"Subbuteo Subbuteo ( ) is a group of table top games simulating team sports such as association football, cricket, both codes of rugby and hockey. The name is most closely associated with the football game, which for many years was marketed as ""the replica of Association Football"" or Table Soccer. The ""Subbuteo"" name derives from the neo-Latin scientific name ""Falco subbuteo"" (a bird of prey commonly known as the Eurasian hobby), after a trademark was not granted to its creator Peter Adolph (1916–1994) to call the game ""Hobby"". Subbuteo was invented by Peter Adolph (1916–1994), who was demobbed from the"
"name ""tinnunculus"" is Latin for ""kestrel"" from ""tinnulus"", ""shrill"". Common kestrel The common kestrel (""Falco tinnunculus"") is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel. In Britain, where no other kestrel species occurs, it is generally just called ""the kestrel"". This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America. It has colonized a few oceanic islands, but vagrant individuals are generally rare;"
"Common buzzard The common buzzard (""Buteo buteo"") is a medium-to-large bird of prey whose range covers most of Europe and extends into Asia. Over much of its range, it is resident year-round, but birds from the colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere typically migrate south (some well into the Southern Hemisphere) for the northern winter. The first formal description of the common buzzard was by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his ""Systema Naturae"" under the binomial name ""Falco buteo"". The genus ""Buteo"" was introduced by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède in"
"(""Falco subbuteo""), European stonechat (""Saxicola rubecola""), common redstart (""Phoenicurus phoenicurus"") and tree pipit (""Anthus sylvestris""). As in much of Britain common snipe (""Gallinago gallinago"") and meadow pipit (""Anthus trivialis"") are common as wintering birds, but in the Forest they still also breed in many of the bogs and heaths respectively. Woodland birds include wood warbler (""Phylloscopus sibilatrix""), stock dove (""Columba oenas""), European honey buzzard (""Pernis apivorus"") and northern goshawk (""Accipiter gentilis""). Common buzzard (""Buteo buteo"") is very common and common raven (""Corvus corax"") is spreading. Birds seen more rarely include red kite (""Milvus milvus""), wintering great grey shrike (""Lanius exubitor"")"
"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""),"
"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"
"Aplomado falcon The aplomado falcon (""Falco femoralis"") is a medium-sized falcon of the Americas. The species' largest contiguous range is in South America, but not in the deep interior Amazon Basin. It was long known as ""Falco fusco-coerulescens"" or ""Falco fuscocaerulescens"", but these names are now believed to refer to the bat falcon (""F. rufigularis""). Its resemblance in shape to the hobbies accounts for its old name orange-chested hobby. ""Aplomado"" is an unusual Spanish word for ""lead-colored"", referring to the blue-grey areas of the plumage – an approximate English translation would be ""plumbeous falcon"". Spanish names for the species include"
"of the nest, with a preference for open ground or water, the latter especially in poor weather, but the martins will also follow the plough or large animals to catch disturbed insects. On the wintering grounds, hunting takes place at a greater height of over . Although the common house martin is hunted by the hobby (""Falco subbuteo""), its aerial skills enable it to evade most predators. It is parasitised externally by fleas and mites, including the ""house martin flea"", ""Ceratophyllus hirundinis"", and internally by endoparasites such as ""Haemoproteus prognei"" (avian malaria), which are transmitted by blood-sucking insects including mosquitoes."
