- The
genus Chionis was
introduced in 1788 by the
German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster. The type
species is the
snowy sheathbill,
Chionis albus. The...
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Chionis of
Sparta or
Chionis of
Laconia (Χίονις; /ˈkaɪoʊnɪs/; fl. 7th
century BC) was an
ancient Gr****
athlete who won
multiple events at the
ancient Olympic...
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Argyris Chionis (Gr****: Αργύρης Χιόνης; 22
April 1943 - 25
December 2011) was a Gr**** poet. In 1967,
shortly after the
military junta came to power, he...
- The
snowy sheathbill (
Chionis albus), also
known as the
greater sheathbill, pale-faced sheathbill, and paddy, is one of two
species of sheathbill. It...
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substituted for this feature.
Chionis Island was so
named by the UK
Antarctic Place-Names
Committee in 1960
after the
sheathbill (
Chionis albus), a
common bird...
- The black-faced
sheathbill (
Chionis minor), also
known as the
lesser sheathbill or
paddy bird, is one of only two
species of sheathbills,
aberrant s****birds...
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South America and the
Falkland Islands Kelp
pigeon (sheathbill) (
Chionis alba and
Chionis minor),
Antarctic Overfishing nears****
ecosystems leads to the...
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similar to the
ancestors of the
modern gulls and terns.
Snowy sheathbill,
Chionis albus Order: Charadriiformes Family:
Scolopacidae Scolopacidae is a large...
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geese and
swans (Anserinae), the
solitaire (Pezophaps),
sheathbills (
Chionis), some
guans (Crax) and
stone curlews (Burhinus) use a bony **** on the...
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Laconia 29th
Olympiad 664 BC -
Chionis of
Laconia 30th
Olympiad 660 BC -
Chionis for a
second time 31st
Olympiad 656 BC -
Chionis for a
third time 32nd Olympiad...
