A stint is one of several very small waders in the paraphyletic "Calidris" assemblage – often separated in Erolia – which in North America are known as peeps. They are scolopacid waders much similar in ecomorphology to their distant relatives, the charadriid plovers.
The white-rumped sandpiper is a small shorebird that breeds in the northern tundra of Canada and Alaska. This bird can be difficult to distinguish from other similar tiny shorebirds; these are known collectively as "peeps" or "stints".
The Indian cormorant or Indian shag is a member of the cormorant family. It is found mainly along the inland waters of the Indian Subcontinent but extending west to Sind and east to Thailand and Cambodia. It is a gregarious species that can be easily distinguished from the similar sized little cormorant by its blue eye, small head with a sloping forehead and a long narrow bill ending in a hooked tip.
The tamarins are squirrel-sized New World monkeys from the family Callitrichidae in the genus Saguinus. They are the first offshoot in the Callitrichidae tree, and therefore are sister group of a clade formed by the lion tamarins, Goeldi's monkeys and marmosets.
The brown-mantled tamarin, also known as the saddleback tamarin or the Andean saddle-back tamarin, is a species of tamarin from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
The Cape parrot or Levaillant's parrot is a large, temperate forest dwelling parrot of the genus Poicephalus endemic to South Africa. It was formerly grouped as a subspecies along with the savanna-dwelling brown-necked parrot(P. fuscicollis fuscicollis) and grey-headed parrot(P. f. suahelicus), but is now considered a distinct species.
The brown-necked parrot, sometimes known in aviculture as the uncape parrot, is a large Poicephalus parrot species endemic to Africa consisting of the savanna-dwelling brown-necked parrot and grey-headed parrot subspecies. It formerly included the Cape parrot as a subspecies before the Cape parrot was re-classified as a distinct species.
Ropica is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:
Ropica ceylonica is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1939.
Ropica marmorata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1939. It contains the subspecies Ropica marmorata marmorata and Ropica marmorata sarawakiana.
Ropica nigroscutellata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1939.
Ropica pseudosignata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1939.
Ropica bifuscoplagiata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1960.
Ropica biroi is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1953.
Ropica hayashii is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1958.
Ropica sechellarum is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1957. It contains the subspecies Ropica sechellarum interruptefasciata and Ropica sechellarum sechellarum.
Ropica signata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Pic in 1932.
Ropica cunicularis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Pascoe in 1865.
Ropica duboisi is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Fairmaire in 1850.
Ropica formosana is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Bates in 1866. It contains four subspecies, Ropica formosana formosana, Ropica formosana japonica, Ropica formosana nobuoi, and Ropica formosana tokaraensis.
