More footnotes date October 2010 Infobox Ethnic group group SyrianJews, , ... pop2 75,000 ref http en.wikipedia.org wiki SyrianJews ref region3 flag Syria pop3 25 ref San Diego ... Jewish groups , other Syrians , other Levant ines Jews and Judaism sidebar SyrianJews lang ar ... Syria. SyrianJews derive their origin from two groups from the Jews who inhabited the region ... half of the 20th century a large percentage of SyrianJews emigrated to the U.S., Central and South ... was officially allowed in 1992. ref cite news url http www.nytimes.com 1992 05 23 nyregion syrianjews find haven in brooklyn.html work The New York Times title SyrianJews Find Haven In Brooklyn date ... of migration largely followed the fortunes of the cotton trade, in which many SyrianJews were ... to Israel. Within a few months, thousands of SyrianJews made their way to Brooklyn with the help of philanthropic leaders of the Syrian Jewish community. The few remaining Jews in Syria live ... Image Jewish wedding.jpg thumb A Baghdadi rabbi with Hasidic students and SyrianJews at a wedding ... Jews Kurdish . There is also a large Syrian community in Holon and Bat Yam . Many Jews fled from ... that, the Syrian government clamped down and allowed no emigration, though some Jews left illicitly ... settlement of SyrianJews was in Manchester , where they joined the local Spanish and Portuguese Jews ... African, Turkish, Egyptian and Iraqi as well as SyrianJews. This community founded two synagogues ... SyrianJews first immigrated to New York in December 1900. The first Syrian Jew to arrive was Joseph ... the Syrians, are a sizeable community. SyrianJews are most visible in the Balvanera Once ... SyrianJews own clothing stores along Avellaneda avenue in Flores, and there is a community school ..., with tens of shops each, were started by SyrianJews. Brazil The majority of the Syrian community ... SyrianJews established themselves in the industrial city of S o Paulo , being attracted there by the many ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Callisthenes a Syrian who was believed to have been concerned in the burning of the gates of the Temple in Jerusalem Temple during the persecution to which the Jews were subjected in the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes . When the Jews were celebrating their subsequent victory over Nicanor 135 B.C. , they captured Callisthenes, who had taken refuge in a little house, and burned him to death. And so he received a reward meet for his wickedness II Macc. viii. 33 References JewishEncyclopedia Judaism stub Category History of Jerusalem Category Jewish history Category Syrian people Category Tabernacle and Jerusalem Temples ... more details
infobox ethnic group group Syrian Brazilian br small S rio Brasileiro small poptime 3 million br 1.6 of Brazil s population ref http www.memorialdoimigrante.sp.gov.br historico e4.htm Syrians in Brazil ref popplace Brazil Mainly Southeastern Brazil langs Arabic language Arabic , Portuguese Language Portuguese , French language French rels Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic , minorities of Islam and Judaism related Other White Brazilian , Arab Brazilian , History of the Jews in Brazil Brazilian Jews , Portuguese Brazilian s Syrian Brazilian lang pt S rio Brasileiro is a Brazilian person of full, partial, or predominantly Syria n ancestry, or a Syrian born person immigrant in Brazil . See also Immigration to Brazil White Brazilian Arab Brazilian References Reflist Syrian diaspora Demographics of Brazil Brazil topics Category Ethnic groups in Brazil Category Syrian diaspora ja ... more details
Syrian Arab can refer to Syrian Arab Airlines Syrian Arabian Syrian Arabian horse dab Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
