Blue gled
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| Blue gled | |
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| Adult female, American subspecies | |
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| Adult male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Faimily: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Circus |
| Species: | C. cyaneus |
| Binomial name | |
| Circus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766)
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| Range o C. cyaneus Breeding summer visitor Breeding resident Winter visitor | |
| Synonyms | |
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Circus hudsonius | |
The blue gled (Circus cyaneus) is a bird o prey. The genus name Circus is derived frae Auncient Greek kirkos, meanin 'circle', referrin tae a bird of prey named for its circlin flicht. The speceefic cyaneus is Laitin, meanin "dark-blue".[2]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ BirdLife International (2013). "Circus cyaneus". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 109, 126. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
