Male black-and-yellow broadbill

De black-and-yellow broadbill (Eurylaimus ochromalus) Is soorten of bird in Eurylaimidae, the typical broadbill familie. It is small, with a black head, breastband, and bovendelen, a white neckband, yellow streaking on the back and wings, and wijn-roze buik that turn yellow towards the belly. The beak is bright blue, with a green tip to the upper kaak and black edges. The black breastband is incomplete in females. The black-and-yellow broadbill occurs in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand, in lowland forests up to an elevation of 1,220 m (4,000 ft). It is mainly insectenetend, but also eats weekdieren and some fruit. It breeds during the dry season with both sexes helping build a large, untidy nest from moss, fungal mycelium, and leaves. The koppeling is usually 2–3 eggs, and sometimes includes a fourth kriel egg. They are geïncubeerd by both sexes. The species is listed as bijna bedreigd Door de IUCN due to a decline in its population caused by verlies van woongebied. (Volledig artikel...)

Marvin Harrison Jr.

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Bob Dylan

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• 1963 – Amerikaanse zanger Bob Dylan (foto) uitgebracht De Freewheelende Bob Dylan, his first album to include a significant number of original songs.
• 1983 - Een explosie at an illegal vuurwerk fabriek in de buurt Benton, Tennessee, killed eleven people.
• 1995 - Bosnische oorlog: Krachten van de Leger van de Republika Srpska gevangen a United Nations post at Vrbanja-brug in Sarajevo; six soldiers of both sides were killed when French forces retook the post later in the day.
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