Thread by @NEK0_GOD, yea am thinking its time for bird Personal favourite, the Eurasian Magpie [...]

yea am thinking its time for bird

Personal favourite, the Eurasian Magpie (Pica Pica)
- their call sounds like laughter
- can imitate human speech, solve puzzles, pass the mirror test
-

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☯" title="Yin und Yang" aria-label="Emoji: Yin und Yang">-pilled feather gown, coat & tail of shining iridescence

Personal favourite, the Eurasian Magpie (Pica Pica) - their call sounds like laughter- can imitate human speech, solve puzzles, pass the mirror test- https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

-pilled feather gown, coat & tail of shining iridescence" title="Personal favourite, the Eurasian Magpie (Pica Pica) - their call sounds like laughter- can imitate human speech, solve puzzles, pass the mirror test- https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☯" title="Yin und Yang" aria-label="Emoji: Yin und Yang">-pilled feather gown, coat & tail of shining iridescence">

House Sparrow
- highly underrated
- can fluff into perfect spherical form
- is 100% fueled by sheer spite and anger yet lays all differences apart and flourishes in their social settings basking themselves in the strength of the group

Ornate Hawk-Eagle
- also called Glorious Cap Eagle
- fearless thanks to their aesthetic head gear
- eats snakes and even porcupines as large as him

Gilded Flicker
- choses to build their nests high up inside of cacti
- gives out the namegiving, joyful call of "wick-a wick-a wick-a!"

Western Capercallie or Wood Groose
- exceedingly becoming rare
- those who are lucky, will be met by his voiced sound of crushing cans(?) > https://youtu.be/foqanzsBYYM ">https://youtu.be/foqanzsBY...

Alpine Chough
- The highest nesting bird, was found on altitude of the Mount Everest

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏔" title="Schneebedeckter Berg" aria-label="Emoji: Schneebedeckter Berg">
- As they embody Corvid intelligence it is known the reason they are found at such heights is to study the curvature of earth

Alpine Chough- The highest nesting bird, was found on altitude of the Mount Everest https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

- As they embody Corvid intelligence it is known the reason they are found at such heights is to study the curvature of earth" title="Alpine Chough- The highest nesting bird, was found on altitude of the Mount Everest https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏔" title="Schneebedeckter Berg" aria-label="Emoji: Schneebedeckter Berg"> - As they embody Corvid intelligence it is known the reason they are found at such heights is to study the curvature of earth">

Resplendent Quetzal
- Neotropical mystical bird, whose vibrant colors and long tail inspired the ancient myth of the feathered serpent that helped create earth
- killing one was punishable by Death

Budgies
- many of their "owners" see not the secret colours only exposed by UV Light
- come in flocks, highly extroverted and loves to chatter

Kea
- native to New Zealand and consistently in rivalry to dethrone Corvids as most intelligent birds, high puzzle solving ability but equipped with strong parrot beak
- agents of destruction, own h*mans all the time
- mate for life and hide the rainbow just below their wings

New Caledonian Crow
- as evidenced by their choice to live in island paradise, often considered the most intelligent
- uses, combines & manipulates tools, as far as huemans know only for snacks
- tricks even other crows by pretending to bury food and watch them search for it

Blue Jay
- prettiest Corvid, native to Northern America equipped with strong beak to crack any nut
- observed to watch farmers leave fields to then dig out seeds
- loud, bold, determined and angry as 100,000 predators & haters of his magnificent attire attempt to ruin his vibe

Grey Heron
- contains blood of nobility, from ancient lineage with 7 million year old fossil record
- bears a staggering wingspan of ~6 feet
- makes the act of swallowing entire fishes within mere seconds look gracile

Additional Black Heron hunting fishes by casting shade onto the waters using his God given body as a tool to success!

Hoatzin
- has a special digestive system for eating leaves, similar to the systems found in cows
- for this reason they are known by natives as stinkbirds
- as juveniles they have wing claws they use to climb up slopes
- branched off from modern birds 64 million yrs ago

Long Tailed Tit
- very round
- in fact it is disputed if they can be classified as birds at all but not perhaps a Gossypium that spontaneously acquired capability of flight

Common Starling
- would like to introduce himself

Amethyst Starling
- one of the smaller Starlings and all the brightly violet coloured
- like many birds also mates for life, but also reuses successful nests they build in tree holes lined with dung & leaves
- omnivore with a taste for figs

Bearded Vultures (also Blood Vultures)
- provide along with the Cassowary proof of living Dinosaur heritage
- eats the remains of dead animals and focus mostly feeding on bone marrow which they break open with their mighty beaks

Osprey
- so widespread the only continent they can& #39;t be found is Antarctica
- large, with 6ft wingspan and compelling stature
- eats almost exclusively fish they plummet swiftly out of the water using powerful legs

Hooded Crow
- fashionable style
- interacts with other species for food rewards such as humans in urban areas
- also seen with Otters that while feeding on shorelines share their crabs more or less willingly after being stared down by a single crow, in order to not get pecked

Red Capped Plover
- beach nesting shore friend from Australian coast
- forages mollusks and worms via "stop-run-peck" technique where they wait motionless, then rapidly tap their foot on the ground to lure out prey before moving to new waiting position or darting to peck

Powerful Owl
- feared with reason for it& #39;s not only geared with the ability to see through someone& #39;s soul, as all Owls do but also astonishing talons and beak that lead to more than one person losing their eyes and more

Andean Cock of the Rock
- exotic feathered tree squid, named after behaviour of building nests on rocks and ledges
- hides their beak beneath glorious pompadour
- often mistaken for being one of the many fruits they feed on

Marvellous Spatuletail
- critically endangered only found in a remote valley of North Peru
- only has 4 tail feathers, of which the two most striking ones ending in discs can be moved independently
- as the discs wave in wild patterns and touch each other they expel luminous dust

Shoebill
- stork of immense size, handsome appearance and almost anthro-like feautures
- acquiring the large bill has been a tradeoff for a heart with empathy as evidenced the commonly found amount of mercy in the species resides at ~0.1%
(source: https://youtu.be/4ArjlPAU_X4 )">https://youtu.be/4ArjlPAU_...

Atlantic Puffin
- also called sea parrots as they spend most their lives in the ocean, even resting on the waves
- the beak changes colour by season, in winter it has a dull grey colour, but in spring it blooms with an outrageous orange

Eastern Screech Owl
- large head with no need for neck
- hide in trees during daytime, squint their eyes and sway back and forth imitating branch movements
- fly silently, emit strange, haunting sounds and have piercing eyes; supposedly coming from the spirit world to catch souls

Peregrine falcon
- mighty living missile, torpedo of the eternal skies; this raptor can reach speeds of up to 390km/h in dive making him the fastest animal
- another exceptional record is having the fastest visual processing speed, registering fluid motion only starting at 129FPS

Latest Threads Unrolled: