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Male in Bahia, Brazil
Male in Bahia, Brazil

The horned sungem (Heliactin bilophus) is a hummingbird native to Brazil, Bolivia and Suriname. It prefers open habitats such as savanna, grassland and garden, and expanded its range into southern Amazonas and Espírito Santo, probably due to deforestation. It is a small hummingbird with a long tail and a short, black bill. The sexes differ in appearance, with males having two shiny red, golden, and green feather "horns" above the eyes, a shiny blue head crest and a black throat with a pointed "beard". The female is plainer, with a brown or yellow-buff throat. It is a nomadic species, responding to the seasonal flowering of its food plants. If a flower's shape is unsuited to the bird's short bill, it may rob nectar through a hole at its base. It also eats small insects. Only the female builds the small cup nest, incubates the two white eggs, and rears the chicks. The species is currently classified as least concern, and its population is thought to be increasing. (Full article...)

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Arthur Edington's experiment gave confirmation for part of General relativity. While GTR is indeed a part of the Theory of relativity, it's imprecise to say the experiment confirmed part of Theory of relativity. Please change it to confirmed part of General relativity, which is the more precise term. Loom91 05:57, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

entry proposal

1453 May 29: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a siege, ending the Byzantine Empire. adriatikus | talk 19:23, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

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White Christmas

I put a section up for White Christmas and it didn't show. I took it down but could somebody get it to work? Thanks, (Utzdman55 (talk) 23:05, 30 April 2015 (UTC))[reply]

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2017 notes

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2018 notes

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2019 notes

Proposed addition: Eddington experiment for 29 May 1919 (100th anniversary):

Would this be suitable for inclusion? @Howcheng: picture of eclipse is available at article. Carcharoth (talk) 14:36, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Carcharoth: Sorry, there's a general lack of footnotes in the Background, Expeditions, and Later research sections, enough so that the entire article is worth a {{refimprove}} tag. howcheng {chat} 16:25, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Howcheng: understood. Will try and improve it over the next few days. Probably not in time for 29 May this year, but I'll probably submit it at DYK in any case. Thanks for considering the request. Carcharoth (talk) 08:36, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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