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• scrub hen — noun see scrub fowl * * * scrub hen, the Australian mound builder or megapode, which lives in the thick underbrush or scrub …   Useful english dictionary

• scrub fowl — noun large footed short winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs • Syn: ↑megapode, ↑mound bird, ↑mound bird, ↑mound builder • Hypernyms: ↑gallinaceous bird, ↑gallinacean …   Useful english dictionary

• Hen and Chicken Islands — The islands were named by Captain James Cook, who first sighted them in 1769. It has been suggested that the name was inspired by an old name for the star cluster usually known as the Pleiades (and called Matariki by the Māori).Originally owned… …   Wikipedia

• Talaud Bush-hen — Taxobox name = Talaud Bush hen status = VU | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Gruiformes familia = Rallidae genus = Amaurornis species = A. magnirostris binomial = Amaurornis… …   Wikipedia

• List of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds — This list is based on the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds [http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/hanzab/HANZAB spp list.pdf list, May 2002 update] , with the doubtfuls omitted. It includes the birds of Australia, New Zealand,… …   Wikipedia

• List of birds of Australia — This list is based on the Birds Australia [http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/checklist/ba birdlist sept03.pdf list, September 2003] (PDF, free registration required).The Birds Australia list is considered unofficial. It is based on Christidis and… …   Wikipedia

• List of Asian birds — This list of Asian birds is a listing of all the bird species known from the continent of Asia.NotesThe taxonomy of this list adheres to James Clements Birds of the World: A Checklist , and reflects all changes to that work until July, 2005.… …   Wikipedia

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• Argentina — /ahr jeuhn tee neuh/; Sp. /ahrdd hen tee nah/, n. a republic in S South America. 35,797,536; 1,084,120 sq. mi. (2,807,870 sq. km). Cap.: Buenos Aires. Also called the Argentine. Official name, Argentine Republic. * * * Argentina Introduction… …   Universalium