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  • The species consists of two sub-species Uromastyx yemenensis shobraki and Uromastyx yemenensis ocellata.

    Archive 2007-01-01 2007

  • The avifauna comprises 333 species, representing 63 of the 74 families in Guatemala, and includes ocellated turkey Agriocharis ocellata (LR), Sarcorhamphus papa, Crax rubra, Penelope purpurascens, red macaw Ara macao, jaribu stork Jaribu mycteria and many others, including crested eagle Spizaetus ornatus.

    Tikal National Park, Guatemala 2008

  • The vulnerable malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) occurs within the Unnamed Conservation, and, although not reported from the region in recent decades, it is conceivable that the enigmatic and critically endangered night parrot (Geopsittacus occidentalis) is still present.

    Great Victoria desert 2008

  • Comparison of the food and the filtering mechanism of pilchard (Sardinops ocellata) and anchovy (Engraulis capensis) off South West Africa, 1971-1972.

    Benguela Current large marine ecosystem 2008

  • More than seventy-five birds are montane specialists, and BirdLife International considers two of these species threatened: the mountain peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron inopinatum) and the crested argus (Rheinardia ocellata).

    Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests 2008

  • Several other species such as the great hornbill (Buceros bicornis), Austen's brown hornbill (Anorrhinus austeni), wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus), and crested argus (Rheinardia ocellata) are indicators of low disturbance levels and relatively intact forests.

    Southern Annamites montane rain forests 2008

  • Other conservation projects in Southwest Australia include community-based recovery programs for the threatened Carnaby's black-cockatoo, western ground parrot (Pezoporus wallicus flaviventris), noisy scrub-bird, malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) and the marsupial 'mouse' known as the dibbler (Parentechinus apicalis).

    Biological diversity in Southwest Australia 2008

  • Other birds of conservation significance are the Sooty Babbler Stachyris herberti, which is endemic to the Hin Namno - Phong Nha - Ke Bang range, the Crested Argus Rheinardia ocellata, Red-Collared Woodpecker Picus rabieri, and Wreathed and Great Hornbills (Rhyticeros undulatus, Buceros bicornis).

    Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam 2008

  • The largest, the Ngarkat Conservation Park – Big Desert Wilderness Park straddling the South Australian-Victorian border, totals more than 4,000 square kilometers (km2), and constitutes the main stronghold of the endangered black-eared miner (Manorina melanotis) and the vulnerable malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata).

    Murray-Darling woodlands and mallee 2007

  • Other species under threat include the red goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus VU), malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata VU), plains-wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus EN), and the swift parrot (Lathamus discolor EN) which winters here each summer, returning to Tasmania to breed.

    Southeast Australia temperate savanna 2007

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