How To Use Sitta In A Sentence
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They are today known as Alexandrine Parakeets (Psittacula eupatria).
SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD
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They are today known as Alexandrine Parakeets (Psittacula eupatria).
SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD
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Possibly the most visually striking of all of the South American psittacines, the hawk-headed parrot, Deroptyus accipitrinus, is becoming more common in aviculture.
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Usually it is those who seek the gratification of personal glory as well as the sound of the cash register who pump themselves full of this or that chemical, preferably one hitherto unknown to science so that the authorities, who religiously trot out the psittacine mantra that this is the most drug-free Olympics ever, are left flat-footed in their wake.
Boycott the Olympics & Read Proust Instead
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He was fortunate in that she saw birds only as carriers of lice, psittacosis and other diseases and left him to go hunting them on his own.
MURDER SONG
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Psittacosaurus, though, was a ceratopsid, the group of dinosaurs to which triceratops belonged.
Times, Sunday Times
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Divergence times among clades in the ochrocephala complex were estimated using two different molecular clock calibrations (no specific calibration exists for the Psittaciformes).
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One species, C. psittaci, causes psittacosis (so-called parrot fever), a respiratory infection transmitted from birds to people.
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Other notable species include South American pochard Netta erythrophthalma and golden-plumed conure Leptosittaca branickii (VU).
Rio Abiseo National Park, Peru
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Jim Murphy, HMG's Europe Minster, a peddlar of the particularly psittacine mantra about the constitutional concept being abandoned, has written a defence of the EU Constitution here for the Spectator.
Archive 2007-09-16
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We then have the Psittacine Mantra again trotted out: the constitutional concept being ‘abandoned’:
Archive 2007-10-14
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Denum æðeling tō yppan, _the prince_ (Bēowulf), _honored by the Danes, went to the high seat_, 1815; ēode ... under inwit-hrōf, 3124; pl. þǣr swīðferhðe sittan ēodon, 493; ēodon him þā tōgēanes, _went to meet him_,
Beowulf
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As we digest the probability that the House of Commons will vote to ratify the EU Constitution without a single shred of democratic legitimacy, even the Guardian, which can normally be relied upon to peddle the Party Line in as psittacine a manner as it can manage, has felt moved to object to the present undemocratic outrage being perpetrated by Labour.
Archive 2008-01-20
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In medicine (pulmonology), psittacosis also known as parrot disease, parrot fever, and ornithosis is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by a bacterium
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None of the revenue from permits is invested in research for Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease, which causes widespread decimation in wild Australian cockatoos and parrots.
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The studies on psittacosis brought home to Burnet the importance of latent infections in diseases of vertebrates as well as in bacteria, in which he had long before recognized the nature of lysogeny.
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
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Thus, Irene writes in her book The Alex Studies, “the failure to document complex psittacine communication in the wild might be just that—a human failure, not a lack of capacity in parrots.”
Birdology
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So, here I am still excited by Limusaurus, the herbivorous ceratosaurid, and up pops a previously unknown form of the speciose ceratopsian genus Psittacosaurus (presently 10-11 valid species known), from the Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia.
Spock, Obama, the Kwisatz Haderach, and decriminalizing evolution.
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Having completed my inspection of the decks, and satisfied myself that everything was all right, I called the boatswain aft to take temporary charge, and then entered the drawing-room, intending to pass through it to the door of Mrs Vansittart's cabin, to make my report.
The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise
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And telling us that they have binned the anthem and the flag and the word ‘constitution’ will not do, nor will trotting out the singularly psittacine mantra of 'the constitutional concept is abandoned'.
Archive 2007-09-09
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Psittacine beak and feather disease is a highly contagious and debilitating viral disease that affects wild and captive populations of psittacine birds.
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Though some birds with psittacosis don't display any signs or symptoms, others lose feathers or change their eating habits.
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Green-rumped Parrotlets are small psittacines that inhabit forest edge, savanna, and pastures in northeastern South America.
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C. psittaci causes a rare disease called psittacosis (also known as ornithosis).
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He's very loving, but also possessive, and like all psittacines, he has a wicked bite.
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This report describes a patient with a serologically confirmed C psittaci infection.
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The bird fauna has a temperate Eurasian character, with titmice Parus spp., tree creepers Certhia spp., and nuthatches Sitta spp. active in the forest.
Qin Ling Mountains deciduous forests
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It was presumed to be due to a virus, and as Australia's only recognized virologist, material from guinea pigs was sent down to him. 8 On histological examination of tissues from an infected mouse he noticed a "vague herringbone pattern" which recalled what he had seen in psittacosis and had read about for rickettsiae, and using Castaneda's stain he had no doubt that the organism was a rickettsia.
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
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Rational Review
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The diverse vegetation communities support a notable resident and migratory bird fauna, including cliff species such as fox-kestrel Falco alopex, Gabar goshawk Melierax gabar, yellow-billed shrike Corvinella corvina scarlet-chested sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis,, rose-ringed parakeet Psittacula krameri, cliff chat Thamnolea cinnamomeiventris (abundant) and rock dove Columbia livia.
Cliffs of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons), Mali
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This grass was, however, very different from the panicum, of the seeds of which the natives of the Gwyder River make a sort of bread; and which there forms the principal food of the little Betshiregah (Melopsittacus undulatus, GOULD).
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845
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Denum äðeling tô yppan, _the prince_ (Beówulf), _honored by the Danes, went to the high seat_, 1815; eode ... under inwit-hrôf, 3124; pl. þær swîðferhðe sittan eodon, 493; eodon him þâ tôgeánes, _went to meet him_,
Beowulf
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Possibly the most visually striking of all of the South American psittacines, the hawk-headed parrot, Deroptyus accipitrinus, is becoming more common in aviculture.
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Exposure to the dust from nesting material and dried droppings can cause psittacosis, a respiratory disorder.
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Discoverer of more dinosaur species than any other living scientist, Xu Xing, with a cast of parrot-faced Psittacosaurus, says some dinosaurs have birdlike traits, including feathers.
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In Melbourne, gapeworm is common in ravens, blackbirds and thrushes but I've never diagnosed it in any of the Psittaciformes, probably because they don't usually eat earthworms.
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He has recited the psittacine mantra “The constitutional concept has been abandoned” so often that he has come to believe it.
Archive 2007-12-09
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Dickinson et al. (1991) listed eleven other bird species that typify the pine forests, including one tit (Parus elegans), a nuthatch (Sitta frontalis), and thrush (Turdus poliocephalus).
Luzon tropical pine forests
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När månen strör kring bergen sitt bleka sken 38 och midnattsdaggen faller på bautasten, då sitta vi, o Torsten, på högar runda och spraka över vattnet om ting, som stunda.
Fritiofs Saga
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In 1871 the Lowe-Vansittart propeller was awarded a first-class diploma at the Kensington exhibition, followed by similar awards worldwide.
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The rifleman (a New Zealand wren, Acanthisitta chloris: fam Acanthisittidae) is a basal passerine.
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The lovely Yellow-Billed Amazon is the best-known of the Jamaican psittacines.
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In 1871 the Lowe-Vansittart propeller was awarded a first-class diploma at the Kensington exhibition, followed by similar awards worldwide.
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Seven animals were initially tested and found free of zoonoses (Chlamydia psittaci, Mycobacterium pseudotuberculosis, Brucella, and Coxiella burnetti).
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It is no surprise that the Moluccan cockatoo suffers a deeper degree of imprinted behavior than other species of psittacines that are regularly hand-reared as intended pet birds.
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The probability that a pneumonic illness in a budgerigar owner is due to psittacosis increases when the patient says that a pet bird has recently died.
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Almost the only positive thing he can do is repeat, almost ad nauseam, the psittacine mantras of how wonderful everything has been since 1997 and financial stability.
Archive 2007-09-23
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Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease is considered fatal and often birds die shortly after showing signs of it.
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Denum æðeling tō yppan, _the prince_ (Bēowulf), _honored by the Danes, went to the high seat_, 1815; ēode ... under inwit-hrōf, 3124; pl. þǣr swīðferhðe sittan ēodon, 493; ēodon him þā tōgēanes, _went to meet him_,
Beowulf
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We describe a 38-year-old man suffering from serologically confirmed psittacosis.
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Among psittacine species, the Lilac-crowned Parrot had one of the lowest rates of overall nest success.
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The Broad-billed Parrot (Lophopsittacus mauritanus) was probably flightless and today a few bones are its only legacy.
SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD
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C. psittaci causes a rare disease called psittacosis (also known as ornithosis).
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The probability that a pneumonic illness in a budgerigar owner is due to psittacosis increases when the patient says that a pet bird has recently died.
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The species is unknown, but her name lives on: it was Psittace, from which scientists derive Psittaciformes, the scientific order to which parrots, which include the lovebirds, cockatiels, and cockatoos, belong.
Birdology
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The diverse vegetation communities support a notable resident and migratory bird fauna, including cliff species such as fox-kestrel Falco alopex, Gabar goshawk Melierax gabar, yellow-billed shrike Corvinella corvina scarlet-chested sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis,, rose-ringed parakeet Psittacula krameri, cliff chat Thamnolea cinnamomeiventris (abundant) and rock dove Columbia livia.
Cliffs of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons), Mali
