The northern rosella (Platycercus venustus) is a species of parrot
native to northern Australia, ranging from the Gulf of Carpentaria and
Arnhem Land to the Kimberley. It was described by Heinrich Kuhl in 1820,
and two subspecies are recognised. The species is unusually coloured for
a rosella, with a dark head and neck with pale cheeks—predominantly
white in the nominate subspecies from the Northern Territory and blue in
the Western Australian subspecies. The northern rosella's mantle and
scapulars are black with fine yellow scallops, while its back, rump and
underparts are pale yellow with fine black scallops. The long tail is
blue-green and the wings are black and blue-violet. Found in woodland
and open savannah country, the northern rosella consumes seeds,
particularly of grasses and eucalypts, as well as flowers and berries,
but it may also eat insects. Nesting takes place in tree hollows.
Although uncommon, the species is not threatened.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_rosella>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1863:
About 5,000 people in Richmond, Virginia, mostly poor women,
rioted in protest of the high price of bread.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_bread_riots>
1982:
Argentine special forces invaded the Falkland Islands, sparking
the Falklands War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_invasion_of_the_Falkland_Islands>
1992:
John Gotti, the head of the Gambino crime family of New York
City, was convicted of racketeering, murder, conspiracy to commit
murder, loansharking, obstruction of justice, illegal gambling, and tax
evasion.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gotti>
2002:
Second Intifada: Palestinian militants sought refuge from
advancing Israeli forces in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem,
beginning a month-long siege.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_the_Church_of_the_Nativity>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
imburse:
1. (transitive, obsolete) To put into a purse; to save, to store up.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To give money to, to pay; to stock or supply
with money.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To pay back money that is owed; to refund, to
repay, to reimburse.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/imburse>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Let Moscow not forget that the sanctions policy will only be
continued and intensified. As long as there is no peace — sanctions
are needed. Until Russia begins to invest as sincerely in the search for
peace as it invests in the destruction of our state, sanctions will
remain unalterable.
--Volodymyr Zelenskyy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy>