#this is so pointless but i love this about birds. especially with plumage

[beedreamscape]

I was searching for what type of sexual dimorphism Cerrit would present, being a Phillipine Eagle, and this is what the wiki says:

The level of sexual dimorphism in size is not certain, but the male is believed to be typically about 10% smaller than the female, and this is supported by the average length provided for males and females in one source.

This is reverse sexual dimorphism. Females are not only heavier but have a wider wingspan!!!

Wrayne is (very likely) bigger than Cerrit!

(And even if she's another type of eagle, this rule still applies. The difference can even be higher than 10%.)

[arpeggio-the-parrot]

Thoughts on Arpeggio’s species

Last week I made a short post about how I think Clockwerk, in his organic form, was actually a Pharaoh eagle-owl instead of a Eurasian eagle-owl, so here’s some more Sly Cooper overthinking from your favorite in-house Sly Cooper fandom bird nerd/lover!

It’s easy to simply label Arpeggio as a “parrot”, especially in the Sly Cooper universe in which most of the anthro characters are general depictions of their species but are not specially named (i.e. Rajan and El Jefe are both referred to as simply “tigers” but could be Bengal/Sumatran tigers, respectively). However, because I love and respect Arpeggio, I think of him as some kind of macaw. Yes, macaws are in the parrot family, but macaws are typically large with long tails, while true parrots are medium-sized and have short tails (think Amazons or African greys).

However, Arpeggio isn’t exactly colorful like a macaw should be. While I think his body was modeled after a macaw, I think the color of his plumage was inspired by the kea parrot.

Lazy Google screenshot so y’all can see:

Note, Arpeggio’s plumage is yellow/gold on his body with green/emerald feathers on his wings and tail. Now, check out the image of the kea parrot below:

Looks kinda similar, huh? Well, I think so, anyway.

Also, there does exist a species of large, flightless parrot which very vaguely possesses similarly-colored plumage to Arpeggio; the kakapo:

While it’s possible Arpeggio’s flightlessness was inspired by the kakapo, I don’t think he’s flightless because of his species. I think his inability to fly, which is stated by Sly to be due to his small wings, is just that; the result of a defect and not inherent to his species.

Also, it’s implied that Arpeggio is small compared to others in society, even though I think his game model is quite large (compare his game model to Neyla’s when they’re standing side-by-side in Blimp HQ Recon). There are small macaws, too!

Here is the red-shouldered/Hahn’s macaw and the chestnut-fronted/severe macaw for example:

To conclude my pointless raving, I think Arpeggio is a macaw with “dull” plumage and an unfortunate birth defect, but I do wonder if the developers looked to real-life species like the ones I presented here as inspiration for his design.