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	Sparrow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		American sparrows are not closely related, and these are placed in the family Emberizidae along with the buntings.
		House Sparrows are now found throughout North America, in every state of Australia except for Western Australia, and over much of heavily populated parts of South America.
		Iago Sparrow or Cape Verde Sparrow, Passer iagoensis
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sparrow (328 words)

	sparrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		American sparrows are not closely related, and these are placed in the family Emberizidae along with the buntingss.
		Sparrows are seed-eaters, and they also consume small insects.
		Sparrows are not naturally found in Australia or the Americas, but the early settlers imported them into these continents, and they quickly naturalised, particularly in urban and degraded areas.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /sparrow.html (359 words)

	Sparrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		American sparrows are not closely related, and these are placedin the family Emberizidae along with the buntings.
		Sparrows are not naturally found in Australia or the Americas, but the early settlers imported them into these continents, and they quickly naturalised,particularly in urban and degraded areas.
		Eurasian Tree Sparrows are also present, but unlike the House Sparrow, are not a serious pest.Eurasian Tree Sparrows occasionally arrive in Western Australia aboard cargo vessels, but so far they have been captured andremoved before they could establish a breeding colony in the state.
	www.therfcc.org /sparrow-39649.html (297 words)

	Socotra
		Socotra is 3,625 km² large, and belongs to Yemen.
		Socotra has been isolated biologically for several million years, and about 1/3 of the animals and plants are only found here.
		Examples of this are the 24 endemic reptiles, 6 types of birds, like the Socotra sparrow, centipedes, one sort of dragonfly, land crabs discoverd as late as 1997 at an altitude of 700 metres, and 25 types of jumping insects.
	i-cias.com /e.o/socotra.htm (525 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Socotra Island xeric shrublands (AT1318)
		Socotra is the largest and most easterly island of this Indian Ocean archipelago, lying approximately 240 km east of the Horn of Africa and 480 km south of the Arabian Coast.
		Socotra is often considered to be part of the Middle East and not Africa because it is administered by Yemen, but geographically and biogeographically it is a continuation of the Horn of Africa.
		Socotra was not considered in the phytogeographical classification of White (1983), although he did note that the area ranked as a local center of endemism within the Somali-Masai regional center of endemism.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at1318_full.html (2145 words)

	Sparrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		American sparrows are in the family Emberizidae with the Old World buntings.
		Sparrows are not naturally found in Australia, but the early settlers imported them into the country and they quickly naturalised, particularly in urban and degraded areas.
		Tree Sparrows are also present, but unlike the House Sparrow, are not a serious pest.
	www.termsdefined.net /sp/sparrow.html (474 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Travel \| Countries \| The Galapagos of Arabia
		Socotra is a naturalist's paradise - and you don't have to go to the ends of the earth to get there.
		Socotra is a unique and seldom visited island the size of Cornwall, stranded in the Indian Ocean.
		The Socotra archipelago is referred to by some as the Galapagos of Arabia, but its islands really offer much more than the islands made famous by Darwin.
	travel.guardian.co.uk /countries/story/0,7451,1524120,00.html (1773 words)

	ãáÊÞì ÇáÍæÇÑ ÇáÚÑÈí - Socotra Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Socotra Island is the largest island of the Land of Sheba, approximately 120 Km long by 40 Km wide and a population of 35000 with their own district language and culture, they also speak the Arab language of Yemen.
		From the aqua lagoon at Qalansiya to the snow-white dunes at Ras Momi, from the alpine meadows of the Haggier Mountains to the desolation of Nowgad, Socotra is a land of surprising contrasts.
		Socotra is home to more than 800 species of plants, some 240 of which are endemic to the island, and there are certainly many more plant species that have yet to be discovered.
	www.hdrmut.net /vb/printthread.php?t=172343 (1115 words)

