Rodrigues fody its introduced relative, the Madagascar red fody ("Foudia madagascariensis"). Cyclones and drought reduce the food supply. Conservation efforts have included reforestation, the main cause of the increase in fody numbers. Fences keep out livestock. Rodrigues fody The Rodrigues fody ("Foudia flavicans") is a rare species of bird in the weaver family. It is endemic to Rodrigues, an island of Mauritius. It is classified by BirdLife International as being vulnerable. It is also on the United States' Endangered Species List with an endangered status. This bird is 12 to 13 cm long. It is yellow with an orange face and brown
What Is a Nation? and continues to be invoked. Political historian Karl Deutsch, in a quote sometimes mistakenly attributed to Renan, said that a nation is "a group of people united by a mistaken view about the past and a hatred of their neighbours". Benedict Anderson's 1983 work Imagined Communities, which states that a nation is an "imagined political community", argues that Renan contradicts himself when he says French people must have forgotten the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, yet does not explain what it is. In other words, Renan assumes that all his readers will remember the very massacre he says they have forgotten.