics. Al Horner of the ""NME"" wrote, ""Musically, it's ""big"". Wagnerian backing vocals and horn blasts turn 'What Kind Of Man' into a spectacle worthy of [Welch's] new festival headliner status"". Dee Lockett of Vulture dubbed it a ""fiery rocker"". Andrew Unterberger of ""Spin"" opined that the song ""starts off a letdown, but quickly proves to be ['Ship to Wreck's] roaring equal, with the unexpected arrival of a thick guitar chop and regal horn salute that gives Florence the instrumental support she deserves as she excoriates"
"lines. It was formerly persecuted in significant numbers because people feared (without justification) that it regularly carried off children and domestic animals; the bird was also hunted as a trophy. Despite the declines, the species clearly occupies a large range and, as such, it is listed as Near threatened on the IUCN Red List since the 24th of July 2014 . Probably fewer than 10,000 pairs exist in the wild worldwide. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his ""Systema naturae"" in 1758 as ""Vultur barbatus"". The present scientific name means ""bearded vulture-eagle"". The name ""Lammergeyer"" originates from German"
"for 'vulture', or a bird not unlike one; Aelian describes the ""aegypius"" as ""halfway between a vulture (""gyps"") and an eagle"". Some authorities think this a good description of a lammergeier; others do not. Aegypius is the eponym of the species, whatever it was. The English name 'black vulture' refers to the plumage colour, while 'monk vulture', a direct translation of its German name , refers to the bald head and ruff of neck feathers like a monk's cowl. 'Cinereous vulture' (Latin ""cineraceus"", ash-coloured; pale, whitish grey), was a deliberate attempt to rename it with a new name distinct from"
"some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus ""Lalage"": Lalage (bird) Lalage is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. There are about 18 species which occur in southern Asia and Australasia with a number of species on Pacific islands. They feed mainly on insects and fruit. They build a neat cup-shaped nest high in a tree. They are fairly small birds, about 15 to 20 cm long. They are mainly black, grey and white in colour. Most species are fairly common but the Samoan triller is considered to be"
"Lalage (bird) Lalage is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. There are about 18 species which occur in southern Asia and Australasia with a number of species on Pacific islands. They feed mainly on insects and fruit. They build a neat cup-shaped nest high in a tree. They are fairly small birds, about 15 to 20 cm long. They are mainly black, grey and white in colour. Most species are fairly common but the Samoan triller is considered to be near threatened and the Norfolk Island subspecies of the long-tailed triller has become extinct. Formerly,"
"Lanner falcon The lanner falcon (""Falco biarmicus"") is a medium-sized bird of prey that breeds in Africa, southeast Europe and just into Asia. It prefers open habitat and is mainly resident, but some birds disperse more widely after the breeding season. A large falcon, it preys on birds and bats. The lanner falcon was described by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1825 under the current binomial name ""Falco biarmicus"". The type locality is Caffraria and the Cape of Good Hope. ""Falco"" is Late Latin for a ""falcon"", from ""falx"", ""falcis"" ""sickle"". The Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus had used"
"geier refers to a form of eagle or falcon, rather than a vulture, a matter that was commented upon in the article by Harriet C. Stanton, ""Poets and Birds: a Criticism"", The Atlantic monthly. / Volume 52, Issue 311, September 1883. Even some encyclopedia writers adopted the view that the lammergeier ""is more closely allied with the eagles than with the vultures"", as in the 11th Edition of Encyclopædia Britannica. Taxonomic confusion may have resulted from the physical appearance of the lammergeier. Because the head of the lammergeier, unlike most other vultures, is feathered rather than naked, it bears a"
"Bearded vulture The bearded vulture (""Gypaetus barbatus""), also known as the Lämmergeier or ossifrage, is a bird of prey and the only member of the genus ""Gypaetus"". Traditionally considered an Old World vulture, it actually forms a minor lineage of Accipitridae together with the Egyptian vulture (""Neophron percnopterus""), its closest living relative. It is not much more closely related to the Old World vultures proper than to, for example, hawks, and differs from the former by its feathered neck. Although dissimilar, the Egyptian and bearded vulture each have a lozenge-shaped tail—unusual among birds of prey. The bearded vulture is the"
