barreiros

English translation: clay licks..clay pits...clay cliffs

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Portuguese term or phrase:barreiros
English translation:clay licks..clay pits...clay cliffs
Entered by: airmailrpl

22:31 Nov 25, 2014
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Environment & Ecology / Water and Fish Fauna
Portuguese term or phrase: barreiros
Não foram feitas buscas de barreiros, que são ambientes de importância para a avifauna (principalmente psitacídeos).
Melissa Harkin, CT
United States
Local time: 05:10
clay licks..clay pits...clay cliffs
Explanation:
barreiros => clay licks..clay pits...clay cliffs

avifauna (principalmente psitacídeos) => birds (mainly parrots)

Geophagy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophagy
Wikipedia
Separate from geophagy, some birds eat small stones and grit (lignophagia) which remain in their gizzards to aid in grinding food. Many species of South American parrots have been observed at clay licks, ...

Hummingbirds - AvianWeb
www.beautyofbirds.com/hummingbirds.htm
Hummingbirds - Tiny Nectar-feeding Birds from Americas Origin, Description, ... the 6 genera and over 40 races of hermits, which have a mostly brownish plumage ... found in a clay pit at Wiesloch–Frauenweiler, south of Heidelberg, Germany, .... Birds that can hibernate for months: the Common Poorwill; The Oldest Parrot: ...

Parrots in their natural habitat and as pets - AvianWeb
www.beautyofbirds.com/parrots.html
Parrots: Information about global parrot populations with links to species ... (order Psittaciformes) includes about 353 species of bird which are generally grouped ... Amazons and Macaws) have been observed to regularly eat clay from clay cliffs.

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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 07:10
Grading comment
Name used for the portions of land located in areas near the coast lowlands, where there is salt efflorescence.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1sloughs
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4 +1clay licks..clay pits...clay cliffs
airmailrpl


  

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sloughs


Explanation:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1362890

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 11:10
Does not meet criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mario Freitas:
1 hr
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
clay licks..clay pits...clay cliffs


Explanation:
barreiros => clay licks..clay pits...clay cliffs

avifauna (principalmente psitacídeos) => birds (mainly parrots)

Geophagy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophagy
Wikipedia
Separate from geophagy, some birds eat small stones and grit (lignophagia) which remain in their gizzards to aid in grinding food. Many species of South American parrots have been observed at clay licks, ...

Hummingbirds - AvianWeb
www.beautyofbirds.com/hummingbirds.htm
Hummingbirds - Tiny Nectar-feeding Birds from Americas Origin, Description, ... the 6 genera and over 40 races of hermits, which have a mostly brownish plumage ... found in a clay pit at Wiesloch–Frauenweiler, south of Heidelberg, Germany, .... Birds that can hibernate for months: the Common Poorwill; The Oldest Parrot: ...

Parrots in their natural habitat and as pets - AvianWeb
www.beautyofbirds.com/parrots.html
Parrots: Information about global parrot populations with links to species ... (order Psittaciformes) includes about 353 species of bird which are generally grouped ... Amazons and Macaws) have been observed to regularly eat clay from clay cliffs.

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Note added at 168 days (2015-05-13 01:33:47 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you kindly for the 2 (two) points !!!!

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 07:10
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 58
Grading comment
Name used for the portions of land located in areas near the coast lowlands, where there is salt efflorescence.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gilmar Fernandes
12 hrs
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