green-backed

Now, an international team of researchers has shown that introducing these small, green-backed lizards, Podarcis sicula, to a new environment caused them to undergo rapid and large-scale evolutionary changes.

Lizards Undergo Rapid Evolution after Introduction to a New Home « Isegoria 2008

Birds of the riverine forests include the belted kingfisher, bank swallow, spotted sandpiper, and green-backed heron.

Prairie Parkland (Temperate) Province (Bailey) 2009

The short-eared owl, Asio flammeus, the green-backed firecrown, Sephanoides sephaniodes, the austral thrush, Turdus falcklandii, and the austral blackbird, Guracus curaeus, are shared with continental Chile.

Juan Fernández Islands temperate forests 2007

Interesting marsh birds found in the reclaimed areas include egrets Egretta alba, E. garzetta and E. intermedia, purple heron Ardea purpurea (a rare vagrant from Africa) and green-backed heron Butorides striatus, while birds of prey include osprey Pandion haliaetus, Pallas's sea-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus (R), white-bellied sea-eagle H. leucogaster, grey-headed fishing eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus, peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus, Oriential hobby F. severus, northern eagle owl Bubo bubo and brown fish owl Ketupa zeylonensis.

Sundarbans National Park, India 2008

These two near-endemic species (Table 2), the spice imperial-pigeon (Ducula myristicivora) and the green-backed robin (Pachycephalopsis hattamensis), are also found on the mainland.

Yapen rain forests 2008

The large salt marshes at North Prudence Island are used as feeding areas by a number of large wading birds — great blue herons, green-backed heron, little blue herons, great egret, snowy egret, black-crowned night heron and the glossy ibis.

Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Rhode Island 2007

Sunday, February 25, 1821: Killed some green-backed white-bellied swallows, Hirondo veridis —extremely fat, the gizzards completely filled with the remains of winged insects—could not perceive any outward difference between the sexes.

The Life You Longed For Maribeth Fischer 2007

Sunday, February 25, 1821: Killed some green-backed white-bellied swallows, Hirondo veridis —extremely fat, the gizzards completely filled with the remains of winged insects—could not perceive any outward difference between the sexes.

The Life You Longed For Maribeth Fischer 2007

All of these species, except the great blue heron and green-backed heron, nest on Hope Island.

Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Rhode Island 2007

The large salt marshes at the north end of Prudence are used as feeding areas by a number of large wading birds such as great and little blue herons, snowy and great egrets, black-crowned night herons, green-backed herons and glossy ibis.

Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Rhode Island 2007