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20-470: (Redirected from Sturmvogel ) Stormbird may refer to: Pacific koel , a bird colloquially referred to as a 'storm bird' or 'stormbird' in Australia Storm Bird (horse) (1978–2004), a Canadian-bred thoroughbred racehorse Stormbirds Football Club Football Federation Northern Territory Sturmvogel, Stormbird Messerschmitt Me 262 Stormbird,

40-688: A 2013 novel by Conn Iggulden , the first of four books in the Wars of the Roses series Stormbirds (video game) redirects to THQ Digital Studios UK Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Stormbird . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stormbird&oldid=1108830025 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

60-513: A mix of ancestral and derived traits suggest murid rodents made it to Australia earlier, maybe in the Miocene, over a forested archipelago, i.e. Wallacea, and evolved in Australia in isolation. Australia's rodents make up much of the continent's placental mammal fauna and include various species from stick-nest rats to hopping mice . Other mammals invaded from the east. Two species of cuscus ,

80-414: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pacific koel Cuculus orientalis Linnaeus, 1766 The Pacific koel ( Eudynamys orientalis ), also known as the eastern koel or formerly common koel , is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae . In Australia , it is colloquially known as the rainbird or stormbird , as its call

100-647: Is found in forest, woodland, plantations and gardens from Wallacea east to the Solomon Islands and south to northern and eastern Australia. The Pacific koel has not been rated by IUCN , but the Australian Koel (here included in the Pacific koel) is considered to be of Least Concern . The Pacific koel is a brood parasite . In Australia, their hosts are mainly large honeyeaters (especially noisy friarbirds and red wattlebirds ). Unlike in other parasitic cuckoos,

120-839: Is home to over 10,000 plant species, of which approximately 1,500 (15%) are endemic. Endemism is higher among terrestrial vertebrate species; out of 1,142 species described there, almost half (529) were endemic. 45% of the region retains some sort of forest cover, though only 52,017 km (15%) is in a pristine state. Of Wallacea's total 347,000 km -area, about 20,000 km are protected. Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests : Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests : Australia may be isolated by sea, but technically through Wallacea, it can be zoologically extended. Australian Early-Middle Pliocene rodent fossils have been found in Chinchilla Sands and Bluffs Down in Queensland, but

140-536: Is home to over 2,000 invertebrate species (with over 1,000 known species of arthropod , not including nearly 900 lepidopterans ), 100 species of reptiles and amphibians , and 288 bird species. Maluku has around 70 reptile and amphibian, 250 avian, and over 550 invertebrate species. Seram Island is particularly noted for its butterflies and birds, including the Moluccan king parrot . Smaller mammals, including some carnivorans (such as civets ), marsupials (such as

160-476: Is usually more prevalent before or during stormy weather. The Pacific koel was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the twelfth edition of his Systema Naturae . He placed it with the cuckoos in the genus Cuculus and coined the binomial name Cuculus orientalis . Linnaeus based his account on the "Le Coucou noir des Indes" that had been described and illustrated in 1760 by

180-509: The Aru Islands share many marsupial mammals, land birds, and freshwater fish that are not found in Wallacea. Although the distant ancestors of Wallacea's flora and fauna may have been from Asia or Australia-New Guinea, Wallacea is home to many endemic species. There is extensive autochthonous speciation and proportionately large numbers of endemics; the area is an important contributor to

200-528: The Indonesian Archipelago . The Wallace Line is named after the Welsh naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace , who recorded the differences between mammal and bird fauna between the islands on either side of the line. The islands of Sundaland to the west of the line, including Sumatra, Java, Bali, and Borneo, share a mammal fauna similar to that of East Asia, which includes tigers, rhinoceros, and apes; whereas

220-506: The Philippines . Its eastern border (separating Wallacea from Sahul) is represented by a zoogeographical boundary known as Lydekker's Line , while the Wallace Line (separating Wallacea from Sunda) defines its western border. The Weber Line is the midpoint, at which Asian and Australian fauna and flora are approximately equally represented. It follows the deepest straits traversing