"of unbaptised children were doomed to wander in nightjar form until Judgement Day. European nightjar The European nightjar (""Caprimulgus europaeus""), Eurasian nightjar or just nightjar, is a crepuscular and nocturnal bird in the nightjar family that breeds across most of Europe and temperate Asia. The Latin generic name refers to the old myth that the nocturnal nightjar suckled goats, causing them to cease to give milk. The six subspecies differ clinally, the birds becoming smaller and paler towards the east of the range. All populations are migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa. Their densely patterned grey and brown plumage makes individuals"
"treated as such (""R. nigra"") but ""Rynchops"" is now usually treated as a masculine noun (""R. niger""). Skimmer The skimmers, forming the genus Rynchops, are tern-like birds in the family Laridae. The genus comprises three species found in South Asia, Africa, and the Americas. They were formerly known as the scissorbills. The three species are the only birds with distinctive uneven bills, where the lower mandible is longer than the upper. This remarkable adaptation allows them to fish in a unique way, flying low and fast over streams. Their lower mandible skims or slices over the water's surface, ready to"
"Loggerhead shrike The loggerhead shrike (""Lanius ludovicianus"") is a passerine bird in the family Laniidae. It is the only member of the shrike family endemic to North America; the related northern shrike (""L. borealis"") occurs north of its range but also in the eastern Palearctic. It is nicknamed the butcherbird after its carnivorous tendencies, as it consumes prey such as amphibians, insects, lizards, small mammals and small birds, and some prey end up displayed and stored at a site, for example in a tree. Due to its small size and weak talons, this predatory bird relies on impaling its prey"
"European nightjar The European nightjar (""Caprimulgus europaeus""), Eurasian nightjar or just nightjar, is a crepuscular and nocturnal bird in the nightjar family that breeds across most of Europe and temperate Asia. The Latin generic name refers to the old myth that the nocturnal nightjar suckled goats, causing them to cease to give milk. The six subspecies differ clinally, the birds becoming smaller and paler towards the east of the range. All populations are migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa. Their densely patterned grey and brown plumage makes individuals difficult to see in the daytime when they rest on the ground or"
"Skimmer The skimmers, forming the genus Rynchops, are tern-like birds in the family Laridae. The genus comprises three species found in South Asia, Africa, and the Americas. They were formerly known as the scissorbills. The three species are the only birds with distinctive uneven bills, where the lower mandible is longer than the upper. This remarkable adaptation allows them to fish in a unique way, flying low and fast over streams. Their lower mandible skims or slices over the water's surface, ready to snap shut any small fish unable to dart clear. The skimmers are sometimes included within the gull"
"another two weeks. Usually one clutch of eggs is laid in a year but a second clutch is laid if the first one is destroyed. Strong winds and predation by common magpies result in the loss of many eggs. Tiger shrike The tiger shrike or thick-billed shrike (""Lanius tigrinus"") is a small passerine bird which belongs to the genus ""Lanius"" in the shrike family, Laniidae. It is found in wooded habitats across eastern Asia. It is a shy, often solitary bird which is less conspicuous than most other shrikes. Like other shrikes it is predatory, feeding on small animals. Its"
"It is a large falcon, at length with a wingspan of . European lanner falcons (""Falco biarmicus feldeggi"", also called Feldegg's falcon) have slate grey or brown-grey upperparts; most African subspecies are a paler blue grey above. The breast is streaked in northern birds, resembling greyish saker falcons, but the lanner has a reddish back to the head. Sexes are similar, but the browner young birds resemble saker falcons even more. However, sakers have a lighter top of the head and less clear head-side patterns. The lanner's call is a harsh """"wray-e"""". The lanner falcon is a bird of open"
"family Laridae but separated in other treatments which consider them as a sister group of the terns. The black skimmer has an additional adaptation and is the only species of bird known to have slit-shaped pupils. Their bills fall within their field of binocular vision and enable them to carefully position their bill and capture prey. They are agile in flight and gather in large flocks along rivers and coastal sand banks. They are tropical and subtropical species which lay 3–6 eggs on sandy beaches. The female incubates the eggs. Because of the species' restricted nesting habitat the three species"
"Black skimmer The black skimmer (""Rynchops niger"") is a tern-like seabird, one of three very similar birds species in the skimmer genus ""Rynchops"" in the gull family Laridae. It breeds in North and South America. Northern populations winter in the warmer waters of the Caribbean and the tropical and subtropical Pacific coasts, but the South American races make only shorter movements in response to annual floods which extend their feeding areas in the river shallows. The black skimmer was described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his ""Systema Naturae"" and given the binomial"
