ORICORIO. Some really fab new Pokémon based on Hawaiian Honeycreepers. Just look at that Adaptive Radiation @v@. I wanted to emulate that style you see in those beautifully illustrated old bird identification books
This raven of the Horn of Africa is the heaviest songbird. Some common raven subspecies are just as heavy, but on average the thick-billed raven is the heaviest of the passerines.
This Endangered pigeon is found only in Samoa, where it is the national bird. Didunculus, its genus name, means “little Dodo,” as it is closely related to the Dodo. As of 2013, there may be fewer than 200 of these birds left in the wild and none in captivity. They will likely soon be classified as Critically Endangered. Because of their rarity, not much is known about their habits, although they probably eat fruit and may nest on the forest floor.
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