their religion in the United States SyrianJews first immigrated to the United States around ... Jewishaz cite news url http www.jewishaz.com jewishnews 041112 syrian.shtml title SyrianJews mark ... Amadeus isbn 1574670816 ref The Jews of Syria sang pizmonim . Modern Syrian music has incorporated ... Saints days. Syrian American Jews celebrate the Jewish holiday s, such as Rosh Hashanah , Yom Kippur ... singer , and Emmy Award winning choreographer of SyrianJewsSyrian Jewish ancestry. ref name abdul1 ... small div group Syrian Americans population 154,560 ref name UScensus http www.census.gov compendia ... , Iowa , Texas languages American English , Arabic language Arabic variants of Syrian Arabic , Kurdish ... mostly Sunni , Judaism related c Other Syrian people , Lebanese American s, Iraqi American s, Armenian American s, Assyrian American s Syrian Americans are residents of the United States of Syria n ancestry or nationality . This group includes Americans of Syria n ancestry, Syrian first generation immigrant s, or descendants of Syrians who emigration emigrated to the United States . Syrian Americans ... people Circassians . It is believed that the first significant wave of Syrian immigrants to arrive ... institutes ethnic lebanese.cfm title Lebanese and Syrian Americans accessdate 2007 05 06 publisher Utica College ref Many of the earliest Syrian Americans settled in New York , Boston, Massachusetts ... ref The overwhelming majority of Syrian immigrants to the US from 1880 to 1960 were Christian a minority ... 142,897 Americans of Syrian ancestry, about 12 of the Arab population in the United States. ref ... 2000 accessdate 2007 04 29 publisher United States Census ref History File The Syrian colony, Washington Street.jpg thumb left The Foreign element in New York, the Syrian colony, Washington Street. Drawn by W. Bengough The first Syrian immigrants arrived in the United States from Ottoman Syria . Most ... ref cite book url http books.google.com books?id cD eQhE1llAC&pg PA25&dq origin of syrian americans&hl ... more details
, 2006 7. Secondary literature Kligman, Mark, Maqam and Liturgy Ritual, Music and Aesthetics of SyrianJews in Brooklyn , Detroit 2009 See also Baqashot SyrianJews External links http www.pizmonim.org Sephardic Pizmonim Project Category Hazzans Category SyrianJews ...JewishMusic The Syrian Cantor or hazzan leads the traditional prayer rituals in the synagogue s of the SyrianJews . He conducts the services using ten maqam at or musical modes. A cantor must be fully cognizant of these maqamat and their applications to the prayers. Each week, depending on the week s Torah portion , there is a The Weekly Maqam different maqam being used. Maqamat main Arabic maqam The maqam system is characteristic of, and can be used to classify, all Arabic music . The term maqam has various shades of meaning. On the most basic level, a maqam is a musical scale. A few of these consist of steps of a whole tone and half a tone in the same way as the Western diatonic scale . Others also admit steps of one and a half tones, like the Western harmonic minor and the Jewish prayer modes steiger of Ashkenazic cantorial practice. The majority include one or more three quarter tone steps, this being the distinguishing characteristic of Arabic and other Middle Eastern music. In addition to the scale used, each maqam has different conventions governing which note of the scale predominates, which note a melody must end on and the characteristic melodic turns of phrase thus there can be two or more maqamat using the same basic scale. Each maqam has a different flavor or mood, which is meant to provoke certain moods, thoughts, and emotions. Due to that fact and the myriad of possible combinations, there are over one hundred maqamat, each named after its supposed city or region ... use in the Syrian Jewish community. In yet another meaning, maqam can be used for an improvised ... known cantors in the Syrian Jewish communities of Israel and the United States. Moshe Ashear Hayim ... more details
The term Syrian diaspora refers to the native Syrian people living outside of Syria as either immigrants or refugees. Note that this differs from the other Syrian people living in other areas of Greater Syria , who are of related ethnolinguistics ethnolinguistical family, speaking Eastern Arabic languages, which belong to a group of language s and dialect s known as Levantine Arabic . According to the Syrian Ministry of Expatriates, the Syrian diaspora is estimated at over 18 million people who emigrated to North America , Europe , including Sweden and France South America Mainly Syrian Brazilian Brazil , Syrian Chilean Chile , Syrian Venezuelan Venezuela and Colombia , Australia and Africa . An estimated one million Syrians live in the United States of America USA , including those who are third or fourth generation Arab American s of Syrian descent. The majority of the Syrian diaspora happen to be Christians of the Eastern Orthodox Churches and Eastern Rite Churches which is a local form of Roman Catholicism goes back hundreds of years before the Islam ic Arab conquest of Syria in the 8th century AD. Syrian diaspora Syria stub Category People of Syrian descent Category Syrian emigrants fr Diaspora syrienne ... more details