"and ""colere"", ""to dwell"". The bird's common name comes from French ""gerfaucon""; in medieval Latin, it is ""gyrofalco"". The first part of the word may come from Old High German ""gîr"" (cf. modern German ""Geier"") for ""vulture"", referring to its size compared to other falcons; or from the Latin ""gȳrus"" for ""circle"" or ""curved path"" – from the species' circling as it searches for prey, distinct from the hunting of other falcons in its range. The male gyrfalcon is called a ""gyrkin"" in falconry. The gyrfalcon is a very large falcon, being about the same size as the largest buteos"
"was described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the 10th edition of his ""Systema Naturae"" under the binomial name ""Falco milvus"". The word ""milvus"" was the Latin name for the bird. In 1799 the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède moved the species to the genus ""Milvus"" creating the tautonym. Two subspecies are recognised: The subspecies ""M. m. fasciicauda"" is almost certainly extinct. The genus ""Milvus"" contains two other species: the black kite (""M. migrans"") and the yellow-billed kite (""M. aegyptius""). The red kite has been known to successfully hybridize with the black kite in captivity where"
"Peregrine falcon The peregrine falcon (""Falco peregrinus""), also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts, and a black head. As is typical of bird-eating raptors, peregrine falcons are sexually dimorphic, with females being considerably larger than males. The peregrine is renowned for its speed, reaching over during its characteristic hunting stoop (high-speed dive), making it the fastest member of the animal kingdom. According to a ""National Geographic"" TV programme, the highest"
"of the name. Common snipe The common snipe (""Gallinago gallinago"") is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. The scientific name ""gallinago"" is New Latin for a woodcock or snipe from Latin ""gallina"", ""hen"" and the suffix ""-ago"", ""resembling"". The breeding habitat is marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows throughout northern Europe and northern Asia. It is migratory, with European birds wintering in southern and western Europe and Africa (south to the Equator), and Asian migrants moving to tropical southern Asia. The North American Wilson's snipe was previously considered the same species, and is listed as such in"
"in total. Only 0.1 km is effectively protected by the Fundación ProAves Colibri del Sol Bird Reserve (which also harbours the highly threatened dusky starfrontlet and Fenwick's antpitta). Páramo de Paramillo is a national park, but very poorly protected. Paramillo tapaculo The Paramillo tapaculo (""Scytalopus canus"") is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family. It has traditionally included the more widespread ""S. opacus"" as a subspecies, but under the common name Paramo tapaculo (a name now used exclusively for ""S. opacus""). The two have different voices, leading to them being split into separate species in 2010. The Paramillo tapaculo"
"from ""lin"", ""flax"". The common linnet was formerly placed in the genus ""Carduelis"" but was moved to the genus ""Linaria"" based on a phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. There are seven recognised subspecies: The common linnet is a slim bird with a long tail. The upper parts are brown, the throat is sullied white and the bill is grey. The summer male has a grey nape, red head-patch and red breast. Females and young birds lack the red and have white underparts, the breast streaked buff. The common linnet breeds in Europe, western Asia and north Africa."
"Common snipe The common snipe (""Gallinago gallinago"") is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. The scientific name ""gallinago"" is New Latin for a woodcock or snipe from Latin ""gallina"", ""hen"" and the suffix ""-ago"", ""resembling"". The breeding habitat is marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows throughout northern Europe and northern Asia. It is migratory, with European birds wintering in southern and western Europe and Africa (south to the Equator), and Asian migrants moving to tropical southern Asia. The North American Wilson's snipe was previously considered the same species, and is listed as such in older field guides."
"Tapaculo The tapaculos (pronounced /tæpəˈku:ləʊ/) are a family, Rhinocryptidae, of small suboscine passerine birds, found mainly in South America and with the highest diversity in the Andean regions. Three species (Chocó, Tacarcuna, and the silvery-fronted) are found in southern Central America. Tapaculos are small to medium-sized birds, with a total length ranging from 10–24 cm (4–9½ in). These are terrestrial species that fly only poorly on their short wings. They have strong legs, well-suited to their habitat of grassland or forest undergrowth. The tail is cocked and pointed towards the head, and the name ""tapaculo"" possibly derives from Spanish for"
"are four recognised subspecies: The genus name is from Ancient Greek ""bukanetes"", ""trumpeter"", and the specific ""githagineus"" is Latin from "" Githago"", the corn cockle (from ""gith"", ""coriander"", and ""-ago"" ""resembling""). Temminck believed that the bird's name was derived from that of the plant. Trumpeter finch The trumpeter finch (""Bucanetes githagineus"") is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. This bird breeds in the Canary Islands, across north Africa, and in the Middle East and into central Asia. There is a small European population in southern Spain. Many birds are largely resident, but there is post-breeding dispersal, and"