"Tiger shrike The tiger shrike or thick-billed shrike (""Lanius tigrinus"") is a small passerine bird which belongs to the genus ""Lanius"" in the shrike family, Laniidae. It is found in wooded habitats across eastern Asia. It is a shy, often solitary bird which is less conspicuous than most other shrikes. Like other shrikes it is predatory, feeding on small animals. Its nest is built in a tree and three to six eggs are laid. It derives its name from the tiger-like pattern of its upperparts which are reddish-brown with dark bars. Adult males have white underparts and a grey head"
"whose range includes the whole of Europe and the western part of Asia. Geier refers both to birds from the subfamily Old World vulture (Aegypiinae) and the family New World vulture (Cathartidae). In English usage, the word geier has been associated with both the gyrfalcon and the lammergeier although neither is synonymous with “geier”. For example, ""gyrfalcon"" is thought to come from French ""gerfaucon"", which is written in mediaeval Latin as ""gyrofalco"", but the first part of the word also is said to come from Old High German ""gîr"" (now ""geier""), as in ""vulture"". The modifier, ""gyr"", “gier” or ""geier"""
"Caprimulgus Caprimulgus is a large and very widespread genus of nightjars, medium-sized nocturnal birds with long pointed wings, short legs and short bills. ""Caprimulgus"" is derived from the Latin ""capra"", ""nanny goat"", and ""mulgere"", ""to milk"", referring to an old myth that nightjars suck milk from goats. The common name ""nightjar"", first recorded in 1630, refers to the nocturnal habits of the bird, the second part of the name deriving from the distinctive churring song. ""Caprimulgus"" nightjars are found around the world, and like other nightjars they usually nest on the ground. They are mostly active in the late evening"
"with a black mask. Females and young birds are duller and browner and young birds lack the grey and black on the head. The tiger shrike was first described in 1822 by the Belgian naturalist Pierre Auguste Joseph Drapiez in the ""Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle"". He placed it in the genus ""Lanius"", a group of about 26 species living in open areas across Eurasia, Africa and North America. The name of the genus means ""butcher"" in Latin, referring to the birds' habit of impaling and storing prey. Within the genus, analysis of calls suggests that the tiger shrike is most"
"Elwetritsch The Elwetritsch (a.k.a. Elwedritsch, Ilwedritsch and so on), plural Elwetritsche or Elwetritschen, in Latin ""Bestia palatinensis"" (a non-scientific designation) is a birdlike mythical creature which is reported to be found in southwest Germany, especially in the Palatinate. The Elwetritsch can be seen as a local equivalent to mythical creatures of other regions (e.g., the Bavarian Wolpertinger or the Thuringian Rasselbock). The Elwedritschen had been forgotten for a while, until a gentleman named Espenschied ""rediscovered"" them. He began to organize ""hunting parties"" which were harmless pranks. One of the Bavarian Kings was once served roasted, small birds for dinner, which"
"Protea canary The protea canary (""Crithagra leucoptera""), also known as the protea seedeater, white-winged seedeater or Layard’s seedeater, is a small passerine bird in the finch family. The protea canary was formerly placed in the genus ""Serinus"" but phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the protea canary were moved to the resurrected genus ""Crithagra"". The protea canary is 15–16 cm in length with a large pale bill. The adult has grey-brown upperparts, a black chin, white throat and two thin buff"
"disappeared after the first wave of European settlement. Labrador duck The Labrador duck (""Camptorhynchus labradorius"") was a North American bird; it has the distinction of being the first endemic North American bird species to become extinct after the Columbian Exchange, with the last known sighting occurring in 1878 in Elmira, New York. It was already a rare duck before European settlers arrived, and as a result of its rarity information on the Labrador duck is not abundant, although some, such as its habitat, characteristics, dietary habits and reasons behind its extinction, are known. There are 55 specimens of the Labrador"
"and 337 hens were recorded; in 2013 the total population was 329. Only one plumage colouring is recognised, gold-laced black. Hen birds are black with some gold markings on the wings and breast; cocks have gold neck-hackles and maroon markings on the wings. The black colour variety is extinct, black-silver coloured birds are extremely rare. Like the Bergische Schlotterkamm, the Bergische Kräher shows typical broad lacing ("""") of the breast feathers. Cocks weigh and hens The comb is single, the earlobes are white, and the legs are slate-blue. The Bergische Kräher is a dual-purpose breed, with good meat qualities. Hens"