Image Syrian passport.jpg thumb right 200px The front cover of a contemporary Syrian passport The Syrian passport is issued to citizens of Syria for international travel. Passport The passport has a navy blue cover with the Syrian coat of arms. The information on the cover page and the inside is written in three languages Arabic, English and French. See also Visa requirements for Syrian citizens passport stub Syria stub Category Passports by country Category Government of Syria Passports tr Suriye pasaportu ... more details
refimprove date June 2008 Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians Name Syrian Img Img capt Img size Background group or band Origin Italy Genre Synthpop , Trance music Trance , Futurepop Years active Label A Different Drum , Minuswelt Musikfabrik , Infacted Associated acts URL http www.spacetalk.net spacetalk.net Current members Andylab br Voyager Past members Syrian is an Italian synthpop band, formed by Andylab Vocals, Synthesizers, Vocoder and Voyager Synthesizers, Production, Vocoder . Discography 2003 No Atmosphere Single 2003 De Synchronized Album 2004 Space Overdrive Single 2004 Cosmic Gate Single 2005 Enforcer EP EP 2005 Kosmonauta Album 2007 Alien Nation Album External links official http www.spacetalk.net Allmusic class artist id p555252 label Syrian MySpace music syrianSyrian Category Italian electronic music groups it Syrian pl Syrian Grupa muzyczna ru Syrian ... more details
Syrian Catholic may refer to Eastern Catholic Churches of the West Syrian Rite West or East Syrian Rite Syriac Catholic Church Syro Malabar Catholic Church Syro Malankara Catholic Church Syria n members of other Particular Church es within the Catholic Church Latin Rite Maronite Church Melkite Greek Catholic Church disambig ... more details
Syrian Telecom Officially Syrian Telecommunications Establishment lang ar is a telecommunications company in Syria . The company is affiliated with the government of Syria. See also Syriatel External links http www.ste.gov.sy Syrian Telecom ar icon Syria stub Category Telecommunications companies of Syria Category Internet service providers of Syria Category Government owned companies in Syria ... more details
Unreferenced date May 2008 Infobox Language name Syrian Arabic familycolor Afro Asiatic states Syria fam2 Semitic languages Semitic fam3 Central Semitic languages Central Semitic fam4 South Central Semitic fam5 Arabic languages Arabic fam6 Levantine Arabic script Arabic alphabet nation none agency none iso3 apc Syrian Arabic lang ar is a variety of Arabic spoken in Syria . History Syrian Arabic proper is a form of Levantine Arabic , and may be divided into South Syrian Arabic, spoken in the cities of Damascus , Homs and Hama , and North Syrian Arabic , spoken in the region of Aleppo. Allied dialects are spoken in the coastal mountains. Lebanese Arabic is in some ways part of the South Syrian family, but is more properly viewed as a transitional dialect between it and Palestinian Arabic . Other forms of Arabic spoken in Syria, but not forming part of the Syrian Arabic linguistic group, are a southern dialect group, resembling Jordanian Arabic the dialect spoken in the Jabal al Druze Jabal Al Arab mountains the eastern dialect group Al Hasakah Governorate Al Hasakah and Deir ez Zor Governorate Deir ez Zor , properly speaking a form of North Mesopotamian Arabic Bedawi Arabic , spoken by the Bedouin Badu nomads . In each of the above areas, people use different patterns of speech and different vocabularies synonyms . Representatives of all groups may be found and heard in the capital Damascus and in Syrian songs and movies. The diagnostic features of Syrian Arabic also found in Lebanese Arabic and urban Palestinian Arabic are the pronunciation of final ah as the pronunciation of Q f Arabic q.C4.81f qaf as a glottal stop IPA in a fashion similar to Egyptian Arabic and unique to Levantine Arabic and Egyptian Arabic . See also North Syrian Arabic Levantine Arabic Varieties of Arabic Varieties of Arabic Category Arabic languages Category Fertile Crescent Category Languages of Iraq AfroAsiatic lang stub ar ca Siri de Syrisch Arabisch pl Dialekt ... more details
