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Natural Habitats of Birds

Different species of birds suit different types of natural habitat. Although there is much overlap in the resources that different habitats provide (e.g. insect food), some habitats are rich in certain resources. For example, heathlands are often rich in plant species belonging to the family Proteaceae, which tend to have bird-pollinated flowers that are rich in nectar. Heathlands are therefore good places to see honeyeaters. Plants of rainforests often produce fleshy fruits and berries. Rainforests are therefore good places to find fruit-eating pigeons.

### Some bird habitats

#### Heathland

Heathlands usually occur on infertile soils. Around Sydney, they are primarily found near the coast where they are subject to wind and salt spray. Heathlands do not support tall trees: most heathland plants are less than two metres tall. Heathlands are very dense habitats and because most heathland plants are hard-leaved, they form a prickly structure that provides good shelter for small birds. Many heathland plants (e.g. banksias) belong to the plant family Proteaceae, and the flowers of these species are often rich in nectar. Honeyeaters are usually a conspicuous group in heathland habitats.

#### Woodland

Woodlands are a habitat type dominated by trees, but with a relatively low canopy cover of less than 30%. Eucalypts dominate the canopy and the understorey is relatively open, often containing native grasses. In the Sydney Basin, woodlands used to be common in the western parts which have more fertile soils. However, most of this habitat type has now been cleared, first for farmland, and more recently for housing. This pattern of land-use is common Australia-wide, and birds that naturally occur in woodlands are the most threatened in Australia.

#### Forest

Forests are a habitat dominated by trees, with a canopy cover of between 30 % and 50 %. There are two main types of forest in Australia, both of which are dominated by eucalypts. **Wet-sclerophyll** forests have a canopy that is taller than 30 metres and generally have a soft-leaved understorey, often including tree ferns. **Dry-sclerophyll** forests have a canopy between 10 metres and 30 metres tall, and generally have a hard-leaved understorey with wattles, peas and boronias.

#### Rainforest

Rainforests grow on deeper, more fertile soils with moister soil conditions. They have a canopy greater than 30 m in height which is relatively closed (greater than 70 % canopy cover). Rainforests around Sydney often include some eucalypts in the canopy but also have species such as figs, red cedar and cabbage-tree palms. Many rainforest plants produce fleshy-fruits and berries, which are a valuable food resource for a range of bird species, but particularly parrots and pigeons.

#### Wetland

Wetlands are low lying areas that are at least periodically inundated with water. There are both freshwater and saline wetlands around Sydney that provide habitat for a range of species that are not present in other habitats.

#### Coastal

Coastal habitats include beaches, headlands, estuaries and rock platforms that are home to many species of sea bird in Australia.
North Island takahē

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 **†*Porphyrio mantelli***

The **North Island takahē** or **mōho** (*Porphyrio mantelli*) is an extinct rail that was found in the North Island of New Zealand. This flightless species is known from subfossils from a number of archeological sites and from one possible 1894 record (Phillipps, 1959). It appeared to have been even larger than the South Island takahē and, if it did survive until the 1890s, would have been the largest rail in historic times. The decline of the species has generally been attributed to the increasing incursion of forest into the alpine grasslands through the Holocene, although hunting by the Māori also played a major role.

Traditionally the North Island takahē was considered conspecific with the endangered South Island takahē *P. hochstetteri*. Trewick (1996) presented evidence that the two taxa were independently derived from flying ancestors, so proved to be separate species.

The binomial of this bird commemorates the naturalist and civil servant Walter Mantell.

## References[edit]

1. **^**

* Phillipps, W. J. (1959): The Last (?) Occurrence of *Notornis* in the North Island. *Notornis* **8**(4): 93-94. [1]
* Trewick, S. A. (1996): Morphology and evolution of two takahe: flightless rails of New Zealand. *J. Zool.* *238*: 221-237.
* Worthy, Trevor H. & Holdaway R. N. (2002): *The lost world of the Moa: Prehistoric Life of New Zealand*. Indiana University Press, Bloomington. ISBN 0-253-34034-9.
War Stone

The War Stone is one of the 12 Stones of Power and is one of the four power stones found on Third Earth and was the very first stone to be found.