	Sparrow [Definition]
		Sparrow and its derivatives were the West's principal BVR (beyond visual range) air-to-air missile from the late 1950s until the 1990s.
		Sparrows are seed-eaters, and they also consume small insects Insects are invertebrate animals of the class Insecta, the largest and (on land) most widely distributed grouping within the Phylum Arthropoda.
		This sparrow is mainly resident in its range, but there is some seasonal movement, and flocks of up to 50 birds form outside the breeding season....
	www.wikimirror.com /Sparrow (1972 words)

	Catoalogue of Photographs
		The Socotra Archipelago is an eastern continuation of the Somali Peninsula and lies along the East-West Rift of the Gulf of Aden, geographically and geologically it is part of Africa.
		Along the greater part of the south coast extends a gravel- and alluvium covered plain from up to five kilometres in width, while the coastal plain in the north, backed by the dip slopes of the plateau edge limestones, is much more irregular, less barren and interrupted in the east by a number of headlands.
		Socotra pseudocardiosoma CUMBERLIDGE and WRANIK (in press), male specimen climbing on a rock in the highlands of Socotra.
	www.uni-rostock.de /fakult/manafak/biologie/wranik/socotra/pictures/photos.htm (2868 words)

	Sparrow - InformationBlast
		The closely related finches of the eqatorial regions and Australasia are often also classed as members of the Passeridae: for these see estrildid finch.
		American sparrows are not closely related, and are placed in the family Emberizidae along with the buntings.
		The Hedge Sparrow or Dunnock (Prunella modularis) is a sparrow in name only, a relic of the Medieval practice by which any small bird was called"sparrow".
	www.informationblast.com /Sparrow.html (310 words)

	Good news for Socotra
		Lying on the crossroads of the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, the Socotra archipelago is internationally renowned for its remarkable plant and animal diversity and for its cultural richness - with its 40,000 inhabitants speaking the unique Soqotri language.
		The aim is to continue to support the people of Socotra through conservation and sustainable use of the islands' unique biodiversity and natural resources for the coming five years.
		On the education front BirdLife has co-written a coloured booklet on the birds and plants of the island, which is being used in a wildlife education programme on the island.
	www.birdlife.org /news/news/2003/07/socotra.html (387 words)

	Sparrow at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Features: The Navy's RIM-7M Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile and the Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force's AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile are radar...
		Liebherr 22 ES Self-erecting tower crane are unique to Sparrow Crane Hire in the UK and have been purchased to offer...
		SPARROW relates in-stream water-quality measurements to spatially referenced characteristics of watersheds...
	www.springknow.com /Sparrow.html (529 words)

	sufi.html
		On Socotra, sites on the lowland coastal plain, through the mid-altitude zone and up to montane habitats of about 1,100 m, were surveyed.
		The Socotra race of rufous sparrow Passer motitensis insularis (considered by some to be a separate species) is abundant.
		The expedition culminated with a presentation of the results to the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and representatives of the Agricultural Research and Extension Authority and the Environmental Protection Council, during which priority areas for bird species and habitat conservation were discussed and follow-up action was agreed upon.
	www.aiys.org /webdate/osme.html (828 words)

	British-Yemeni Society: Birds of Yemen, by Richard Porter
		Among these are seventeen species (thirteen on the mainland and four on Socotra) which are found nowhere else in the world except in some cases neighbouring areas of south west Arabia.
		About the size of a slim sparrow and brownish grey in colour it moves heavily, but unobtrusively, through the branches gently waving its rather long tail or stopping to hang upside down, like a tit, in its search for insects in the bark or leaf litter.
		A mixture of acacia woodland and euphorbias is the home of the Golden-winged Grosbeak, a startling bird with a powerful fl bill and bright yellow flashes in its wings and tail, especially noticeable in flight.
	www.al-bab.com /bys/articles/porter93.htm (1312 words)

	socotra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Use of the Socotra Archipelago, Republic of Yemen - A project funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF)aimed at conserving the globally significant biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago.
		Socotra Providence Is. Agalega Is. Farquhar Is. Aldabra Is. Amirante Is. Zanzibar Pemba Carajos RÃ©union Tromelin St. Helena Ascension Madeira Is. Canary Is. Principe Cargados AnnobÃ³n Sao Tome Asmara...
		SOCOTRA ISLAND An island of Yemen in the Indian Ocean at the mouth of the Gulf of Aden.
	socotra.networklive.org /index.php?title=De:Sokotra&action=edit (717 words)

