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30-491: Parula Bonaparte , 1838 Dendroica G. R. Gray , 1842 Setophaga is a genus of birds of the New World warbler family Parulidae. It contains at least 34 species . The Setophaga warblers are an example of adaptive radiation with the various species using different feeding techniques and often feeding in different parts of the same tree. Most Setophaga species are long-range migrants, wintering in or near

60-682: A comparison between birds of the latitude of Philadelphia and Italian species. He created the genus Zenaida , after his wife, for the mourning dove and its relatives. He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1845. In 1840, he became Prince of Canino and Musignano after his father's death and became involved in politics, particularly the anti-Austrian party that he joined in 1848. He did not, however, lose interest in his favourite studies for he organized and presided over several scientific congresses in Italy. In 1849, he

90-543: A methodical classification of all the birds in the world, visiting museums across Europe to study the collections. In 1850, he was allowed to return to France and made Paris his home for the rest of his life. In 1854, he became director of the Jardin des Plantes . In 1855, he was made a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences . He published the first volume of his Conspectus Generum Avium before his death,

120-422: Is highly gregarious, and will also follow ships and fishing boats. A soft peeping noise is often heard while the birds are feeding. They feed predominantly on planktonic invertebrates close to the surface, rarely plunging below the surface to capture prey. They may however sometimes take 3–8 cm long fish in the family Myctophidae . At 40 g on average, it is the smallest warm-blooded animal that breeds in

150-685: The Antarctic coastlines and nearby islands such as the South Shetland Islands during the summer of the southern hemisphere. It spends the rest of the year at sea, and moves into the northern oceans in the southern hemisphere's winter. It is much more common in the north Atlantic than the Pacific . Wilson's storm petrel is common off eastern North America in the northern summer and the seasonal abundance of this bird in suitable European waters has been revealed through pelagic boat trips, most notably in

180-464: The Bolognese journal Nuovi annali delle scienze naturali , as Carlo Luciano Bonaparte. as Bonaparte described over 500 species. Several birds are named after him: Wilson%27s storm-petrel Wilson's storm petrel ( Oceanites oceanicus ), also known as Wilson's petrel , is a small seabird of the austral storm petrel family Oceanitidae . It is one of the most abundant bird species in

210-607: The British Museum , and renewed his acquaintance with Audubon. In 1828, the family settled in Rome. In Italy, he was the originator of several scientific congresses, and lectured and wrote extensively on American and European ornithology and other branches of natural history. Between 1832 and 1841, Bonaparte published his work on the animals of Italy, Iconografia della Fauna Italica . He had also published Specchio Comparativo delle Ornithologie di Roma e di Filadelfia (Pisa, 1827), presenting

240-667: The International Ornithological Committee (IOC), Bonaparte is credited as the authority for 165 genera , 203 species and 262 subspecies. He was credited with describing a rare Australian bird, Menura alberti (Albert's lyrebird), although this was based on a technicality as English ornithologist John Gould had previously described the bird but the supplement containing the description was published after Bonaparte had made reference to it. Lucien Charles Bonaparte died in Paris at age 54. In Luigi Magni 's film In

270-586: The New World tropics and seasonally migrating to breed in North America . In contrast, two Setophaga species, the palm warbler and yellow-rumped warbler, have winter ranges that extend along the Atlantic coast of North America as far north as Nova Scotia. The males in breeding plumage are often highly colorful. The genus Setophaga was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1827. The type species

300-537: The Antarctic coast in the South Shetland and other islands. The population from Tierra del Fuego was described as chilensis (= wollastoni , magellanicus ) but this is considered a nomen nudum although some authors have reinstated it, noting that it can be distinguished by white mottling on the belly. The name Mother Carey 's chicken was used in early literature and often applied to several petrel species while

330-513: The Antarctic region. It nests in colonies close to the sea in rock crevices or small burrows in soft earth and lays a single white egg. Like most petrels, its walking ability is limited to a short shuffle to the burrow. In the Antarctic, nests may sometimes get snowed over leading to destruction of the nest or chicks. This storm petrel is strictly nocturnal at the breeding sites to avoid predation by larger gulls and skuas , and will even avoid coming to land on clear moonlit nights. Both parents tend

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360-520: The Name of the Sovereign People (1990), Bonaparte is played by Carlo Croccolo . Prince Charles and Princess Zénaïde Bonaparte had twelve children, listed below: In conjunction with M. de Pouancé, he also prepared descriptive catalogue of pigeons and one of parrots which were published after his death. Among his papers published are: He published several scientific papers on ornithological topics in

390-752: The Republican army was defeated in July 1849. He landed at Marseilles, but was ordered to leave the country by Louis Napoleon. He reaffirmed his political beliefs the following year in naming Wilson's bird-of-paradise ( Cicinnurus respublica ) in honor of the republican idea. He travelled to the United Kingdom, attending the meeting of the British Association in Birmingham . He then visited Sir William Jardine in southern Scotland. Charles then began work on preparing

420-454: The area of the Isles of Scilly and Great Britain . It is strictly pelagic outside the breeding season, and this, together with its remote breeding sites, makes Wilson's petrel a difficult bird to see from land. Only in severe storms might this species be pushed into headlands. Wilson's storm petrel has a more direct gliding flight than other small petrels, and like most others it flies low over

450-470: The generic name of stormy petrel referred to the idea that their appearance foretold stormy weather. F. M. Littler and others called it the yellow-webbed storm-petrel. Wilson's storm petrel is a small bird , 16–18.5 cm (6.3–7.3 in) in length with a 38–42 cm (15–16.5 in) wingspan. It is slightly larger than the European storm petrel and is essentially dark brown in all plumages, except for

