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Flying is really hard work. Compared to walking, swimming, or running, flying is the form of movement that takes the most energy and require

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2026DrawDinoDaily, Day 77, Marchosauria, 17/03/2026

Standard-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus longipennis)

BIRB! I love how pictures of Standard-winged nightjars come with the subject either half asleep or "WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY HOUSE" haha! The breeding males aren't very standard in their wings though, so I don't know why that's their common name. Once per breeding season, many of the males grow one feather on each wing that is longer than their body. I think this only happen in roughly 5 out of the 39 species within the genus. Also, "longipennis" actually means "Long wings" so I REALLY don't know why they called it "standard" in English! Why are they called that!?

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Anchiornis huxleyi

Shoutout paravians

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An experimental drawing of the gigantic unenlagian Austroraptor cabazai from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina. The partial skull and skeletal fragments of this maniraptoran were found in 2002 in the Allen Formation. In 2012, a second, slightly smaller specimen was added to the collection, containing previously unknown bones. Austroraptor had a very long snout and a slender lower jaw; the complete skull is estimated to be 80 cm long. The teeth are small and unserrated, similar to those of fish-eating crocodiles and advanced spinosaurids. The humerus is short, resulting in a small wing. The legs are long and narrow. Austroraptor reached a length of 5-6 meters. It may have filled the niche of large aquatic vertebrate hunters, previously occupied by spinosaurids. The shortened wings indicate that Austroraptor used them little and captured prey primarily with its elongated jaws. Its neighbors were hadrosaurs and various titanosaurs, as well as medium-sized abelisaurids.

Gimp, 2026.