	AVIFAUNA - Picchio Verde. . . l'altro web site
		Socotra I. May be closely related to N. dussumieri.
		This subfamily has been treated as a separate family because its hyoid apparatus is uniquely different from that of other finches, weavers and sparrows.
		Usually treated as a separate family without obvious relatives, but DNA hybridization data indicate that they are closest to the sparrows and weavers.
	digilander.libero.it /avifauna/classificazione/passeriformes23.htm (5355 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - Yemen Tips - Pictures, Tips and Reviews
		Socotra is a member of a group of four outlying islands Abd Al-Kuri, Samha & Darsah.
		One of the most famous Botanical curiosities of Socotra is the Dragon's tree, the tree is so named because any injury to the bark results in a deep red liquid excreting from the scar — compared in the past to the 'Blood of Dragons' 4.
		Outside of Hadibo, Socotra is a wonderfully clean place, thanks in large part to these active scavengers.Few terrestrial mammals live on Socotra although there are some bats and a species of genet.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Middle_East/Yemen/General_Tips-Yemen-BR-2.html (2070 words)

	Resource search results for like two sparrow in a hurricane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		...block of walled in motel-like two-story structures with the.....Savannah Sparrow 20, Gambel's Sparrow 5, and San Diego Song.....many of them were damaged by a hurricane that had swept up...
		Like two sparrows in a hurricane, Trying to find their...
		The otters look.....unexpected visit by Captain Ned Sparrow, Chief, Aids to Navigation.....good with the breakwater.
	www.hurricane-news.com /directory/like-two-sparrow-in-a-hurricane.html (336 words)

	Secondary Excursions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		During these first days on Socotra we enjoyed the wonderful ocean by snorkeling and swimming.
		Dixsom and Deneghan are places in the interior of the Socotra island.
		Our hike was also strenuous under the conditions of the hot temperature on Socotra.
	www.qsi.org /YEM/Pages/Activities/Socotra/Socotra_Excursion.htm (795 words)

	BirdLife - Saudi Arabia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Particularly, the Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis, Lesser crested tern Sterna bengalensis and Bridled tern S.
		Afrotropical bird species occur in Tihamah coastal plain including the rare Arabian bustard Ardeotis arabs, and the Arabian golden sparrow Passer euchlorus which is endemic to the area.
		Particular bird research projects concern, 1- The role of avian scavengers (lappet-faced vultures) in desert eco-system, 2- The status of the Arabian bustard in the Tihamah coastal plain, 3- the breeding biology of Socotra cormorant and White-cheeked tern Sterna repressa on the Arabian Gulf.
	www.birdlifemed.org /Contries/saudi/saudi.html (929 words)

	Bird Info Resource - sparrow bird houses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sparrow Bird Houses - This website provides detailed information on sparrow bird houses.
		With over twenty different resource links to choose from, you will be able to get all the information you need on sparrow bird houses.
		This is an ornamental bird house, mistaken for a nestbox for...
	www.bird-info-resource.com /bird/sparrow-bird-houses.php (574 words)

	Kuwait Trip Report
		Contact was made with Thomas Spencer (through Peter) on a weeks school holiday, and with Thomas's nephew Nick (short birding visit from the UK), the three of us travelled north from the city, for the day.
		Another area of wasteground (c2km to the south) produced 8 Pale Rock Sparrows, 3 Red-throated Pipits and Desert, Northern, Pied and Isabelline Wheatears.
		16 Cormorants (sinensis) were present but unfortunately Socotra does not arrive in the region until late May and other more interesting terns (Bridled etc) do not appear until April.
	www.osme.org /osmetrip/kuwtrip1.html (6571 words)

