See text. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Phyla Animals are a major group of organisms, classified as the kingdom Animalia or MetaÂzoa. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Many - see section below. ... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... Genera The bird family Passeridae includes the Old World or true sparrows and, depending on the authority consulted, their close relatives, the estrildid finches. ... Johann Jakob Kaup (April 10, 1803 - July 4, 1873) was a German naturalist. ...
Petronia is the name of a genus of sparrows, also known as rock sparrows In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... Genera Passer Petronia Carpospiza Montifringilla This article is about the Old World sparrows in the family Passeridae. ...
There are five species:
Yellow-spotted Petronia Petronia pyrgita
Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Petronia xanthocollis (also sometimes known as Yellow-throated Sparrow)
Pale Rockfinch is sometimes referred to as Pale Rock Sparrow; it is, however, in a genus of its own, Carpospiza. Binomial name Petronia xanthocollis (Burton, 1838) The Chestnut-shouldered Petronia or Yellow-throated Sparrow (Petronia xanthocollis) is a species of sparrow-like bird found in South Asia. ... Binomial name Petronia petronia (Linnaeus, 1766) The Rock Sparrow, Petronia petronia, is a small passerine bird. ...
The twelve year old Rwandan girl "is not doing very well in school, she is frightened by any little noise and frequently wakes up screaming at night when she is faced with a nightmare", her mother Vestine tells with a petrified face.
Petronia was just six years old when she experienced a real nightmare.
Petronias father and her four brothers and sisters were killed by her mothers two brothers only because they were Tutsi.
Petronia was six years old when she experienced a real nightmare.
Petronia and Vestine may have survived the massacres, but six years later they are living in a society still shattered.
Families, households and neighborhoods remain destroyed or divided, haunted by what happened to them and by the most extreme cases of husbands who killed their wives and children and sons who are said to have raped and killed their mothers.
Feeds |
Contact