## Appearance

It is the only Stone to have two forms with merging or battling.

It's first form is in the shape of a red cube with a single black line up to down, making it look similer to a cat's eye.

It's Second form is in the shape of a red crystal.

## Powers, Skills & Abilities

It is capable of shooting large red beams.

It also gives its wielder the power of sight beyond sight (looking into the future).

## Owners

* Zhan Tiri (Formerly)
* Adam Ordeis (Currently)
Sabrina Spellman

Sabrina Spellman also known as Princess Sabrina Spellman is one of the main protagonists of the series who became a

member of the Saviour Orginization after the War with the First Evil and she advocates for witches.

## Appearance

She has blonde hair with green eyes with a pink jacket with a white shirt and blue jeans and wears an amulet that is in the shape of a pink dragon.

## Personality

Sabrina is mostly optimistic, caring, kind, friendly, warm-hearted and open-minded to everything around her in both the magical and human world.

She is very helpful and loving to her paternal aunts, Hilda and Zelda, as they are her only living relatives.

She is also very protective of her pet cat, Salem, as she clearly fears for his safety and wellbeing.

Sabrina is also a bit unsure of the magical world and its unpredictable endless dangers but is still fascinated by learning more magic and even stronger spells.

A habit Sabrina developed is to verbally check that she grabs her textbooks for high school, and not the tomes for her magic studies.

## Magic & Abilities

Being half-witch as well as a princess, Sabrina possesses exceptionally powerful magical abilities and spells of numerously high-levels of magic.

She can create Fuchsia blasts of mystical energy from her hands to stun or hurt her enemies.

For defensive spells, she erects dome-shaped shields and force-fields around herself for protection.

She can also cast simple levitation and telekinetic spells, magically repair messes and detect supernatural activity and danger from her mystical pendant when it glows pink.

All of her spells are said nonverbally instead of out loud.

Being taught various types of increasingly powerful magics and spells by Professor Geist, she becomes much stronger and more proficient with her innate abilities.

She is even skilled in elemental magic and their various aspects and the specialized forms of **Water, Fire, Earth, Air**, and **Aether (Quintessence)**.

She can also control various aspects of a specific element; such as nature and plants derived from earth magic, ice, frost, and snow from water magic, heat and flames from fire magic, and pure lightning/electricity derived from the fifth element, Quintessence/Aether.

Sabrina can also read runes (which are the written form of all magic) and utilize dozens of extremely powerful, high-level spellbooks, mystical artifacts, charms, potions, and talismans.

However, she has a little trouble with transformation and transfiguration spells.

She is also capable of flying through the air without the use of her broomstick and become invisible at the same time.

When separated from her broom, Sabrina can telekinetically summon it to her hand by whistling.

Like all witches and wizards, she can erect an unusually strong pink-colored shield out of magical energy around herself or others for protection.

At one point, she created a large brick wall.

## Weapons

* Wand
* Broomstick

## Family

* Edward Spellman (Father, Deceased)
* Diane Spellman (Mother, Deceased)
* Hilda Spellman (Aunt)
* Zelda Spellman (Aunt)
Allen's gallinule

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 ***Porphyrio alleni***
Thomson, 1842

**Allen's gallinule** (*Porphyrio alleni*), formerly known as the **lesser gallinule**, is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae. Its former binomial name is *Porphyrula alleni*. *Porphyrio* is the Latin for "swamphen", and *alleni*, like the English name, commemorates British naval officer Rear-Admiral William Allen (1792–1864).[2][3]

Its breeding habitat is marshes and lakes in Sub-Saharan Africa. They build a floating nest in marshes and swamps, laying 2-5 eggs. This species is partially migratory, undertaking seasonal movements.

Remarkably, this apparently weakly flying bird is not only the only species with a purely sub-Saharan African range to have reached Great Britain, but has done so twice. It has also occurred as a vagrant in several other European countries.

Mature (left) and immature (right) at Chobe National Park, Botswana.