480-485: The mythical Oceanids , the three thousand daughters of Tethys . The species name is from Latin oceanus , "ocean". Originally described in the genus Procellaria it has been placed under the genus Oceanites . Two or three subspecies are recognized and one population maorianus from New Zealand may be extinct. The nominate population breeds from Cape Horn to the Kerguelen Islands while exasperatus breeds along

510-505: The nest and feed the single chick. The chicks call and beg for food, more vigorously when hungry. Chicks remain at nest for about 60 days and are fed on krill , fish and amphipods . Adults have the ability to identify their nest burrows in the dark and their mates by olfactory cues. Population estimates in Antarctica evaluate the species to have about between 10 and 10 pairs. Widespread throughout its large range, Wilson's storm petrel

540-807: The ornithology of the United States and updating Wilson's Ornithology or History of the Birds of the United States . The revised edition was published between 1825 and 1833. His other publications included "Observations on the Nomenclature of Wilson's Ornithology" (in the Journal of the Philadelphia Academy) and "Synopsis of the Birds of the United States" (in the Annals of the Lyceum of New York). In 1824, Bonaparte tried to get

570-586: The paternal uncle of Charles). Before leaving Italy, Charles had already discovered a warbler new to science, the moustached warbler , and on the voyage he collected specimens of a new storm-petrel . On arrival in the United States, he presented a paper on this new bird, which was later named after Alexander Wilson . He and his wife resided in the Lake House in his father-in-law's Point Breeze estate in Bordentown, New Jersey . Bonaparte then set about studying

600-455: The seas surface and has the habit of pattering on the water surface as it picks planktonic food items from the ocean surface. Their unique fluttering and hovering flight is achieved often with their wings held high. Even in calm weather, they can make use of the slight breeze produced by the waves and in effect soar while using their feet to stabilize themselves. Like the European storm petrel, it

630-405: The second volume being edited by Hermann Schlegel . Bonaparte also studied amphibians and reptiles , and is the author of Vipera ursinii , commonly known as Orsini's viper. Bonaparte was extremely prolific and is responsible for coining Latin names for a large number of bird species . As of August 2019, in the online list of birds maintained by Frank Gill and David Donsker on behalf of

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660-592: The then unknown John James Audubon accepted by the Academy of Natural Sciences , but this was opposed by the ornithologist George Ord who disliked Audubon's dramatic bird poses and considered him to be "a back-country upstart who romanticized his subject matter," according to the Audubon Galleries. At the end of 1826, Bonaparte and his family returned to Europe. He visited Germany, where he met Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar , and England, where he met John Edward Gray at

690-717: The transition from the Miocene to the Pliocene period, when an abrupt rise in temperature and the fragmentation of forest habitats in North America may have caused allopatric speciation in the genus. It is widely agreed that this speciation constitutes an adaptive radiation , though recent evidence is mixed, noting that evidence of both adaptive and non-adaptive radiations exists. Up to several Setophaga species coexist in regions such as northeastern North America. Since these species are strikingly similar in both diet and morphology , this

720-440: The white rump and flanks. The feet extend just beyond the square ended tail in flight. The European storm petrel has a very distinct whitish lining to the underwing and a nearly all dark upperwing. Wilson's storm petrel has a diffuse pale band along the upper wing coverts and lacks the distinctive white underwing lining. The webbing between the toes is yellow with black spots in pre-breeding age individuals. This species breeds on

750-520: The world and has a circumpolar distribution mainly in the seas of the southern hemisphere but extending northwards during the summer of the northern hemisphere. The world population was estimated in 2022 as stable at 8 to 20 million birds. In 2010 it had been estimated at 12-30 million. A 1998 book had estimated more than 50 million pairs. The name commemorates the Scottish-American ornithologist Alexander Wilson . The genus name Oceanites refers to

780-701: Was accepted by both the North American and South American Classification Committees of the American Ornithological Society and the IOC World Bird List . As the name Setophaga (published in 1827) takes priority over Dendroica (published in 1842), those who accept the merger transferred all Dendroica species to Setophaga . A burst of speciation in Setophaga occurred between 4.5 and 7 million years ago. This time frame roughly corresponds to

810-738: Was elected to the Roman Assembly and participated in the creation of the Roman Republic . According to Jasper Ridley, when the Assembly convened for the first time: "When the name of Carlo Bonaparte, who was a member for Viterbo, was called, he replied to the roll-call by calling out Long live the Republic! " ( Viva la Repubblica! ). He participated in the defense of Rome against the 40,000 French troops sent by his cousin Louis Napoleon . He left Rome after

840-479: Was once thought to be a violation of the laws of evolution . Further study concluded that species coexist through subtle feeding differences due to niche partitioning and diffuse exploitative interspecific competition : rather than compete directly for the same food resources, species utilize slightly different feeding strategies to capture a slightly different set of prey species. The genus contains 37 species. They are: Charles Lucien Bonaparte Bonaparte

870-507: Was subsequently designated by Swainson in the same year as the American redstart Setophaga ruticilla . The genus name is from Ancient Greek ses , "moth", and phagos , "eating". Traditionally, most members (29 species) of Setophaga were recognized as belonging to the genus Dendroica . The only member of Setophaga was the American redstart . More recent genetic research suggested that Dendroica and Setophaga be merged. This change

900-501: Was the son of Lucien Bonaparte and Alexandrine de Bleschamp . Lucien was a younger brother of Napoleon I , making Charles the emperor’s nephew. Born in Paris , he was raised in Italy . On 29 June 1822, he married his cousin, Zénaïde , in Brussels . Soon after the marriage, the couple left for Philadelphia in the United States to live with Zénaïde's father, Joseph Bonaparte (who was also

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