"was shown to belong in Turdidae. FAMILY: TURDIDAE The following genera have now been placed within Turdus: Now usually considered a distinct family distantly related to ""Picathartes"": For other species previously in the Turdidae, see Muscicapidae and chats. In ""The Hobbit"", it is a thrush that shows Bilbo the hidden door into the mountain of Erebor, allowing him access to the dwarves' treasure kept by the dragon Smaug, and subsequently, having overheard Bilbo's account of the flaw in the dragon's armour, tells Bard the Bowman how to kill Smaug. Thrush (bird) The thrushes are a family, Turdidae, of passerine birds"
"Tody The todies are a family, Todidae, of tiny Caribbean birds in the order Coraciiformes, which also includes the kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers. The family has one living genus, ""Todus"", and one genus known from the fossil record, ""Palaeotodus"". The todies were originally placed in the kingfisher genus ""Alcedo"" before being placed in the genus ""Todus"" in 1760 by Mathurin Jacques Brisson. They have been linked to a large number of potential relatives since then, including nightjars, trogons, barbets, jacamars, puffbirds, kingfishers, motmots and even some passerine species such as broadbills, cotingas and flowerpeckers. The todies were placed in their"
"nestlings, much more attentively; they may feed each chick up to 140 times per day, the highest rate known among birds. Tody The todies are a family, Todidae, of tiny Caribbean birds in the order Coraciiformes, which also includes the kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers. The family has one living genus, ""Todus"", and one genus known from the fossil record, ""Palaeotodus"". The todies were originally placed in the kingfisher genus ""Alcedo"" before being placed in the genus ""Todus"" in 1760 by Mathurin Jacques Brisson. They have been linked to a large number of potential relatives since then, including nightjars, trogons, barbets,"
"genus ""Turdus"": True thrush True thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Turdus of the wider thrush family, Turdidae. The genus name ""Turdus"" is Latin for ""thrush"". The term ""thrush"" is used for many other birds of the family Turdidae as well as for a number of species belonging to several other families (see Thrush). The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Several species have also colonised some oceanic islands, and two species have been introduced to New Zealand. Some New World species are called robins, the"
"Tortoise Tortoises () are a family, Testudinidae, under the order Testudines and suborder Cryptodira. There are fourteen extant families of the order Testudines, an order of reptile commonly known as turtles, tortoises, and terrapins. The suborder Cryptodira (Greek"": hidden neck"") is a suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles. Cryptodira differ from Pluerodia (side-neck turtles) in that they lower their necks and pull the heads straight back into the shells, instead of folding their necks sideways along the body under the shells' marginals. The testudines are some of the most ancient reptiles alive. Tortoises are shielded from"
"Family [[Strigidae]] (typical owls) Family [[Coraciidae]] (rollers) Family [[Alcedinidae]] (kingfishers) Family [[Todidae]] (todies) Family [[Meropidae]] (bee-eaters) Family [[Motmotidae]] (motmots) Family [[Phoeniculidae]] (wood-hoopoes) Family [[Bucorvidae]] (ground hornbills) Family [[Bucerotidae]] (hornbills) Family [[Megalaimidae]] (barbets) Family [[Ramphastidae]] (toucans, toucanets and aracaris) Aside from birds, the park also housed some other species of animals in later years to increase the number visitors, though have stopped again to preserve the title of being a bird-only zoo. They are: In addition, the escapees of the now-defunct [[Jurong Reptile Park]] currently reside in the park as well. They include the following: Lizards Turtles and Tortoises Awarded to"
"northerly species migrate south in winter, ensuring a continuous diet of insects. Depending on the species, their nests are either well-constructed cups placed in a tree or cliff ledge, or simply lining in a pre-existing tree hole. The hole-nesting species tend to lay larger clutches, with an average of eight eggs, rather than just two to five. The family formerly included fewer species. At the time of the publication of the third edition of Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World in 2003, the genera ""Myophonus"", ""Alethe"", ""Brachypteryx"" and ""Monticola"" were included in Turdidae. Subsequent molecular"
"Tit (bird) The tits, chickadees, and titmice constitute the Paridae, a large family of small passerine birds which occur mainly in the Northern Hemisphere and Africa. Most were formerly classified in the genus ""Parus"". While commonly referred to as ""tits"" throughout much of the English-speaking world, these birds are called either ""chickadees"" (onomatopoeic, derived from their distinctive ""chick-a dee dee dee"" alarm call) or ""titmice"" in North America. The name titmouse is recorded from the 14th century, composed of the Old English name for the bird, ""mase"" (Proto-Germanic ""*maison"", German ""Meise""), and tit, denoting something small. The former spelling, ""titmose"","