They are similar in size to the only slightly larger water rail. The Allen's gallinule has a short red bill, greenish back and purple upperparts. They have red legs with long toes, and a short tail which is white with a dark central bar underneath. Breeding males have a blue frontal shield, which is green in the female. Immature Allen's gallinules are sandy brown with a buff undertail. The downy chicks are black, as with all rails.

These birds probe with their bill in mud or shallow water, also picking up food by sight. They mainly eat insects and aquatic animals. They nod their heads as they swim.

Allen's gallinules are very secretive in the breeding season, particularly in the dense swamps they favour, and are mostly heard rather than seen. They are then rather noisy birds, with a sharp nasal *pruk* call. They can be easier to see on migration or when wintering.

## References[edit]

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2. **^**
3. **^**

## External links[edit]

* (Allen's gallinule = ) lesser gallinule - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
Cotinga (genus)

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 *Ampelis cotinga*
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***Cotinga*** is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the cotinga family, Cotingidae. It contains seven species that are found in tropical rainforest in South and Central America from southern Mexico to south-east Brazil. They feed mainly on fruit and forage high in trees.

They are 18–22 cm (7.1–8.7 in) long. The males have highly colourful plumage; bright blue with areas of purple. The blue colour is produced by air bubbles in the feathers which scatter light. Females are much duller than males and are mainly brown, often with pale feather edges giving them a scaled or speckled appearance.

The wings of the males make a whistling or rattling noise in flight.

Deforestation is a threat to several members of this genus. The turquoise cotinga is classed as Vulnerable by the IUCN and the banded cotinga is considered to be Endangered.

## Taxonomy[edit]

The genus *Cotinga* was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760.[1] The type species is the purple-breasted cotinga.[2] The name is from the extinct Tupi language for a "bright forest bird".[3]

The genus contains seven species:[4]
Matt Thompson

Matt Thompson also known as the Dragon Ghost is one of the main protagonists of the series and is a hybrid of a

   human, ghost and dragon and his job is to protect the Earth from both Ghosts and Magical Creatures while at the Same time protecting Magical creatures from people like the Huntsclan and is an embassador of both Ghosts and Magical Creatures.

## Appearance

As a human he has black hair with a white shirt with black sleeves, pants and shoes.

As a Phantom his appearance changes to white hair with black and white sleeves and pants with a white P on his chest.

As a dragon he has green scales with a red mane down his back.

## Personality

At first Matt was average

    teeanger but has he was able to accept his new role as a hero and was willing to do anything to protect his friends, family and home.

He will also do what he can to prevent his dark future from happening.

## Dragon Powers

* Transformation: He can transform between his dragon form and human form.
* Shape-Shifting: He is able to shapeshift to look like other people but has limits.
* Flight: He is able fly with his wings.
* Fire Resistance: He is able to prevent himself from getting burned from fire.
* Cold Resistance: He is able to prevent himself from getting cold from ice.
* Fire Breathing: He is able to breath fire from his mouth or shoot it through his hands.

## Ghost Powers

* Transformation: He is able to transform between his ghost form to his human form at will, like his dragon form.
* Intangibility: He is able pass through walls and other solid objects.
* Invisibilitiy: He is able to hide from his enemies or friends.
* Flight: He is able to fly without wings.
* Paranormal Immunity: He is immunue to the paranormal like hypnotism.
* Ghost Ray: He is able to fire green blacks of ecto-energy from his hands.
* Ecto-Energy Contruction: He is able to create anything with his ghost energy.
* Ghost Shield: He is able to make a shield of his ghost powers.
* Photokinesis: He is able to project light brom his hands.
* Telekinesis: He is able to move things with his mind.
* Overshadowing: He is able to posses living beings.
* Cryokinesis: He is able to manupulate ice.
* Ghost Sense: He is able to sense when ghosts are nearby.
* Pyrokinesis: He is able to manipulate fire.
* Ecto-Vision: He is able to see in the dark.
* X-Ray Vision: He is able to see through solid objects with his eyes.
* Ghostly Wail: Perhaps his most powerful ability of all as it can defeat his enemies and destroy building but it drains his power severly so much so is that he is forced to become human after using once or twice before falling uncounsiss.