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240-677: The Sulawesi bear cuscus and the Sulawesi dwarf cuscus , are the westernmost representatives of the Australasian marsupials. The tectonic uplift of Wallacea during the collision between Australia and Asia c. 23 million years ago allowed the global dispersal of passerine birds from Australia across the Indonesian islands. Bustards and megapodes must have somehow colonized Australia. Cockatiels similar to those from Australia inhabit Komodo Island in Wallacea. A few species of Eucalyptus ,

260-422: The black-billed koel ( Eudynamys melanorhynchus ). Eight subspecies are recognised: The Pacific Koel can be identified by its black plumage, often tinted with blue and green, and red eyes. The species is sexually dimorphic : the female has brown plumage along the back with white spots and the underbelly is often cream coloured with fine black stripes. Young birds resemble the female but have dark eyes. It

280-693: The cuscus ), primates and rodents are common throughout the region. A large portion of the waters surrounding Wallacea are part of the Coral Triangle , considered to be the richest coral reef and marine ecosystems on earth, with the highest number of species, adding to the total biodiversity of the region. Wallacea was originally almost completely forested, mostly tropical moist broadleaf forests , with some areas of tropical dry broadleaf forest . The higher mountains are home to montane and subalpine forests, and mangroves are common in coastal areas. According to Conservation International , Wallacea

300-628: The French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in his multi-volume work Ornithologie . The type locality is Ambon Island , one of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. The Pacific koel is now placed in the genus Eudynamys that was introduced in 1827 by the naturalists Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield . It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Asian koel ( Eudynamys scolopaceus ) and

320-450: The arrival of spring and the rainy season. It is also viewed as a nuisance due to the males' incessant calling throughout the day and night. The calls indicate the start of breeding season and males would call repeatedly to mark their territory or communicate their availability to other females. Wallacea Wallacea is defined as the series of islands stretching between the two continental shelves of Sunda and Sahul , but excluding

340-682: The mammal fauna of Lombok and areas extending eastwards are mostly populated by marsupials and birds similar to those in Australasia. Sulawesi shows signs of both. During the ice ages, sea levels were lower, exposing the Sunda shelf that links the islands of Sundaland to one another and to Asia and allowing Asian land animals to inhabit these islands. The islands of Wallacea have few land mammals, land birds, or freshwater fish of continental origin, which find it difficult to cross open ocean . Many species of birds, reptiles, and insects were better able to cross

360-584: The overall mega- biodiversity of the Indonesian Archipelago. Fauna includes the lowland and mountain anoa , or dwarf buffalo ( Bubalus sp.), and the babirusa, or "deer-pig" ( Babyrousa sp.), both found on Sulawesi, among other islands. Maluku shares a number of similar species with Sulawesi, albeit with fewer total, given the differences in size between the two islands—Sulawesi has at least 4,000 recorded terrestrial plant and animal species, while Maluku has just over 1,000, by comparison. Sulawesi

380-538: The straits, and many such species of Australian and Asian origin are found there. Wallacea's plants are predominantly of Asian origin, and botanists include Sundaland, Wallacea, and New Guinea as the floristic province of Malesia . Similarly, Australia and New Guinea to the east are linked by a shallow continental shelf, and were linked by a land bridge during the ice ages, forming a single continent that scientists variously call Australia-New Guinea , Meganesia, Papualand, or Sahul. Consequently, Australia, New Guinea, and

400-405: The young do not attempt to kill the host chicks. This trait is shared with the channel-billed cuckoo , which – as in the Pacific koel – are largely frugivorous as adults. A study of vocalization noted that the duetting behaviour may indicate the possibility of short-term pair-bonding in its otherwise polygynous mating system. In Australia, the presence of the species is regarded as a sign of

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