"were complicated by their species diversity. Although some species were relatively common, many were rare, some being known only from single specimens; this is another factor that made studying the group difficult. Turridiae was in this sense a heterogenous family that contained, more or less, all conoideans not included in the Conidae and Terebridae. Most of this was based on radula and shell characters. Taylor et al. (1993) tried to rely more on anatomical characters and moved several subfamilies from Turridae to Conidae. According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005, which attempted to set out"
"the Early-Mid Pliocene. The first were the ancestors of ""Baeolophus"", with chickadees arriving somewhat later. Family: PARIDAE Tit (bird) The tits, chickadees, and titmice constitute the Paridae, a large family of small passerine birds which occur mainly in the Northern Hemisphere and Africa. Most were formerly classified in the genus ""Parus"". While commonly referred to as ""tits"" throughout much of the English-speaking world, these birds are called either ""chickadees"" (onomatopoeic, derived from their distinctive ""chick-a dee dee dee"" alarm call) or ""titmice"" in North America. The name titmouse is recorded from the 14th century, composed of the Old English name"
"True thrush True thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Turdus of the wider thrush family, Turdidae. The genus name ""Turdus"" is Latin for ""thrush"". The term ""thrush"" is used for many other birds of the family Turdidae as well as for a number of species belonging to several other families (see Thrush). The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Several species have also colonised some oceanic islands, and two species have been introduced to New Zealand. Some New World species are called robins, the most well"
"Auk An auk or alcid is a bird of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes. The alcid family includes the murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets. Apart from the extinct great auk, all auks are notable for their ability to ""fly"" under water as well as in the air. Although they are excellent swimmers and divers, their walking appears clumsy. Several species have different common names in Europe and North America. The guillemots of Europe are referred to as murres in North America, if they occur in both continents, and the little auk is referred to as the dovekie."
"own order, Todiformes, before being placed in the Coraciiformes. Genetic analysis of the extant (living) species suggests that they diversified between 6-7 million years ago. The fossil record of the family is sparse, but three species of tody have been described from fossils found in North America, Germany and France, showing that the family was once more widespread than it is today. Species from the fossil genus, ""Palaeotodus"", are larger than living species and may have been closer in size to the tody motmot. The todies are one of two bird families endemic to the islands of the Caribbean, the"
"extensively that, today, nearly one out of every three species of land vertebrate is a bird species. The cladogram presented here illustrates the ""family tree"" of sauropsids, and follows a simplified version of the relationships found by M.S. Lee, in 2013. All genetic studies have supported the hypothesis that turtles are diapsid reptiles; some have placed turtles within archosauriformes, though a few have recovered turtles as lepidosauriformes instead. The cladogram below used a combination of genetic (molecular) and fossil (morphological) data to obtain its results. Sauropsida Sauropsida (""lizard faces"") is a group of amniotes that includes all existing birds and"
"Thrush (bird) The thrushes are a family, Turdidae, of passerine birds with a worldwide distribution. The family was once much larger before biologists decided the subfamily Saxicolinae, which includes the chats and European robins, were Old World flycatchers. Thrushes are small to medium-sized ground living birds that feed on insects, other invertebrates and fruit. Some unrelated species around the world have been named after thrushes due to their similarity to birds in this family. Thrushes are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized birds, inhabiting wooded areas, and often feeding on the ground. The smallest thrush may be the forest rock thrush,"
"which is Latin for ""spinning top"", a child's toy. The word ""turbine"" has a similar derivation. Previously they were classified in the subclass Prosobranchia, in the order Archaeogastropoda in the superfamily Trochacea. Trochaecea is now a synonym for the superfamily Trochoidea. However, this is a quite ancient group of gastropods, probably originating in the Permian period 298 to 250 million years ago. They have typical primitive characters like the nacreous interior of the shell. Turbinidae belongs to superfamily Turbinoidea according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family consists of eight following subfamilies (according to"
