Island wumpo (SciiFii)

The Island wumpo (Proboscirostrus insularis) is an odd species of flightless, totally wingless bird that originally did not exist, but has since been created by SciiFii. As its name suggests, the Island wumpos were originally introduced to Hawaii, New Zealand, and New Caledonia, where they made permanent villages in some areas of those islands, but over time, the Island wumpos have spread across the world thanks to man-made transportations and given the same rights as other sapient species, and this has allowed this species to be found across the world except the Arctic or Antarctica. Along with the woolly wumpo, the Island wumpo is one of the only two living members of the wumpo subfamily Proboscirostrorninae, which are most closely related to a widespread subfamily Carduelinae. The Island wumpo is a rather large bird, usually weighing as much as 2,200 lbs and standing up to 7.2 feet (2.1 meters) high. Island wumpos are adapted to survive hostile cold and hot desert environments with either mild or extreme temperature swings and scarce food and water. The Island wumpo's characteristics for adapting to arid environments includes digesting limited food intake with maximum efficiency and reducing water requirements, as well as the wumpo's higher endurance and stronger sense of smell. The Island wumpo has a large pointed defensive claw on the innermost toe which is used for self-defense. As an omnivore, it can feed on a wide range of edible food sources, similarly to humans. It creates tools, tailoring them for specific needs, and it learns these skills from its parents culturally, it has the mental capacity to think of abstract concepts, to produce art, and to dream of the future, like other sapient species such as humans. It has a wide array of languages, not just the basic set of social and alarm calls common to all social birds. The woolly wumpo also has a wide range of cultures, religions, technologies, etc. The conservation status of the Island wumpo is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the Island wumpo's wide range and its tolerance to many of the human activities.
Category:Animals
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Category:SciiFii