#bird taxonomy

[he-who-needs-to-be-silenced]

T H I S T H I NG

this. This is the closest living relative to the elephant birds

You know, the biggest birb ever

I think

like what

Why are ratites like this

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BOTD: White-Necked Jacobin

^Image credit: Charles J. Sharp

White-Necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)

The White-Necked Jacobin was first described in 1743 by the English naturalist George Edwards in A Natural History Of Uncommon Birds. He used the name 'white-belly'd huming bird'. It is typically seen high in trees, but flies lower at forest edges and clearings.

[etakeh]

ATTENTION:

comparing and/or equating the Tawny Frogmouth to a pootoo will get you blocked, 

Say they are the same bird, and I’ll call the Taxonomy Police and god have mercy on your soul.

They are NOT the same.

Tawny Frogmouth:  Dignified.  Noble.  Majestic.

Pootoo:  What the fuck. Calm down.

Not the same.   Not the same species, genus, family or order.  Not even on the same continents.  

[just-goblin]

Warning dead animal

Trigger warning Dead bird

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Can anyone identify this bird? My cat killed it this summer and I really want to know what it is as I have it's skull and wings. I'm in western Newfoundland if that's any help

[he-who-needs-to-be-silenced]

Owls are so funny

Like they split off into two families

Family one is strigidae, the true owls

They are diverse, many genuses each unique

And then theirs tytonidae

And it’s mostly the genus tyto and they’re just

[he-who-needs-to-be-silenced]

Reminder that this is the closest living relative to moas

You know these dudes

Art by Gabriel Ugueto

Kiwis are a completely other story.

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BOTD: Ural Owl

^Image credit: Jyrki Salmi

Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)

The Ural Owl was given its scientific and common names by Peter Simon Pallas in 1771, due to the type specimen having been collected in the Ural Mountains of Russia. It is referred to in various languages by various names, some of which translate to "attacking owl", "long tailed owl", and "goshawk-owl". They are thought to be closely related to Tawny Owls.

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Flesh-Footed Shearwater

^Image credit: Duncan

Flesh-Footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes)

The scientific name for the Flesh-Footed Shearwater was formerly Puffinus Carneipes. They breed in colonies, having two main breeding areas; one in the southwest Pacific Ocean which includes South Australia and New Zealand; the other on islands on the coast of Western Australia.