"and an all-black bill. Planalto tyrannulet The planalto tyrannulet (""Phyllomyias fasciatus"") is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is widespread in wooded habitats of eastern Brazil, extreme north-eastern Bolivia, eastern Paraguay, and far north-eastern Argentina. It is generally common (typically the commonest ""Phyllomyias"" in its range), and consequently rated as least concern by BirdLife International and IUCN. There are three relatively distinctive subspecies, differing in measurements, plumage and voice, and it is possible they are better regarded as separate species. It can be separated from other members of its genus found in its range by the combination"
"such as dragonflies. The smaller male takes more insects, and the female more birds and bats. The flight is direct and powerful. This falcon is partly crepuscular, as the bats in its diet suggest. It lays two or three brown eggs in an unlined treehole nest. Bat falcon The bat falcon (""Falco rufigularis"") is a falcon that is a resident breeder in tropical Mexico, Central and South America, and Trinidad. It was long known as ""Falco albigularis""; the names ""Falco fusco-coerulescens"" or ""Falco fuscocaerulescens"", long used for the aplomado falcon, are now believed to refer to the present species. The"
"Scientific name: ""Falco peregrinus"" and the common name: peregrine falcon. The peregrine falcon is listed as rare in South Australia according ""National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972"" (Schedule 9). This generally widespread but uncommon falcon is a large (36–50 cm), strong bird that has a steel-grey back with a black hood, a white collar and brown-barred buff underparts Flegg (2002). The peregrine falcon’s tail and flight feathers are blackish, the bird’s legs are strong and yellow and it is known for its speed Flegg (2002). According to Flegg (2002) the peregrine falcon inhabits open landscapes, with gorges and cliffs that"
"fulva""), greater hoopoe-lark (""Alaemon alaudipes""), greater short-toed lark (""Calandrella brachydactyla""), helmeted guineafowl (""Numida meleagris""), hottentot teal (""Anas hottentota""), lanner falcon (""Falco biarmicus""), lappet-faced vulture (""Torgos tracheliotus""), laughing dove (""Streptopelia senegalensis""), Lichtenstein's sandgrouse (""Pterocles lichtensteinii""), little owl (""Athene noctua""), northern wheatear (""Oenanthe oenanthe""), Nubian bustard (""Neotis Nuba""), pallid swift (""Apus pallidus""), pygmy sunbird (""Anthreptes platurus""), red-billed teal (""Anas erythrorhyncha""), rock dove (""Columba livia""), rock martin (""Ptyonoprogne fuligula""), rufous-tailed scrub robin (""Erythropygia galactotes""), Rüppell's warbler (""Sylvia rueppelli""), sand martin (""Riparia riparia""), southern grey shrike (""Lanius meridionalis""), spotted sandgrouse (""Pterocles senegallus""), striolated bunting (""Emberiza striolata""), subalpine warbler (""Sylvia cantillans""), Sudan golden sparrow (""Passer"
"Urrao antpitta The Urrao antpitta or Fenwick's antpitta (""Grallaria urraoensis"" or ""fenwickorum"") is a highly threatened species of bird found in the understory of cloud forest in the Andean highlands of Colombia. The first published description used the scientific name ""Grallaria fenwickorum"" (and English name Fenwick's antpitta); shortly afterward, a second description using the name ""Grallaria urraoensis"" was published. The editors of the latter recognized that the name likely was a junior synonym, but others have questioned the validity of the first description, and various authorities, including the International Ornithological Congress (followed here for English-language names), have adopted ""G. urraoensis""."
"Common kestrel The common kestrel (""Falco tinnunculus"") is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel. In Britain, where no other kestrel species occurs, it is generally just called ""the kestrel"". This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America. It has colonized a few oceanic islands, but vagrant individuals are generally rare; in the whole of Micronesia for example, the species"
"Paramillo tapaculo The Paramillo tapaculo (""Scytalopus canus"") is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family. It has traditionally included the more widespread ""S. opacus"" as a subspecies, but under the common name Paramo tapaculo (a name now used exclusively for ""S. opacus""). The two have different voices, leading to them being split into separate species in 2010. The Paramillo tapaculo is endemic to humid highland scrub in the Cordillera Occidental in Colombia. At present it is only known from Páramo de Paramillo and Páramo de Frontino (also known as Paramo del Sol). It may occur elsewhere in the Cordillera"
"Alcedo Alcedo is a genus of birds in the kingfisher subfamily Alcedininae. The genus was introduced by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the 10th edition of his ""Systema Naturae"". The type species is the common kingfisher (""Alcedo atthis ispida""). ""Alcedo"" is the Latin for ""kingfisher"". The genus contains the following seven species: Unlike many kingfishers, all members of ""Alcedo"" are specialist fish-eaters. They all have some blue feathers on their upper-parts and most species have a black bill. Except for the cerulean kingfisher they all have some rufous in their plumage. The female generally has more red on the lower"
"mettled"" partridge hawks...french falconer Charles d'Arcussia is the only writer who actually saw game taken with trained Alethes."" Nelson concluded that the true identity of the Old World Alethe is the modern day aplomado falcon. Aplomado falcon The aplomado falcon (""Falco femoralis"") is a medium-sized falcon of the Americas. The species' largest contiguous range is in South America, but not in the deep interior Amazon Basin. It was long known as ""Falco fusco-coerulescens"" or ""Falco fuscocaerulescens"", but these names are now believed to refer to the bat falcon (""F. rufigularis""). Its resemblance in shape to the hobbies accounts for its"
"adaptation which enables falcons to kill prey by severing the spinal column at the neck. The immature bird is much browner with streaked, rather than barred, underparts, and has a pale bluish cere and orbital ring. ""Falco peregrinus"" was first described under its current binomial name by English ornithologist Marmaduke Tunstall in his 1771 work ""Ornithologia Britannica"". The scientific name ""Falco peregrinus"" is a Medieval Latin phrase that was used by Albertus Magnus in 1225. The specific name is taken from the fact that juvenile birds were taken while journeying to their breeding location rather than from the nest, as"
"Barn swallow The barn swallow (""Hirundo rustica"") is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts and a long, deeply forked tail. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. In Anglophone Europe it is just called the swallow; in Northern Europe it is the only common species called a ""swallow"" rather than a ""martin"". There are six subspecies of barn swallow, which breed across the Northern Hemisphere. Four are strongly migratory, and their wintering grounds cover much of the Southern Hemisphere as far south as central Argentina,"
"Common redpoll The common redpoll (""Acanthis flammea"") is a species of bird in the finch family. It breeds somewhat further south than the Arctic redpoll, also in habitats with thickets or shrubs. The common redpoll was listed in 1758 by Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his ""Systema Naturae"" under the binomial name ""Fringilla flammea"". The current genus name ""Acanthis"" is from the Ancient Greek ""akanthis"", a name for a small now-unidentifiable bird, and ""flammea"" is the Latin for ""flame-coloured"". The common redpoll was previously placed in the genus ""Carduelis"". Molecular phylogenetic studies showed that the Arctic and common redpolls"
"this phenomenon is due to the fluctuations of supplementary food stocks discussed above. Merlin (bird) The merlin (""Falco columbarius"") is a small species of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere, with numerous subspecies throughout North America and Eurasia. A bird of prey once known colloquially as a pigeon hawk in North America, the merlin breeds in the northern Holarctic; some migrate to subtropical and northern tropical regions in winter. Males typically have wingspans of , with females being slightly larger. They are swift fliers and skilled hunters who specialize in preying on small birds in the size range of sparrows to"
"Rufous hornero The rufous hornero (""Furnarius rufus"") is a medium-sized ovenbird in the family Furnariidae. It occurs in eastern South America, and is the national bird in Argentina. Also known as the red ovenbird, it is common in savannas, second-growth scrub, pastures and agricultural land and is synanthropic. Its range includes southeastern and southern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern and central Argentina, extending as far south as northern Patagonia. The species is most closely related to the crested hornero of Paraguay and Argentina. There are four accepted subspecies. The rufous hornero is medium-sized with a square tail and very"
"Planalto tapaculo The Planalto tapaculo (""Scytalopus pachecoi"") is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus ""Scytalopus"", a genus of tapaculos. It was previously included in the mouse-coloured tapaculo (""S. speluncae"") but was described as a new species in 2005 based on differences in plumage and vocalizations. It is about 12 cm long and weighs around 15 grams. The upperparts are mainly dark grey, the underparts are paler grey. The flanks are buff with dark bars. Adult males of the mouse-coloured tapaculo are uniformly dark grey with no flank barring. The song contains a long series of notes uttered at"
"to the bird's relatively long legs. The specific name ""fenwickorum"" recognises George Fenwick, President of the American Bird Conservancy (ABC), and his family, who assisted Fundación ProAves (ABC's partner organization in Colombia) in the purchase of land, now the Colibrí del Sol Bird Reserve. Based on present knowledge, the antpitta is restricted to the reserve and its immediate surroundings. ProAves's suggested English name also honours Fenwick, while the Spanish common name ""Tororoi de Urrao"" is given after the municipality of Urrao, where the bird is found. ""Tororoi"" is a general Spanish name used for most antpitta species. The creation of"