Search results for " Alectoris graeca"
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Censimento di coturnice di Sicilia Alectoris graeca withakeri nella ZPS ITA010029 Monte Cofano, Capo San Vito e Monte Sparagio
2011
Sicilian Rock partridge (Alectoris graeca whitakeri): is the current protected area network enough?
2011
On the Rock Partridge in the painting “Saint Jerome in the study” by Antonello da Messina.
2012
Pictorial work of Antonello da Messina during the Sicilian period (1455-60) is considered less fruitful and less mature than during his stay in Venice (ca 1474-1476). While some art critics consider the painting “Saint Jerome in the study” a work of the first period, others believe that it was produced during the Venice period. The Authors analysed the plumage characters of the Rock Partridge, Alectoris graeca, depicted with symbolic significance in the painting, to try the identification of the population which the subject used as model could belong to. However, they conclude that the identification as a Sicilian as well as an Alpine Rock Partridge is doubtful and in this case the plumage …