Infobox Airline airline Syrian Air br logo Syrian Air.png logo size 200 IATA RB ICAO SYR callsign ... div focus cities frequent flyer Syrian Air Frequent Flyer lounge alliance fleet size 11 destinations ... Airbus A320 232 at Vienna Int. Airport. File SyrianArabAirlinesofficeParis.JPG thumb Syrian Air office at 1 Rue Auber, 9th arrondissement of Paris 9th arrondissement , Paris Syrian Arab Airlines lang ar , operating as Syrian Air lang ar , is the flag carrier ...&TenderID 557 SAATenders . Syrian Air. Retrieved on 5 February 2011. Offers should be submitted to Syrian ... base is Damascus International Airport . Syrian Air is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization . History cleanup date November 2010 1946 1961 Syrian Airlines was established in autumn 1946 ... The airline was established by the Government of Syria in October 1961 to succeed Syrian Airways which had been established in 1946. ref http www.syriaair.com AboutSAA AboutSAA.aspx Syrian Air About Us ref The new Syrian Arab Airlines took over the routes previously controlled by Syrian Airways and United Arab Airlines . The latter had been a short lived airline formed by the merger of Syrian Airways and Misrair in January 1961 during the union of Syria and Egypt. Syrian Arab Airlines began ... in the Damascus airport storage area. The airline is wholly owned by the Syrian government and employs 5,325 staff. Sami Khiyami , currently Syrian Ambassador in London is a former senior figure within the Airline. Destinations Main Syrian Air destinations Codeshare agreements Syrian Air has codeshare ... Yemen Yemenia Fleet As of September 2010, the Syrian Air fleet consists of the following aircraft ref http www.airfleets.net flottecie Syrian 20Arab 20Airlines.htm ref 7 Airbus A320 200 2 ATR 72 500 .... 3 Syrian Air A320 aircraft are grounded until maintenance checks can be carried out. As a result ... can be returned to service. References Reflist External links Commonscat Syrian Air Portal box Syria ... more details
left center Antun Saadeh center Syrian nationalism posited a common Syrian history and nationality ... claims to these areas, preferring an all encompassing Syrian nationality also, it is a generally secularism secular movement, believing that a Syrian can have any religion indigenous to the area Sunni ... in the Middle East , and often fear being dwarfed by Muslim majority populations. Syrian nationalism ... into Jordan and Iraq . A modern day political movement that advocates these borders, is the Syrian Social ... regarding Arab nationalism. It no longer openly proclaims that the Syrian people are non Arabs ... Syria Syrian Social Nationalist Party Antun Saadeh Sykes Picot Agreement Palestinian nationalism Ethnic nationalism DEFAULTSORT Syrian Nationalism Category Syrian nationalists Category Politics ... more details
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Infobox Broadcast call letters Syrian Television city station logo Image StvLogo.png 220px station slogan station branding analog digital to be ch 15 post transition after 2 17 09 other chs affiliations network founded airdate July 23, 1960 location Damascus , Syria owner Government of Syria homepage http www.rtv.gov.sy Syrian Television is the official television broadcaster of Syria . It was formed in 1960, when Syria and Egypt which adopted television that same year were part of the United Arab Republic . It broadcast in black and white until it transitioned to color starting in 1976. Channels Syrian Satellite Channel Channel 1 Syria Channel 1 Terrestrial, with Arabic focus Channel 2 Syria Channel 2 Terrestrial, with sport, family and health focus including regional variants Educational Channel Syrian Drama Channel asia tv stub Syria stub Category Television in Syria Category Syrian Television Category Arab media Category Arabic language television stations ar ... more details
