The Papuan mountain pigeon (Gymnophaps albertisii) is a species of bird
in the pigeon family Columbidae. It inhabits forests and lowlands on New
Guinea, the Bacan Islands, the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, and the Bismarck
Archipelago. It is a medium-sized pigeon, 33–36 cm (13–14 in) long
and weighing 259 g (9.1 oz). Adult males have slate-grey upperparts,
chestnut-maroon throats and bellies, whitish breasts, and a pale grey
tail band. The lores and eye rings are bright red. Females are similar,
but have greyish breasts and edges to the throat feathers. This pigeon
feeds on figs and drupes. In the Schrader Range it breeds from October
to March, but elsewhere may breed throughout the year. It builds a nest
of sticks in a tree or in short dry grass, and lays a single egg. The
species is very social and is usually seen in flocks of 10–40 birds,
sometimes more. It is listed as a least-concern species on the IUCN Red
List due to its large range and lack of significant population decline.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papuan_mountain_pigeon>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1866:
Bedřich Smetana's comic opera The Bartered Bride premiered in
Prague.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bartered_Bride>
1922:
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., featuring a sculpture
of the sixteenth U.S. president Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Chester
French, opened.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial>
1972:
Members of the Japanese Red Army carried out the Lod Airport
massacre in Tel Aviv, Israel, on behalf of PFLP External Operations,
killing over 20 people and injuring almost 80 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lod_Airport_massacre>
2008:
The Convention on Cluster Munitions, prohibiting the use,
transfer, and stockpiling of cluster bombs, was adopted.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Cluster_Munitions>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
BANANA:
(informal, humorous, derogatory, often attributively) One who objects to
the building of any structure in their neighbourhood, especially in
public policy debate.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/BANANA>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The people should never be deceived, under any pretext or for any
purpose. It would not only be criminal but detrimental to the
revolutionary cause, for deception of any kind, by its very nature, is
shortsighted, petty, narrow, always sewn with rotten threads, so that it
inevitably tears and is exposed.
--Mikhail Bakunin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mikhail_Bakunin>