#strisores

[best-bird-tournament]

Nightbird (Strisores) superorder clade

Which is the best bird?

Chimney swift

Pennant-winged nightjar

Great potoo

Oilbird

Mountain owlet-nightjar

Tawny frogmouth

Voting ended onFeb 27

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

Can you do one for the humble oilbird

Sure thing!

Have you seen the oilbird (Steatornis caripensis)?

I have now

Yes, in photos/videos

Yes, irl

I'm not sure

Voting ended onMay 4

[hasellia]

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!?

[birdblues]

Violet-tailed Sylph

[jojos-birdwatching-adventure]

Gwess / Crowned Woodnymph

[tbalderdash-art-blog]

Migratory May day 29: Broad-Tailed Hummingbird

Reference photo by Ted Floyd

[saritawolf]

Chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Birds

Strisores. This clade is made up of various small birds, such as swifts, hummingbirds, and nightjars.

Corvides. This sub-order is made up of corvids (jays, ravens, crows and magpies), as well as small meat-eating birds of the Old World, such as currawongs and butcherbirds

Which clade of animals is better?

Strisores

Corvides

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Voting ended onMay 8, 2024