EUROstopodus is a Nightjar family, including
the species 'diabolicus', Satanic N.

EURO also pops up in the genus EUROcephalus (above).
Does it mean with a European/white crown, or??

PS: cephalus, greek = head.
stopodus = ?

Many thanks for the bird in typical posture and
environm., LEIF.

Rgds ............. C.

Hi Carsten

Tak for kommentaren.
Environment, omgivelser, er vel så meget sagt. Normalt sætter fuglen sig på en bladløs gren et godt stykke oppe i et fritstående træ, men denne her fløj lige hen hvor jeg sad med min frokost og satte sig mindre end 3m fra mig i ca. 1,5 m højde.. Jeg måtte zoome godt ud for at få hele fuglen med på billedet, så omgivelser var der ikke rigtig plads til.

Mh Leif

When speculating on the meaning of 'EURO-', kindly
notice possible influence from ZEUS:

Admiring beautiful ladies insatiably, he constantly invented new seductive strategies.

E.g. he approached LEDA disguised as a SWAN, as painted
by numerous old masters for voluptuous princes and
dukes, perhaps most erotically by Correggio and
Michelangelo.

As famous, was Zeus' successful abduction of princess
EUROPEA by appearing as a BULL during her beach
party.

So, when naming this Shrike genus in 1853, BONAPARTE
was stimulated by Miss Europe ??

KR ............ C.

Euro betyder i dette tilfælde Bred, så Eurocephalus betyder Bredhovedet, hvilket jo må siges at passe meget godt på denne art

Venligst
Svend Rønnest

Tykhovedet skrige?

Tak, SVEND,

Hulk,
det Brede går vel ikke også på EUROPA - kvinden?
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Ja, JAN, hvorfor ikke? Shrike ér beslægtet med
shriek og scrêc, any shrill-voiced bird (Oxf. Dic.).

Også tak for 'Spejlæg?' i fb.m. Speculanas,
den Spejlbærende Spejland .......... C.