#tepuys

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Vireo Showdown; Bracket 4, Poll 4

Fun Fact!

Philadelphia: told from the very similar Warbling Vireo by how much cuter it is- having bigger eyes on a small head and round body do contribute to this bird's (scientifically proven) cute appearance

Tepui: with only 270 sightings on eBird and 10 photos, this is our least "reported" vireo in the tourney

Warbling: their song has been described as "a happy drunk making a conversational point at a party"

For more information on these birds, check out these Species Features:

Philadelphia Vireo | Tepui Vireo | Warbling Vireo

Image Sources: PHVI (Simon Tolzmann); TEVI (Gabriel Leite); WAVI (Michael Stubblefield)

[picpalace1]

The Tepui Mountains of Venezuela. The Lost World, The House of the God's or The Land above the Clouds. Which one is your favorite name and picture?? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tepui

[zegalba]

Tepui Chimanta, a sandstone table-mountain in the Chimanta Massif, rises abruptly from the rainforest of southern Venezuela.

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A new variant has been added!

Tepui Brushfinch (Atlapetes personatus) © Sergio Rivero Beneitez

It hatches from colorful, dense, dry, high, humid, indistinct, large, limited, olive, several, short, single, small, unmistakable, variable, various, vocal, and yellow eggs.

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[thepastisalreadywritten]

The oldest place on planet earth is in Venezuela. It's called Mount Roraima.

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Mount Roraima is located in the northern part of South America and on the triple border between Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana.

Located in the Canaima National Park, it is the highest of the tepuis — a type of table-shaped mountain very characteristic of the Guiana Plateau — standing almost 3,000 metres above sea level.

Mount Roraima is composed of sandstone of the Proterozoic Eon formed about 1.7 to 2 billion years ago, therefore among the oldest rocks on Earth.

It contains a large amount of quartz deposits, 98% are silica particles, forming white or pinkish crystals several centimetres long.

(Via Meteored)

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Roraima Tepui or Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima chain of tepui plateau in South America. It was first described by the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh...

[outpost-31]

gardenhead doesn't even have a power btw. its ability is be asshole. the only power it has is LITERALLY just bullying. it knows your deepest fears and insecurities and proceeds to torment you about them until tepui is like. oh the little fucker got out again sorry about that.

[rainbowrosegames]

not gonna lie I'm a little shocked it wasn't a gender reveal party given the track record of people who do those being assholes to their surroundings

Here in Venezuela, the goverment is mining on ecosystems that were once protected, slowly destroying whole mountains and devastating the local fauna and flora. And nobody cares.

Now the Kusari Tepuy has been destroyed so some rich assholes could celebrate a fucking birthday party, and they are just walking scot-free.

I hate it here.

EDIT:

Adding this to the post proper because some of you are stupid and it makes my blood boil.

Not everything bad you hear about my country’s situation is “made up CIA propaganda”. Sure, a lot has been exaggerated about Nicolás Maduro’s goverment and his late predecessor, Hugo Chavéz. That’s true. That being said, there have been a lot of bad things too, the Arco Minero being one of them. That’s also true.

And the #TepuyParty? That was not Maduro. That was not something caused by our so-called “dictatorial regimen”. The ones who did that are just very, very wealthy people, most of which (if not all of them) are actually from the opposite political party. They have nothing to do with the Chavista political party, believe it or not.

So unless you are Venezuelan yourself and living in Venezuelan soil right here right now, you better shut up before you write something this stupid. 

In other words: Cállate gringo.

[sequentialprophet]

[shirochin]

Roraima Tepui or Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima chain of tepui plateau in South America. It was first described by the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh...

[dianadhevi]

Roraima Tepui or Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima chain of tepui plateau in South America. It was first described by the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh...

[proton-wobbler]

Tepui Vireo

[image ID: a slightly blurry photo of a songbird. the head is gray and the eye is white. the throat and belly are pale yellow, and the bill is pink. the tail is gray. end ID]

Song:

Scientific Name: Vireo sclateri

IUCN Rating: Least Concern

Habitat & Location: found in the tepui highlands of southern Venezuela, western Guyana, and northern Brazil

Fun Fact: with only 270 sightings on eBird and 10 photos, this is our least "reported" vireo in the tourney

[image ID: a zoomed in map of northern South America, with a purple-colored sideways L along southern Venezuela and headed towards Guayana. there are two disjunct populations in southern Guayana and central Suriname. the color denotes year-round residence. end ID]

Image Sources: bird (Gabriel Leite); map (birds of the world)

[emma-brack]

Roraima Tepui or Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima chain of tepui plateau in South America. It was first described by the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh...

[new-wave-girl]

Roraima Tepui or Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima chain of tepui plateau in South America. It was first described by the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh...

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A new variant has been added!

Tepui Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus whitelianus) © John Gerrard Keulemans

It hatches from easy, green, limited, other, reddish, rhythmic, short, slender, small, unique, and vocal eggs.

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[rondaincorporated]

Hummingbird Species, Part 74

Today’s feathered friend is the tepui goldenthroat, Polytmus milleri. Polytmus milleri, commonly known as the Tepui Goldenthroated Hummingbird, is a small, vibrantly colored bird found exclusively in the Tepuis of South America. With its striking metallic green plumage and a shimmering golden throat, this bird is a stunning sight to behold. The Tepui Goldenthroated Hummingbird is known for its…