"Tityridae Tityridae is family of suboscine passerine birds found in forest and woodland in the Neotropics. The 45 species in this family were formerly spread over the families Tyrannidae, Pipridae and Cotingidae (""see Taxonomy""). As yet, no widely accepted common name exists for the family, although tityras and allies and tityras, mourners and allies have been used. They are small to medium-sized birds. Under current classification, the family ranges in size from the buff-throated purpletuft, at and , to the masked tityra, at up to and . Most have relatively short tails and large heads. The family Tityridae (as the"
"Ring ouzel The ring ouzel (""Turdus torquatus"") is a European member of the thrush family, Turdidae. It is the mountain equivalent of the closely related common blackbird, and breeds in gullies, rocky areas or scree slopes. ""Ouzel"" (or ""ousel"") is an old name for common blackbird from Old English ""osle"". ""Ouzel"" may also be applied to a group of superficially similar but unrelated birds, the dippers, the European representative of which is sometimes known as the water ouzel. As with the English name, the scientific name also refers to the male's obvious white neck crescent, being derived from the Latin"
"Laridae Laridae is a family of seabirds in the order Charadriiformes that includes the gulls, terns and skimmers. It includes around 100 species arranged into 22 genera. They are an adaptable group of mostly aerial birds found worldwide. The family Laridae was introduced (as Laridia) by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815. Historically, Laridae were restricted to the gulls, while the terns were placed in a separate family, Sternidae, and the skimmers in a third family, Rynchopidae. The noddies were traditionally included in Sternidae. In 1990 Charles Sibley and Jon Ahlquist included auks and skuas in a broader"
"Cuckoo The cuckoos are a family of birds, Cuculidae, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes. The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separated as distinct families, the Centropodidae and Crotophagidae respectively. The cuckoo order Cuculiformes is one of three that make up the Otidimorphae, the other two being the turacos and the bustards. The cuckoos are generally medium-sized slender birds. Most species live in trees, though a sizeable minority are ground-dwelling. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the majority of species being tropical."
"Turbinoidea Turbinoidea was a superfamily of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). But it has become an available name, because it is no longer used in the current taxonomy of gastropods sensu Williams et al. (2008). Turbinoidea belongs to clade Vetigastropoda according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This superfamily consisted of the three following families (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): According to Williams et al. (2008) the following moves"
"a neat cup-shaped nest. Ring ouzel The ring ouzel (""Turdus torquatus"") is a European member of the thrush family, Turdidae. It is the mountain equivalent of the closely related common blackbird, and breeds in gullies, rocky areas or scree slopes. ""Ouzel"" (or ""ousel"") is an old name for common blackbird from Old English ""osle"". ""Ouzel"" may also be applied to a group of superficially similar but unrelated birds, the dippers, the European representative of which is sometimes known as the water ouzel. As with the English name, the scientific name also refers to the male's obvious white neck crescent, being"
"Icterid Icterids make up a family (Icteridae) of small- to medium-sized, often colorful, New-World passerine birds. Most species have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange or red. The species in the family vary widely in size, shape, behavior and coloration. The name, meaning ""jaundiced ones"" (from the prominent yellow feathers of many species) comes from the Ancient Greek ""ikteros"" via the Latin ""ictericus"". This group includes the New World blackbirds, New World orioles, the bobolink, meadowlarks, grackles, cowbirds, oropendolas and caciques. Despite the similar names, the first groups are only distantly related to the Old"
"IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations), and is therefore precautionarily uplisted to Near Threatened. Numbers can be adversely affected by severe winters, which may cause heavy mortality, and cold wet summers, which reduce breeding success. Redwing The redwing (""Turdus iliacus"") is a bird in the thrush family, Turdidae, native to Europe and Asia, slightly smaller than the related song thrush. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his ""Systema naturae"" in 1758 under its current scientific name. The English name derives from the bird's red underwing. It is not closely related"
"Akalat The akalats (stressed on the second syllable) are medium-sized insectivorous birds in the genus ""Sheppardia"". They were formerly placed in the thrush family, Turdidae, but are more often now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. These are African forest-dwelling species. Species are: Richard Bowdler Sharpe, who had never visited Africa, associated the akalats, in their Bulu appellation, with birds of ""different kinds"" occurring in the forest understorey. His main collector in West Africa, George L. Bates, denoted them more specifically as ""little members of the genus ""Turdinus"", which are called in Fang and Bulu ""Akalat""...""."
