#pennaraptora

BIRB! I love how pictures of Standard-winged nightjars come with the subject either half asleep or "WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY HOUSE" haha! The breeding males aren't very standard in their wings though, so I don't know why that's their common name. Once per breeding season, many of the males grow one feather on each wing that is longer than their body. I think this only happen in roughly 5 out of the 39 species within the genus. Also, "longipennis" actually means "Long wings" so I REALLY don't know why they called it "standard" in English! Why are they called that!?

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Day 3: Dromaeosaurus albertensis is standing for rest.

Yi qi.

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Hyvää Pääsiäistä 2021!

Wah, not as happy with this one. Brain kinda melted today. Cute lil guys! They're ratites, so more Emu, Ostrich, Rhea or Cassowary than quail or partridge. Tinamous have basal characteristics of the ratite common ancestor, & indeed is the only ratite capable of (limited) powered flight. Strange that they radiated out from flying ancestors that all decided to stick to the ground, mostly independently. The only ones that are particularly close are the Emu & Cassowary ( to my knowledge, I could be wrong).

2026DrawDinoDaily, Day 79, Marchosauria, 19/03/2026, What's an hour and a half overtime of the daily challenge? So it turns out the 'I'iwi probably shares its name with two other, similar curved beaked birds. There's the Kivi (Numenius tahitiensis) [Bristle Thighed Curlew] & the much more famous Kiwi (Apteryx spp.) [ spp. is an abbreviation for multiple species). I think Oricorio from Pokémon is also based in it? The Kivi isn't on this year's DrawDinosDaily list, but the Kiwi is in Bonevember. I wanted to include the Kivi now, in case I don't draw for the Kiwi's day in November.