## Weapons

* Ghost Thermos: He is able to trap ghosts in it.
Thanos's Arrival on Earth

Thanos's Arrival on Earth was an event that happened on Earth when a villain called Thanos arrived on Earth to take the remaing Stones of Power from Adam.

## Events

* A being called Thanos arived on Earth to take the reaming Power Stones that Adam had already collected.
* Adam learned that there are 12 Power Stones, not 6.
* Thanos attempted talk Adam to giving him the Stones of Power but he refused which caused a war between them.
* Adam was able to destory the Infinity Gauntlet which causes him to loose control of the Six Stones Thanos had collected.
* Adam was able to kill Thanos permanetly and abosrobed the stones Thanos collected.
Power Stones

The Power Stones also known as the Stones of Powers or Infinity Stones are 12 stones with immensense powers and are the main focus of the Stones of Powers Saga.

## Appearance

They appear in many forms such as diamond shapes and circle shapes and many colours: Blue, Green, Red, Pink, Yellow, Purple and Gold.

## Powers, Skills & Abilities

Even by themselves they are increadbly powerful objects but when all 12 are brought together they can grant it's user unlimited power.

## List of Stones

* Power
* Space
* Soul
* Reality
* Time
* Mind
* War
* Spirit
* Tech
* Soul (2)
* Sun
* Moon

## Owners

* Mumm-Ra (Formerly)
* Thanos (Formerly)
* Cassandra Reventon (Formerly)
* Zhan Tiri (Formerly)
* Adam Ordeis (Currently)
Green rosella

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 ***Platycercus caledonicus***
 *Psittacus caledonicus* Gmelin, 1788
*Psittacus brownii* Kuhl, 1820
*Psittacus flaviventris* Temminck, 1821
*Platycercus xanthogaster* Stephens, 1826

The **green rosella** or **Tasmanian rosella** (*Platycercus caledonicus*) is a species of parrot native to Tasmania and Bass Strait islands. It was described by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788, and named on the mistaken assumption it came from New Caledonia. At 37 cm (14.5 in) long it is the largest species of the rosella genus, *Platycercus*. Two subspecies are recognised. The green rosella's underparts, neck and head are yellow, with a red band above the beak and violet-blue cheeks. The back is mostly black and green, and its long tail blue and green. The sexes have similar plumage, except the female has duller yellow plumage and more prominent red markings, as well as a smaller beak. Juvenile and immature birds have predominantly green plumage.

Found in a wide range of habitats with some form of tree cover, the green rosella is predominantly herbivorous, consuming seeds, berries, nuts and fruit, as well as flowers, but may also eat insect larvae and insects such as psyllids. Nesting takes place in tree hollows. Common and widespread across Tasmania, the green rosella is rated as least concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s Red List of Endangered species. The King Island subspecies has been classed as vulnerable as its population has declined after much of its habitat on King Island was cleared.
Philippine swamphen

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 ***Porphyrio pulverulentus***

**Philippine swamphen** (*Porphyrio pulverulentus* Temminck, 1826) is a species of swamphen occurring in The Philippines. It used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen, which it resembles, but has olive-chestnut mantle and scapulars, and the whole plumage is tinged with ash-grey.
Cock-of-the-rock

*Pipra rupicola*
 * *Rupicola rupicola*
* *Rupicola peruvianus*

The **cocks-of-the-rock**, which compose the genus ***Rupicola***, are large cotingid birds native to South America. They are found in tropical and subtropical rainforests close to rocky areas, where they build their nests. The genus is composed of only two known extant species: the Andean cock-of-the-rock and the smaller Guianan cock-of-the-rock. The Andean cock-of-the-rock is the national bird of Peru.[1]

Both known species exhibit sexual dimorphism: the males are magnificent birds, not only because of their bright orange or red colors, but also because of their very prominent fan-shaped crests. Like some other cotingids, they have a complex courtship behavior, performing impressive lek displays. The females are overall brownish with hints of the brilliant colors of the males. Females build nests on rocky cliffs or large boulders, and raise the young on their own. They usually lay two or three eggs.