"were made: Turbinoidea Turbinoidea was a superfamily of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). But it has become an available name, because it is no longer used in the current taxonomy of gastropods sensu Williams et al. (2008). Turbinoidea belongs to clade Vetigastropoda according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This superfamily consisted of the three following families (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): According to Williams et al. (2008) the"
"Turrid Turrid, plural turrids, is a common name for a very large group of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks which until recently were all classified in the family Turridae. However, recently the family was discovered to be polyphyletic and therefore was split into a number of families. The original family Turridae used to contain more than 4,000 species. the Turridae (""sensu"" Powell 1966) It was the largest mollusk family and the largest group of marine caenogastropods. There were approximately 27,000 described scientific names (accepted names plus synonyms) within the family Turridae. Turrids constituted more than half of the predatory"
"tern lineage. They also recovered the noddies as an early lineage, though the evidence was not strong. The Laridae have spread around the world, and their adaptability has likely been a factor. Most have become much more aerial than their ancestor, which was likely some form of shorebird. Laridae Laridae is a family of seabirds in the order Charadriiformes that includes the gulls, terns and skimmers. It includes around 100 species arranged into 22 genera. They are an adaptable group of mostly aerial birds found worldwide. The family Laridae was introduced (as Laridia) by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque"
"data supports this. As names like ""bearded tit"" imply, their general habitus and acrobatic habits resemble birds like the long-tailed tits. Together with these and others they were at some time placed in the titmouse family Paridae. Later studies found no justification to presume a close relationship between all these birds, and consequently the parrotbills and bearded reedling were removed from the tits and chickadees and placed into a distinct family, Paradoxornithidae. As names like ""Paradoxornis paradoxus"" - ""puzzling, paradox bird"" - suggest, their true relationships were very unclear, although by the latter 20th century they were generally seen as"
"Troodontidae Troodontidae is a family of bird-like theropod dinosaurs. During most of the 20th century, troodontid fossils were few and scrappy and they have therefore been allied, at various times, with many dinosaurian lineages. More recent fossil discoveries of complete and articulated specimens (including specimens which preserve feathers, eggs, embryos, and complete juveniles), have helped to increase understanding about this group. Anatomical studies, particularly studies of the most primitive troodontids, like ""Sinovenator"", demonstrate striking anatomical similarities with ""Archaeopteryx"" and primitive dromaeosaurids, and demonstrate that they are relatives comprising a clade called Paraves. Troodontids are a group of small, bird-like, gracile"
"red throat. Females and young birds lack the bib, but have black-streaked underparts. This bird species is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. Red-throated thrush The red-throated thrush (""Turdus ruficollis"") is a passerine bird in the thrush family. It is sometimes regarded as one subspecies of a polytypic species, ""dark-throated thrush"", black-throated thrush then being the other subspecies. More recent treatments regard the two as separate species. The scientific name comes from Latin. ""Turdus"" is ""thrush"" and the specific ""ruficollis"" is derived from ""rufus', ""red"", and ""collum"", ""neck"". The red-throated thrush is a migratory Asian species. Its range overlaps"
"been thought to belong in the same family. The common name ""turrids"" is still used informally to refer to the polyphyletic group. Species in the family Turridae are found worldwide; most are found in the neritic zone. The shape of the shells is more or less fusiform. The whorls are elongate to broadly conical. Turrids are carnivorous, predatory gastropods. Most species have a poison gland used with the toxoglossan radula, used to prey on vertebrates and invertebrate animals (mostly polychaete worms) or in self-defense. Some turrids have lost the radula and the poison gland. The radula, when present, has two"
"Turaco The turacos make up the bird family Musophagidae (literally ""banana-eaters""), which includes plantain-eaters and go-away-birds. In southern Africa both turacos and go-away-birds are commonly known as loeries. They are semi-zygodactylous – the fourth (outer) toe can be switched back and forth. The second and third toes, which always point forward, are conjoined in some species. Musophagids often have prominent crests and long tails; the turacos are noted for peculiar and unique pigments giving them their bright green and red feathers. Traditionally, this group has been allied with the cuckoos in the order Cuculiformes, but the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy raises this"