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Round 2, Poll 20

Water Thick-Knee vs Palawan Peacock-pheasant

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Water Thick-Knee

eBird Sightings - 19,756

IUCN Status - Least Concern

Location: Africa - reported across large swaths of central and southern Africa

“It often nests next to or on top of crocodile nests. The thick-knee is the alarm system and attacks would-be nest raiders until the mother crocodile arrives and finishes the job.”

Palawan Peacock-pheasant

eBird Sightings - 323

IUCN Status - Vulnerable

Location: Philippines - Palawan Island

“Males are strikingly indigo, they have multiple spurs, and they stridulate using quills!”

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Water Thick-Knee

Palawan Peacock-pheasant

Voting ended onAug 20, 2023

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Round 2, Poll 19

Madagascar Ibis vs Red-crested Turaco

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Madagascar Ibis

eBird Sightings - 685

IUCN Status - Near Threatened

Location: Africa - Madagascar

“Has mohawk, likes to crabwalk, best birb <3”

Red-crested Turaco

eBird Sightings - 106

IUCN Status - Least Concern

Location: Africa - Northwest Angola

“looks like a mango”

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Madagascar Ibis

Red-crested Turaco

Voting ended onAug 20, 2023

#hipster bird main bracket #round 2 #bracket: true a #madagascar ibis #red crested turaco #threskiornithidae #musophagidae

Round 2, Poll 18

Kaua'i Mole Duck vs Whiskered Auklet

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Kaua'i Mole Duck

eBird Sightings - 0

IUCN Status - Extinct

Location: Hawai'i: Island of Kaua'i

“probably flightless and blind and navigated using a sensitive platypus-like bill, like a weirder version of a kiwi. IMO it’s one of the craziest native Hawaiian birds and that’s saying something”

Whiskered Auklet

eBird Sightings - 528

IUCN Status - Least Concern

Location: North Pacific Ocean - Aleutian, Commaner, and Kuril island chains

“beautiful, mysterious, tangerine-scented little guys that get ignored a lot, but i think some people would really love if they Knew!”

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Kaua'i Mole Duck

Whiskered Auklet

Voting ended onAug 20, 2023

#hipster bird main bracket #round 2 #bracket: true a #kaua'i mole duck #whiskered auklet #anatidae #alcidae

Round 2, Poll 17

Emerald Starling vs Zigzag Heron

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Emerald Starling

eBird Sightings - 27

IUCN Status - Least Concern

Location: Africa - South Guinea, North Sierra Leone and Central Ivory Coast

Zigzag Heron

eBird Sightings - 1,416

IUCN Status - Least Concern

Location: South America - Basins of the Orinoco, Negro, and Amazon rivers

"just look at them; they say "ooo""

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Emerald Starling

Zigzag Heron

Voting ended onAug 20, 2023

#hipster bird main bracket #round 2 #bracket: true a #zigzag heron #emerald starling #sturnidae #ardeidae

Masterpost (Round 2)

(Edit: these polls have all concluded)

Bracket: Faves

Pygmy Nuthatch vs Oilbird

Bonin Petrel vs Great Bustard

White-throated Magpie Jay vs African Penguin

Dusky Seaside Sparrow vs Yellow-billed Magpie

Prothonotary Warbler vs Channel-billed Cuckoo

Pallas' Sandgrouse vs American Dipper

Blakiston's Fish Owl vs Pinyon Jay

Common Ground Dove vs Toulouse Goose

Bracket: Pretty Birds

Lady Amherst's Pheasant vs Japanese Paradise Flycatcher

Pink-necked Green Pigeon vs Plumed Whistling Duck

Pink Robin vs Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Southern Emuwren vs Painted Redstart

Wilson's Bird-of-Paradise vs Bohemian Waxwing

Violet Turaco vs Purple Honeycreeper

Golden Pheasant vs Pompadour Cotinga

Purple-crowned Fairy vs Bluethroat

Bracket: TRUE hipsters

Emerald Starling vs Zigzag Heron

Kaua'i Mole Duck vs Whiskered Auklet

Madagascar Ibis vs Red-crested Turaco

Water Thick-Knee vs Palawan Peacock-pheasant

White-tailed Ptarmigan vs Regent Honeyeater

Invisible Rail vs Cabot's Tragopan

Collared Nightjar vs Kagu

Palau Kingfisher vs Sickle-winged Nightjar

Bracket: FOUR

Bat Hawk vs Hamerkop

Fiery-billed Aracari vs Bell Miner

Ancient Murrelet vs Arabian Babbler

Spotted Forktail vs Groove-billed Ani

Hairy Hermit Hummingbird vs Wedge-tailed Eagle

European Shag vs Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant

Streaked Weaver vs Oriental Bay-Owl

Bearded Bellbird vs Marvelous Spatuletail

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Round 1, Poll 40

Palawan Peacock-pheasant vs Starry Owlet-nightjar

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Palawan Peacock-Pheasant Propaganda

eBird Sightings - 323

IUCN Status - Vulnerable

Location: Philippines - Palawan Island

"Males are strikingly indigo, they have multiple spurs, and they stridulate using quills!"

Starry Owlet-Nightjar Propaganda

eBird Sightings - 28

IUCN Status - Data Deficient; thought to be naturally rare, but not at risk.

Location: Oceania - East-Central New Guinea; a few separate populations have also been found in Southeast New Guinea and the Kali Muyu Reserve in West Papua. Either thought to be very rare or very dispersed within its habitat.

"Big mouths like all nightjars, but with a permanent surprised look. Also they look a bit like a big chicken leg sometimes"

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Palawan Peacock-Pheasant

Starry Owlet-Nightjar

Voting ended onJul 26, 2023

#hipster bird main bracket #bracket: true a #poll #polls #round 1 #palawan peacock pheasant #starry owlet nightjar

Round 1, Poll 39

Water Thick-Knee vs Naked-faced Barbet

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Water Thick-Knee Propaganda

eBird Sightings - 19,756

IUCN Status - Least Concern

Location: Africa - reported across large swaths of central and southern Africa

"It often nests next to or on top of crocodile nests. The thick-knee is the alarm system and attacks would-be nest raiders until the mother crocodile arrives and finishes the job."

Naked-faced Barbet Propaganda

eBird Sightings - 2,209

IUCN Status - (not listed)

Location: Africa - western side of the continent, along coastal countries from Sierra Leone to Angola

Three of the four species within the genus Gymnobucco share the same bald-headed look of this bird.

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Water Thick-Knee

Naked-faced Barbet

Voting ended onJul 26, 2023

#hipster bird main bracket #bracket: true a #poll #polls #round 1 #water thick-knee #naked faced barbet

Round 1, Poll 38

Red-crested Turaco vs Writhe-billed Hornbill

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Red-crested Turaco Propaganda

eBird Sightings - 106

IUCN Status - Least Concern

Location: Africa - Northwest Angola

"looks like a mango"

Writhe-billed Hornbill Propaganda

eBird Sightings - 31

IUCN Status - Critically Endangered

Location: Philippines - Panay and Negros islands

Thought to be rare even before human disruption, this species is now suffering from extensive cutting and logging of its lowland forest habitat. It was also a victime of hunting and nest robbing for the pet trade, though local efforts have reduced nest poaching by 95%.

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Red-crested Turaco

Writhe-billed Hornbill

Voting ended onJul 26, 2023