Except during the mating season, these birds are wary animals and difficult to see in the rainforest canopy. They primarily feed on fruits and berries and may be important dispersal agents for rainforest seeds.[2]

## Taxonomy

The genus *Rupicola* was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the Guianan cock-of-the-rock (*Rupicola rupicola*) as the type species.[3][4] The genus name *Rupicola* is New Latin for "cliff-dweller" and combines Latin *rupes*, *rupis* "rock" and *-cola* "dweller.[5]
Madagascan partridge

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 ***Margaroperdix madagarensis***
 * *Margaroperdix madagascariensis*

The **Madagascan partridge** (*Margaroperdix madagarensis*) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is widespread across Madagascar (except extreme south). It has been introduced to Réunion.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

## References[edit]

1. **^**

Categories:

* IUCN Red List least concern species
* Perdicinae
* Birds of Madagascar
* Birds described in 1786
* Galliformes stubs
Oʻahu ʻōʻō

The **O‘ahu ‘ō‘ō** (*Moho apicalis*) is a member of the extinct genus of the ‘ō‘ōs (*Moho*) within the extinct family Mohoidae. It was previously regarded as member of the Australo-Pacific honeyeaters (Meliphagidae).[2]

## Contents

* 1Description
* 2Occurrence and habitat
* 3Extinction
* 4References
* 5Bibliography
* 6External links

## Description[edit]

*Moho apicalis* and *Chaetoptila angustipluma*

The males reached a length of 30.5 centimeters. The wing length was 10.5 to 11.4 centimeters, the culmen was between 3.5 and 3.8 centimetres and the tarsus was between 3.4 and 3.8 centimeters. The females were smaller. The plumage was predominantly sooty black. The tail feathers were brown and had, with the exception of the two central tail feathers, white tips. Further characteristics were the white feather tufts under the axillaries and the two narrow central tail feathers which changed into fine hair-like or fibrous tips. The flanks and the undertail coverts were colored deeply yellow. The bill and the tarsus were black. Its biology is not well-studied.

## Occurrence and habitat[edit]

Its habitat was the mountain forests on O‘ahu.

## Extinction[edit]

The O‘ahu ‘ō‘ō was first mentioned by Andrew Bloxam. While in the Hawaiian Islands in 1825 as the naturalist on board HMS *Blonde*, he saw live birds which were brought to him by locals. He preserved one specimen obtained in this way. He wrote in his diary (not published until much later): "They are now very scarce in all the islands. I did not see even one in the different excursions I made, & the natives asked a high price for the very few they brought to me." Bloxam misidentified his birds as the species now called *Moho nobilis*.[3]

John Gould scientifically named and described the O‘ahu ‘ō‘ō in 1860,[4] when it was already regarded as vanished for 23 years. The last reliable evidence was a collection of about three birds by German naturalist Ferdinand Deppe in 1837. He found these specimens in the hills behind the capital, Honolulu.

After surveys, led by ornithologist Robert C. L. Perkins and others, failed to find the bird between 1880 and 1890, it was described as almost extinct. Today there are seven specimens in museum collections in Berlin, London, New York City and Cambridge (Massachusetts).

The reasons for its extinction were probably avian diseases caused by introduced mosquitos, habitat destruction by cattle and goats, deforestation, predation by introduced rats, and hunting (their plumage was used in robes for the Hawaiian nobility).
Grey-headed swamphen

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 ***Porphyrio poliocephalus***

*Porphyrio poliocephalus* - MHNT

**Grey-headed swamphen** (*Porphyrio poliocephalus*) is a species of swamphen occurring from the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to southern China and northern Thailand. It used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen, but was elevated to full species status in 2015; today the purple swamphen is considered a superspecies and each of its six races are designated full species.[1]

The male has an elaborate courtship display, holding water weeds in his bill and bowing to the female with loud chuckles.[2]

The grey-headed swamphen was introduced to North America in the late 1990s due to avicultural escapes in the Pembroke Pines, Florida area. State wildlife biologists attempted to eradicate the birds, but they have multiplied and can now be found in many areas of southern Florida. Ornithological authorities consider it likely that the swamphen will become an established part of Florida's avifauna.[3] It was added to the American Birding Association checklist in February 2013.[4]

