The light gray-brown mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) with its iridescent neck patches and long, tapered tail ( "macroura" means ❋ Unknown (2009)
The Sriviliputhur (Kamarajar District in Tamil Nadu) and Amaravathy Nagar (Coimbatore District) have the largest remaining populations of the threatened grizzled giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura). ❋ Unknown (2008)
Dominant species in different associations are: Calamagrostis arundinacea, Carex macroura, Aegopodium podagraria, Vaccinium vitis-idaea and V. myrtillus. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Some of the smaller threatened species include Jerdon's palm civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni), slender loris (Loris tardigradus), grizzled giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura), and Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica). ❋ Unknown (2008)
Small carnivorous marsupials, typically including the long-tailed planigale (Planigale ingrami) and the stripe-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura), are among the most abundant mammals using this subterranean shelter. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Rich in species, this ecoregion - mapped as wetter Zambezian miombo woodland by White (1983) - includes nearly all the miombo dominants, such as Brachystegia floribunda, B. glaberrima, B. taxifolia, B. wangermeeana, Marquesia macroura, Julbernadia globiflora, J. paniculata, and Isoberlinia angolensis. ❋ Unknown (2007)
This vegetation supports greater floral richness and includes almost all the miombo dominants, such as Brachystegia floribunda, B. glaberrima, B. taxifolia, B. wangermeeana, B. utilis, Marquesia macroura, Julbernadia globiflora, J. paniculata, and Isoberlinia angolensis. ❋ Unknown (2007)
The grass layer of this forest type contains forest species (Vaccinium vitis-idaea, V. myrtillus, Calamagrostis arundinacea, Carex macroura, Chimaphla umbellata) and steppe species (Calamagrostis arundinacea, C. epigeios, Carex supia, Koleria cristata, Aegopodium podagraria, Artemisia commutata). ❋ Unknown (2007)
The threatened species include the Asian elephant, gaur (Bos gaurus), slender loris (Loris tardigradus), wild dog, sloth bear, Jerdon's palm civet, and grizzled giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura). ❋ Unknown (2007)
As the skua pursues the kittiwake and the glaucous gull, it is in its turn pursued with extraordinary fierceness by the little swiftly-flying and daring bird _taernan_, the Arctic tern (_Sterna macroura_, Naum.). ❋ Alexander Leslie (1866)
One of the largest is the Eupetomena macroura, with a swallow tail, and ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)
Breeding birds include northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina), screech owl (Otus asio), mourning dove (Zenaida macroura), green heron (Butorides virescens), pileated (Dryocopus pileatus) and red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), and wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) (re-introduced through parts of the ecoregion). ❋ Unknown (2007)
Some characteristic breeding birds include northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), green-backed heron (Butorides virescens), mourning dove (Zenaida macroura), eastern screech owl (Otus asio), wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina), pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), wood (Aix sponsa) and American black duck (Anas rubripes). ❋ Unknown (2007)
The grey-barred wren (Campylorhynchus megalopterus), banded quail (Philortx fasciatus), common bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), white-tipped dove (Leptotila verreaxi), long-tailed wood-partridge (Dendrortyx macroura), and montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) are also present in this diverse ecoregion. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Among the birds definitely identified in the Chaco Canyon are: the redwinged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), cowbird (Molothrus ater), western crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos), western mourning dove (Zenaidura macroura marginella), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), red-shafted flicker (Coleptes cafer collaris), hawks (Buteo sp.), piñon jay ❋ Unknown (1937)
The commonest resident land birds are the raven Corvus corax, mourning dove Zenaida macroura and cactus wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus; raptors include the red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis, osprey, Pandion haliaetus, peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus and Harris’s hawk Parabuteo unicinctus. ❋ Unknown (2008)
[Footnote 1: Pratincola atrata, _Kelaart_.] [Footnote 2: Kittacincla macroura, _Gm_.] [Footnote 3: Copsychus saularis, _Linn_. ❋ James Emerson Tennent (1836)
