#picathartes

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White-necked Rockfowl aka White-necked Picathartes (Picathartes gymnocephalus), family Picathartidae, order Passeriformes, Ghana

photograph by Rob Williams Rockjumper - Worldwide Birding Adventures

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[seuncreative]

Rare Picathartes Birds: Unveiling the 44-Million-Year-Old African Avian ...

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White- necked Rockfowl

"I saw a picture of it in a book and was appalled at how bad the art was. Then I looked it up and realised that it actually looks like that! Plasters its nest to the rock in caves or overhanging rocks. Prefers getting there by hopping rather than flying." "Their colorful art deco-esque face masks make them look like no other extant bird."

Submitted as 'Yellow-headed Picathartes'

Going into the latin name of this species, Picathartes comes from 'pica' for magpie and 'cathartes' for vulture, and gymnoceohalus means 'naked head'. Since this genus was originally thought to ve a member of the crow family, it makes sense they'd give the new genus name some tie to corvids.

Picathartes live in rocky jungles of southern West Africa, preferring to nest on cliffs or in caves by hanging their mud nests from the walls. They can be colonial nesters, but often are antagonistic towards their neighbors and their chicks.

Picathartes have a wide ranging diet of insects, but they also seem to show preference for following army-ant swarms and picking off insects that are trying to flee the ants. When feeding nestlings, it seems they prefer to catch frogs and lizards rather than just insects.

Interestingly, this species is one that helped launch David Attenborough's career. Another presenter was supoosed to go and film a show (Zoo Quest; 1954) documenting the capture of animals for zoos. When the original presenter fell ill, Attenborough took his place and launched his career as a narrator.

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Image Source: eBird ( Dubi Shapiro)

[anam2s]

White-necked rockfowl, for a suggested bird? :0 (just found your blog and wanted to also say I love your work! A+ bird content)

Thank you so much!

White-necked rockfowl (picathartes gymnocephalus)

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Trick or treat! :D

Here's a grey-necked rockfowl (Picathartes oreas)!

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#seakarsetapak #shorts #youtube #animals #plants

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Birds!

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Picathartes gymnocephalus by Michael Andersen

[herpsandbirds]

White-necked Rockfowl aka White-necked Picathartes (Picathartes gymnocephalus), family Picathartidae, order Passeriformes, Ghana

photograph by Marius Coetzee

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White-necked Rockfowl (Picathartes gymnocephalus)

The Birds That Have Lived for 44 Million Years - Africa - BBC

The Picathartes have lived in the Congo for 44 million years. When these birds mate they mate for life therefore they have to make a good team.

via: BBC Earth

photograph by Michael Andersen | Wikipedia

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Picathartes-inspired longwing pegasus

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Duplicate Submissions

Alright, here is the list of duplicate birds that were submitted to this poll:

American Robin, Canada Goose, Dovekie, Eurasian Jay, Hoatzin, Blue-bellied Roller, Smew, Hoopoe, Dark-eyed Junco, Painted Bunting, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Rifleman (Titipoumano), Archeopterix, Hooded Crow, Roseate Spoonbill, Northern Lapwing, European Starling, Steller's Jay, Great Auk, Eclectus Parrot, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Spotted Towhee, Resplendent Quetzal, Vermilion Flycatcher, Kaua'i O'o, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Hooded Pitohui, Rainbow Bee-eater, Long-tailed Tit (Shima Enaga), Sunbittern, Varied Thrush, Pied Currawong, Rock Pigeon, Domestic Chicken, Northern Gannet, Diederik Cuckoo, Yellow-headed Picathartes, Temminck's Tragopan, Greater Lophorina, Parotia, Grey Butcherbird, Green Jay, Horned Screamer, Magnificent Frigatebird, Spinifex Pigeon, Gorgeted Puffleg, Zebra Dove, Common House Martin, Swordbill Hummingbird, Greater Roadrunner, Rufous-crested Coquette, Wallcreeper, Racket-tailed Roller, Himalayan Monal, Crested Pigeon, Inaccessible Island Rail, Brown Creeper, Tufted Titmouse, White Wagtail, Bobolink, Shoebill Stork, Australian Brushturkey, black-throated magpie-jay, Greater Blue-eared Starling, spangled cotinga

This list will continue to be updated, but I'm not going to pin it to the top since technically these guys are not the focus of the poll (I just think they're neat :3). The tag placed on pics of these birds is ELIMINATED, as someone asked about tagging them and I figured out how to use the Mass Post Editor >:3

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Days 1&2 of Inktober 2017

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A new variant has been added!

White-necked Rockfowl (Picathartes gymnocephalus) © John Gerrard Keulemans

It hatches from bizarre, brown, dark, extensive, facial, large, long, loving, low, other, secondary, silent, slender, soft, strong, unique, and yellow eggs.

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Work doodles: Exotic Griffons

In order: Shoebill, Picathartes (White-necked Rockfowl), Drongo

So I was watching BBC’s series Africa, which is awesome by the way, and all three of these birds were featured in the episodes. I have always loved the Shoebill, but I hadn’t had any exposure to the other two. Picathartes is a little silly looking but the male in the couple they were observing just made me laugh. The drongo, is a sneaky little bastard who steals food from merekats by mimicking the call of their sentries. Shoebill and Picathartes are my favorite non-rapter birds. They are followed closely by ALL OF THE BIRDS OF PARADISE which I might also turn into griffons.