Image Syrian Desert.png thumb 325px Syrian Desert by NASA World Wind File Syrian desert.jpg thumb 325px Syrian Desert somewhere betweetn Dair Az Zur and Tadmor Palmyra The Syrian Desert lang ar , b diyat ash sh m , also known as the Syro Arabian desert is a combination of steppe and true desert that is located in the northern Arabian Peninsula covering 200,000 square miles. ref cite web url http www.mahalo.com syrian desert title Syrian Desert publisher Mahalo.com date accessdate 2011 02 02 ref ref http web.archive.org web 20080113195931 http encarta.msn.com encyclopedia 761572123 Syrian Desert.html Syrian Desert , http books.google.com books?id GRUoAAAAYAAJ&pg PA795&lpg PA795&dq &source bl&ots TNgFeHWN3A&sig EK 2IvqX5Dc9FKvjZwxp28ALQpI&hl en&sa X&oi book result&resnum 1&ct result New International Encyclopedia, Edition 2, Published by Dodd, Mead, 1914, Arabia, page 795 and http www.britannica.com EBchecked topic 579014 Syrian Desert Syrian Desert, Encarta ref Geography It is part of the Al Hamad, ref http www.britannica.com EBchecked topic 253120 Al Hamad Britannica entry Al Hamad ref which covers portions of Syria , Iraq , Jordan and Saudi Arabia . Its border on the west is the Orontes River Orontes Valley , and its border on the east is the Euphrates . In the north, the desert ... of the southern Arabian Peninsula . Many oases exist in the Syrian Desert such as Tadmor Palmyra ... flows from the volcanic region of the Jabal ad Duruz Jebel Druze in southern Syria. The Syrian Desert is the origin of the Hamster Syrian hamster . History The desert was historically inhabited by bedouin .... Safaitic inscriptions, proto Arabic texts written by literate bedouin, are found throughout the Syrian ... the importance of the Syrian desert as a center of operations was believed to have lessened. By September ... river nevertheless the Syrian Desert remains one of the primary routes for smuggling equipment due to its location near the Syrian border. ref cite news author url http www.msnbc.msn.com id 15362568 ... more details
Syrian chant is the chant used in Syriac Christianity . As Syria was one of the earliest centers of Christianity, its style of chant is among the oldest in the world. However, as no early musical manuscripts exist, it is conjectural to what extent the modern repertoire reflects the early traditions. In the early church, the music consisted of hymn s and antiphonal psalmody . The earliest extant work is the Gnostic Psalter of the 2nd century, a collection of Psalm texts in hymn form reflecting a Gnosticism Gnostic theology . The first orthodox work are the hymns of Ephrem the Syrian 306 373 , some of which are still used today. Both hymns and antiphonal psalmody were brought by St. Ambrose to Milan and are apparently the basis for Ambrosian chant . Modern Syrian chant is much more rhythmic and syllabic than Gregorian chant . listen filename aboun.ogg title unicode Ab n d a may description The Lord s Prayer , unicode Ab n d a may , sung in Syriac References cite book last Velimirovi first Milo authorlink Milo Velimirovi editor Richard Crocker and David Hiley title The New Oxford History of Music v.2 The Early Middle Ages to 1300 edition 2nd ed. year 1990 publisher Oxford University Press isbn 0 19 316329 2 chapter Christian Chant in Syria, Armenia, Egypt, and Ethiopia pages 3 9 Chant Category Syrian music Category Chants Category Christian music Syria stub ... more details
Syrian Christians may refer to the Christianity in Syria Christian minority in Syria in older pre 1945 publications, Citation needed date September 2010 the Syriac Christianity Syriac Christians in a South Asian context, the Saint Thomas Christians of Kerala. disambig ... more details
Lead too short date October 2010 Refimprove date October 2010 Syrian literature has been influenced by the Arabic literatures of other countries, by French literature and by the country s political history. From early times to 1948 Expand section date October 2010 Under Ottoman Syria Ottoman rule , literary production was subjected to censorship. In the second half of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth, aspiring Syrian writers often chose emigration, moving primarily to Egypt where they contributed to al Nahda , the renaissance of Arabic literature and to the United States, developing Syrian literature from abroad. From 1918 to 1926, while Syria was French