	Key to lists
		Swainson's Sparrow (Passer swainsonii) -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Grey-headed Sparrow -- Alternative scientific name(s): P..
		Parrot-billed Sparrow (Passer gongonensis) -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. g.
		Chestnut Sparrow (Passer eminibey) -- Alternative English Name(s): Guasso Chestnut Sparrow -- Alternative scientific name(s): P..
	www.geocities.com /giles_mulholland/species21.html (1208 words)

	QB9 - Segnalazioni
		The discovery of a breeding colony of Jouanin’s Petrel Bulweria fallax on Socotra, Yemen.
		Pur essendo considerato comune nella parte meridionale del Mar Rosso, nel Golfo di Aden e nel Mare di Arabia, finora i suoi territori di nidificazione erano del tutto sconosciuti e non era mai stato trovato un solo nido.
		Questo articolo, scritto in forma più romanzata che di arido resoconto scientifico, racconta della scoperta, avvenuta nell’agosto 2000, di una colonia nidificante sull’isola di Socotra, politicamente appartenente allo Yemen.
	www.ebnitalia.it /QB/QB009/segnalazioni.htm (2103 words)

	Birdwatching trip report - United Arab Emirates - surfbirds.com
		Qarn Nazwa: 1 pale rock sparrow, 1 desert eagle owl "ascalaphus", 1 rock thrush, 1 "eastern" fl redstart, 1 pied wheater, 1 blue rock thrush, 1 little owl, 1 brown-necked raven.
		Wadi Khab Shami (Oman): 1 pallid harrier, 5 hume's wheaters, 3 southern grey shrike "aucheri", 2 kestrels, 1 daurian shrike, 1 house bunting, 1 isabelline wheater, 2 arabian babblers,
		Dibba (sea-watching): 1 bridled tern, 5 swift terns, 5 socotra cormorants, 10 great cormorants, 1 osprey, 4 sooty gulls, 3 western reef herons, 5 sandwich terns, 3 lesser sand plovers, kentish plovers (p), common sandpipers (p), 2 striated herons, 5 turtles (carfetta caretta),
	www.surfbirds.com /mb/trips/uae-ma-0403.html (833 words)

	Bunting (bird) : Bunting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill.
		In North America, most of the species in this family are known as Sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows in the family Passeridae.
		An alternative treatment massively expand the Emberizids to include tanagers, wood warblers and many other groups.
	www.termsdefined.net /bu/bunting.html (217 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		The hot tropical climate of the southern coastal lowlands supports a flora and fauna quite unlike that of the rest of Iran.
		A number of species of Indo-Malayan origin, such as Indian Sand Lark Calandrella raytal, Common Myna Acridotheres tristis, and Sind Sparrow Passer pyrrhonotus, are confined to extreme south-east Iranian Baluchistan, while several others extend only as far west as the Bandar Abbas region, e.g.
		The south Caspian Sea, with 700km of sandy shoreline, and the freshwater lakes, marshes and brackish lagoons in central Gilan, the Gorgan Bay area, and the Turkoman steppes provide a complex of breeding and wintering areas for waterfowl.
	www.fatbirder.com /links_geo/middle_east/iran.html (1648 words)

	Bahrain
		Situated north-east of Manama on the smaller island of Al Muharraq, Arad Fort with its Jasmine filled gardens is an excellent refuge for migrating birds, with specialities like Eversmann's Redstart and Black-throated Thrush.
		Other well known species are found here like the Robin, Chiffchaff, Starling and House Sparrow.
		Beyond the boundary wall of the Arad Fort gardens are the mud flats of Qal At Arad.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /worldwidebirdsites/Bahrain.htm (355 words)

	The Qarnein Expedition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Further recordings during the spring and autumn migration seasons should produce records of more species.
		If the development programme includes planting (and watering) of more vegetation, more passage migrants can be expected to stay on the Island, while species breeding on the Abu Dhabi mainland, such as Palm Dove and House Sparrow, may extend their range to Qarnein.
		Despite a comprehensive search, only one species of Lepidoptera was discovered, a Crimson Speckled Footman moth Utetheisa pulchella, which was on the low scrub in the southern part of the Island, and may have been a migrant, since its usual food was not present.
	www.enhg.org /b/b39/39_02.htm (3126 words)

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