• Thumbnail for Sheathbill
    Sheathbill (redirect from Chionis)
    in the wader order Charadriiformes, the family consists of one genus, Chionis with two species. They breed on subantarctic islands and the Antarctic...
    9 KB (741 words) - 19:40, 26 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Snowy sheathbill
    The snowy sheathbill (Chionis albus), also known as the greater sheathbill, pale-faced sheathbill, and paddy, is one of two species of sheathbill. It...
    8 KB (744 words) - 21:34, 4 April 2024
  • Chionis of Sparta or Chionis of Laconia (Χίονις; /ˈkaɪoʊnɪs/; fl. 7th century BC) was an ancient Greek athlete who won multiple events at the ancient Olympic...
    5 KB (516 words) - 00:09, 6 September 2024
  • Argyris Chionis (Greek: Αργύρης Χιόνης; 22 April 1943 - 25 December 2011) was a Greek poet. In 1967, shortly after the military junta came to power, he...
    1 KB (50 words) - 09:46, 27 February 2024
  • substituted for this feature. Chionis Island was so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 after the sheathbill (Chionis albus), a common bird...
    2 KB (210 words) - 02:59, 29 April 2022
  • Thumbnail for Black-faced sheathbill
    The black-faced sheathbill (Chionis minor), also known as the lesser sheathbill or paddy bird, is one of only two species of sheathbills, aberrant shorebirds...
    4 KB (414 words) - 00:33, 18 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Long jump
    use of the halter." Most notable in the ancient sport was a man called Chionis, who in the 656 BC Olympics staged a jump of 7.05 m (23 ft 1+1⁄2 in). There...
    116 KB (4,020 words) - 18:21, 6 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Peace of Nicias
    representatives were the kings Pleistoanax and Agis II, Pleistolas, Damagetus, Chionis, Metagenes, Acanthus, Daithus, Ischagoras, Philocharidas, Zeuxidas, Antiphus...
    4 KB (435 words) - 11:57, 30 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for Kelp
    South America and the Falkland Islands Kelp pigeon (sheathbill) (Chionis alba and Chionis minor), Antarctic Overfishing nearshore ecosystems leads to the...
    42 KB (5,140 words) - 07:37, 30 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sepolia
    Champion Alex Antetokounmpo (2001–) professional basketball player Argyris Chionis (1943-2011) poet In the past, it was also served by the Thymarakia suburban...
    4 KB (195 words) - 15:42, 6 September 2024