Mandate of Syria under French rule , French literature French Romantic literature Visual art and literature Romantic influences inspired Syrian authors, many of whom turned away from the traditional models of Arabic poetry . From 1948 to the present day In 1948, the History of Palestine State of Israel 1948 to present partitioning ... in Syrian writing. Adab al Iltizam , the literature of political commitment , deeply marked by social ... Syrian novelists of this era. Following the Six Day War in 1967, Adab al Naksa , the literature ... al Assad.2C 1970.E2.80.932000 Baath Party rule , since the 1966 Syrian coup d tat 1966 coup , has ... a depiction of the past. Syrian Folklore Categories of folklore folk narrative , as a subgenre ... of the present. Salim Barakat , a Syrian migr living in Sweden, is one of the leading figures of the genre. Contemporary Syrian literature also encompasses science fiction and futuristic utopia ... dissent is typically expressed through the poetics of Syrian silence The nostalgic, moist eyed ... authoritarian rule . See also Category Syrian writers Syrian writers Culture of Syria History of Syria ... of Contemporary Syrian Literature Is there a Syrian literature? , in World Literature Today 75, n 2 ... Category Syrian literature Category Fertile Crescent ... more details
Taxobox name Syrian Serin status VU status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passerine Passeriformes familia Fringillidae genus Serinus species S. syriacus binomial Serinus syriacus binomial authority Bonaparte , 1851 The Syrian Serin is a brightly coloured small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae . Description The Syrian Serin is prettily coloured with bright yellow and pale grey feathers. The eyes are large and are surrounded by a bright yellow ring. The beak is grey and the legs are pale pinkish grey. It has a long trilling call, and may also chirp and twitter. Distribution and habitat The Syrian serin breeds in Syria , Lebanon , Israel and Jordan at altitudes of between 900 1,900 metres. The population in Jordan makes local movements in winter, but the birds of Lebanon, Israel and Syria migrate to wintering grounds in Egypt , Turkey and Iraq . They inhabit rocky areas with oak and conifer shrubs or trees and frequent grasslands and fields and eat mainly the seeds of annuals and grasses. In SW Jordan, its main diet during winter consists of the seeds of Artemisia . Breeding Males court females with a song display, and each pair builds a nest in a tree once the snow has begun to melt in April or May. Four pale blue, glossy eggs are laid in April and May and the female incubates these for 12 14 days. The young fledge after just 14 16 days and the parents then move up to around 1,750 metres in July and August to produce a second clutch. When conditions allow, the pair can produce three broods. In southwest Jordan, most .... 1998 Habitat selection by Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus in SW Jordan. Sandgrouse 20 2 87 93. Khoury, F. 2000 . The impact of drought conditions on the winter distribution and population of Syrian Serin ... of Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus in Jordan. Sandgrouse 23 1 68 69. Khoury, F. 2003 . Feeding ecology of Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus in SW Jordan. Ecology of Birds Oekologie der Voegel 25 5 35. Category ... more details
Taxobox name Syrian Elephant status EX status system iucn3.1 status ref ref name iucn IUCN2008 assessors Choudhury, A., Lahiri Choudhury, D.K., Desai, A., Duckworth, J.W., Easa, P.S., Johnsingh, A.J.T., Fernando, P., Hedges, S., Gunawardena, M., Kurt, F., Karanth, U., Lister, A., Menon, V., Riddle, H., R bel, A. & Wikramanayake, E. year 2008 id 7140 title Elephas maximus downloaded 28 October 2008 ref extinct before 100 BC image image width image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Proboscidea familia Elephantidae genus Elephas species Elephas maximus trinomial Elephas maximus asurus binomial authority range map range map caption The Syrian elephant Elephas maximus asurus is a proposed name for the westernmost population of the Asian Elephant Elephas maximus which became extinct in ancient times. ref name iucn Skeletal remains of Elephas maximus asurus ... years BC to 100 years