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Men’s outfits. The desert climate and a non-flying lifestyle have dressed the harpies in more covered garments, unlike their distant neighbors.

Among the caftans, shalvar, and sashes, the turban stands out in particular. Moreover, the way it is wrapped immediately indicates the wearer's position or rank. For instance, the headdresses of high-ranking dignitaries are usually tall, varied in shape, and often adorned with jewelry pieces.

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(asian) bat hawk, a member of one of my fav bird genres: bird with big yellow eyes

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Accipitriformes order, round 1: Bat Hawk vs Bateleur

Bat Hawk

Bateleur

Voting ended onJul 11, 2025

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From crocodiles swimming through bat guano sludge to raccoons feasting in caves, here are weird stories of the predators that target bats.

Ever wondered what animals are bat predators? This article highlights several of them.

There's videos of bats being hunted in the article but you can safely scroll past without them playing or seeing anything. Also there are spiders and snakes.

Semifinals, Poll 8

Bat Hawk vs Groove-billed Ani

sources under the cut

Bird Info Below

Bat Hawk

Groove-billed Ani

Voting ended onSep 28, 2023

Bat Hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus)

"Bats are captured by the use of small talons and swallowed whole immediately in flight." - Wikipedia

eBird sightings: 3,086; IUCN Redlist Rating: Least Concern

Other than bats, this hawk will also hunt swallows, swifts, nightjar, and sometimes insects. Almost 50% of their hunts are successful. Their gape, or mouth opening, is the largest of any raptor relative to body size, and is ironically more similar to that of swallows and nightjar. This may be due to their habit of eating on the wing, or as a selective pressure to a limited feeding time- only around 30 minutes at dusk.

Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)

"Bizarre, coal-black cuckoos with long floppy tails and unique, curiously tall, flattened bills. Gregarious and not particularly graceful; usually seen crashing around awkwardly in small groups" - eBird

eBird sightings: 262,392; IUCN Redlist Rating: Least Concern

Ani are communal nesters, with each pair creating their own nest before the group as a whole decides which single nest to lay all of their eggs in. Each member will take care of the chicks as if they're their own, and they all take turns incubating. While their genus name 'Crotophaga' means "tick-eater", it was given to them a bit erroneously. Rather than plucking ticks off of animals, as people have assumed, it's more likely the Ani prefer to follow cattle and other grazing animals because of the bugs they scare up.