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Masterpost (Round 2)


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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BOTD: Blakiston's Fish Owl

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Blakiston's Fish Owl (bubo blakistoni)

Blakiston's Fish Owl is the largest owl species in the world. It does not breed every year due to fluctuations in food supply and other conditions. They are classified as an Endangered Species.

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renatagrieco: “October 11, 2017 - Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae) Found in New Guinea, Indonesia, and northern and eastern Australia, these birds are the largest species of parasitic cuckoos. They are known by a variety of names,...
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October 11, 2017 - Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)

Found in New Guinea, Indonesia, and northern and eastern Australia, these birds are the largest species of parasitic cuckoos. They are known by a variety of names, including storm-birds and fig hawks. Their diet includes fruits, especially figs, along with some seeds, insects, and occasionally baby birds. Females lay their eggs in the nests of several other species, including Australian Magpies, Pied Currawongs, and several corvid species, sometimes damaging the host birds’ eggs. Rather than evicting the hosts’ chicks or eggs, the young cuckoos grow quickly and eat most of the food.

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the pompadour cotinga is a distinctly burgundy member of the cotinga family found in the amazon rainforest. they are primarily frugivorous, but are known to consume insects and small prey such as lizards on occasion, particularly to supplement their diet during the breeding season. like other cotingas, the sexual dimorphism in this species is stark, with the male’s vibrant burgundy coloring standing out against the female’s pale gray. males perform an elaborate mating ritual for the female, but have little to no involvement in raising the young.

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