BC. ref http www.tabiattarihi.ege.edu.tr en ref Ancient Syrian craftsmen used .... This overhunting of Syrian elephants for ivory ultimately resulted in their extinction by around 100 BC. Description Syrian elephants were among the largest Asian Elephant s subspecies that survived ... Syrian elephants are frequently mentioned in Hellenistic history the Seleucid Seleucid rulers Seleucid ... of native Syrian elephants or due to their accomplished training and domestication as war elephants remains unclear. Hannibal had a war elephant known as Surus it has been suggested to mean the Syrian ... may have been of Seleucid stock. If it was in fact of native Syrian stock or an imported Indian ... 1024 768 3342.jpg Ancient Mosaic depicting Syrian Elephant fighting Asiatic lions http static.panoramio.com photos original 13793700.jpg Image of the skeleton of Syrian Elephant found at Kahramanmara in southern Anatolia, Turkey http www.thecityreview.com f03can22.jpg Syrian elephant Craving ... of Asia Elephant, Syrian Category Megafauna of Eurasia Elephant, Syrian Category Extinct mammals Category ... more details
Taxobox name Syrian Woodpecker status LC status system IUCN3.1 image Syrian Woodpecker 20051218m023.jpg image width 200px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Piciformes familia Picidae genus Dendrocopos species D. syriacus binomial Dendrocopos syriacus binomial authority Wilhelm Hemprich Hemprich & Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Ehrenberg , 1833 The Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus is a member of the woodpecker family, the Picidae . The Syrian Woodpecker is a resident breeding bird from southeastern Europe east to Iran . Its range has expanded further northwest into Europe in recent years. It is an inhabitant of open woodlands, cultivation with trees and scrubs, and parks, depending for food and nesting sites upon old trees. It is often an inconspicuous bird , in spite of the plumage. The large white shoulder patch is a feature that catches the eye. Syrian Woodpecker is 23 25 cm long, and is very similar to the Great Spotted Woodpecker , Dendrocopos major . The upper parts of the male are glossy black, with a crimson spot on the nape and white on the sides of the face and neck. On the shoulder is a large white patch and the flight feathers are barred with black and white. The three outer tail feathers show only a few white spots these show when the short stiff tail is outspread, acting as a support in climbing. The under parts are buffish white, the abdomen and under tail coverts reddish. The long bill is slate black and the legs greenish grey ... harder to distinguish Syrian Woodpecker from Great Spotted Woodpecker. Syrian has a longer bill, and lacks the white tail barring of Great Spotted. Another important distinction is that Syrian does ... species. When hidden by the foliage, the Syrian Woodpecker s presence is often advertised by the mechanical ... Redshank . The Syrian Woodpecker s food mainly consists of those insect s which bore into the timber ... and undulating. Image Syrian Woodpecker Hole.jpg thumb right 250px Tree with a Syrian Woodpecker ... more details
Taxobox name Syrian Camel fossil range Fossil range Pleistocene regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Even toed ungulate Artiodactyla familia Camelid ae The Syrian Camel is an extinct species of camel from Syria . Found to have existed around 100,000 years ago, the camel was up to 3 meters 10 feet tall at the shoulder, and 4 meters 13 feet tall overall. ref name washingtonpost http www.washingtonpost.com wp dyn content article 2006 10 10 AR2006101000993.html ref The first of the fossils were discovered late in 2005 , and several more were discovered about a year later. ref name msn http www.msnbc.msn.com id 15214376 Scientists find more Syrian Camel bones MSNBC Wire Services MSNBC.com Bot generated title ref See also wikinews Giant camel bones found in Syria Megacamelus External links http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi sci tech 6035113.stm BBC News References references Category Prehistoric camelids Category Pleistocene extinctions paleo eventoedungulate stub it Cammello gigante siriano pl Wielb d syryjski ... more details
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