"Budgerigar The budgerigar (; ""Melopsittacus undulatus"") is a long-tailed, seed-eating parrot usually nicknamed the budgie, or in American English, the parakeet. Budgies are the only species in the genus ""Melopsittacus"". Naturally, the species is green and yellow with black, scalloped markings on the nape, back, and wings. Budgies are bred in captivity with colouring of blues, whites, yellows, greys, and even with small crests. Juveniles and chicks are monomorphic, while adults are told apart by their cere colouring, and their behaviour. The origin of the budgie's name is unclear. First recorded in 1805, budgerigars are popular pets around the world"
"Australian magpie The Australian magpie (""Gymnorhina tibicen"") is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. Although once considered to be three separate species, it is now considered to be one, with nine recognised subspecies. A member of the Artamidae, the Australian magpie is placed in its own genus ""Gymnorhina"" and is most closely related to the black butcherbird (""Melloria quoyi""). It is not, however, closely related to the European magpie, which is a corvid. The adult Australian magpie is a fairly robust bird ranging from in length, with distinctive black and white plumage,"
"Labrador duck The Labrador duck (""Camptorhynchus labradorius"") was a North American bird; it has the distinction of being the first endemic North American bird species to become extinct after the Columbian Exchange, with the last known sighting occurring in 1878 in Elmira, New York. It was already a rare duck before European settlers arrived, and as a result of its rarity information on the Labrador duck is not abundant, although some, such as its habitat, characteristics, dietary habits and reasons behind its extinction, are known. There are 55 specimens of the Labrador duck preserved in museum collections worldwide. The Labrador"
"In the absence of firm evidence, others prefer to assign the German Fallow mutation to its own locus, ""fg"" in the wild-type, with the symbol ""fg"" for the mutant allele. In its visual effect, the German Fallow mutation is recessive to its wild-type allele, so a bird possessing a single German Fallow allele (the heterozygote) is identical in appearance to the wild-type light green. That is, the presence of a single wild-type allele is sufficient to permit the full production and normal distribution of the black melanin pigment. Among the budgerigar fancy such a bird is said to be a"
"Butcherbird Butcherbirds are magpie-like birds, most found in the genus ""Cracticus,"" but the black butcherbird is placed in the monotypic genus ""Melloria"". They are native to Australasia. Together with three species of currawong and two species of peltops, butcherbirds and the Australian magpie form the subfamily Cracticinae in the family Artamidae. Butcherbirds are large songbirds, being between in length. Their colour ranges from black-and-white to mostly black with added grey plumage, depending on the species. They have a large, straight bill with a distinctive hook at the end which is used to skewer prey. They have high-pitched complex songs, which"
"six months. It began the tradition of using the words ""squeamish ossifrage"" in cryptanalytic challenges. Bearded vulture The bearded vulture (""Gypaetus barbatus""), also known as the Lämmergeier or ossifrage, is a bird of prey and the only member of the genus ""Gypaetus"". Traditionally considered an Old World vulture, it actually forms a minor lineage of Accipitridae together with the Egyptian vulture (""Neophron percnopterus""), its closest living relative. It is not much more closely related to the Old World vultures proper than to, for example, hawks, and differs from the former by its feathered neck. Although dissimilar, the Egyptian and bearded"
"Bird of the Year"". The Australian magpie won the contest with 19,926 votes (13.3%), narrowly ahead of the Australian white ibis. Australian magpie The Australian magpie (""Gymnorhina tibicen"") is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. Although once considered to be three separate species, it is now considered to be one, with nine recognised subspecies. A member of the Artamidae, the Australian magpie is placed in its own genus ""Gymnorhina"" and is most closely related to the black butcherbird (""Melloria quoyi""). It is not, however, closely related to the European magpie, which is"
"the lake, there is a small island which over the last years and decades became a breeding zone for rare birds, e.g. the black-crowned Night Heron. The island is still freely accessible. Sarchinger Weiher Sarchinger Weiher is a lake in Landkreis Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany. At an elevation of 330 metres, its surface area is 0.28 square kilometers. The lake is a flooded gravel-pit. In the surrounding area, there are several small lakes created by gravel quarrying. The north-western, north-eastern, and south-western banks were filled up with sand to create a beach and make the water shallow for children. On these"