## References[edit]

1. **^**
2. **^**
3. **^** Pranty, Bill, Kim Schnitzius, Kevin Schnitzius, and Helen W. Lovell. 2000. Discovery, distribution, and origin of the purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) in Florida.' *Florida Field Naturalist* 28: 1–11.
4. **^**
Scleroptila

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***Scleroptila*** is a genus of birds in the francolin group of the partridge subfamily of the pheasant family. Its seven species range through Sub-Saharan Africa. The species are:[1]

* Ring-necked francolin, *Scleroptila streptophora*
* Grey-winged francolin, *Scleroptila afra*
* Red-winged francolin, *Scleroptila levaillantii*
* Finsch's francolin, *Scleroptila finschi*
* Shelley's francolin, *Scleroptila shelleyi*
* Moorland francolin, *Scleroptila psilolaema*
* Orange River francolin, *Scleroptila gutturalis*
Phoenix Force

The Phoenix Force or simply the Phoenix, The Light Phoenix or the Dark Phoenix is an entity that can be used for good or evil and is within Kyle's body which causes him to use the powers as well as both Phoenix and Dark Phoenix forms and is one of the few powers that can rival the White Wizard.

## Appearance

It is a giaginatic fire bird that is larger then anything on earth.

It colours depends on what side it's on, White it's on the side of good, Black it's on the side of evil.

## Personality

The Phoenix is a being who understands good and life and wishes to save all life.

However when it became

   the Dark Phoenix it held no value of life and was willing to destroy planets with people on it.

## Powers, Skills & Abilities

Acording to the Phoenix itself, it has the power to Create and Destroy as shown multiple times.

It has the power to levitate itself off the ground, with or without flames around it's body.

It can shoot blasts of fire from either it's body or it fingers.

It has shown to destory multiple planets and can feed on a star.

It can turn anything to gold with it's blast.

## Voice Actor/Actress

* Kevin Michale Richardson (Male)
* Mae Whitman (Female)
Ammoperdix

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 Scientific classification
 Kingdom:
 *Ammoperdix griseogularis*
*Ammoperdix heyi*

***Ammoperdix*** is a small genus in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes. It contains two similar species:

* See-see partridge, *Ammoperdix griseogularis*
* Sand partridge, *Ammoperdix heyi*

The see-see partridge occurs in southwest Asia, and the sand partridge in Egypt and the Middle East. Both are resident breeders in dry, open country, often in hill areas.

Both partridges in this genus are 22–25 cm long, rotund birds. They are mainly sandy brown, with wavy white and brown stripes on their flanks. The males have distinctively-patterned grey heads, but the females are very washed-out in comparison, and this lack of a distinctive head pattern makes it more difficult to distinguish their species.

When disturbed, *Ammoperdix* partridges prefer to run rather than take to the air, but if necessary they will fly a short distance on rounded wings.

## References[edit]

* *Pheasants, Partridges and Grouse* by Madge and McGowan, ISBN 0-7136-3966-0

* Wikispecies: Ammoperdix
* ADW: Ammoperdix
* GBIF: 2473731
* iNaturalist: 1048
* IRMNG: 1006184
* ITIS: 175946
* NCBI: 388989
Kasa Jizo

Kasa Jizo is the 18th unlockable character in Go! Go! Pogo cat!, he is obtainable via the cat capsule.

# Usage

Overall, Kasa Jizo is a petty good character, you're pretty lucky if you get him on your first capsule.

# Description

The Jizo alliance has discovered the key to superior hopping.

Score Bonus: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Coin Bonus: ⭐⭐

Gem Chance: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Fruit Chance: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

# Design

His design is basically the same as in The Battle Cats, but now he is colored. His hat and bag are a shade of beige, his scarf is a deep dark blue, and his statue is grey.
Black sicklebill

***Epimachus fastosus***
(Hermann, 1783)

he **black sicklebill** (*Epimachus fastosus*) is a large bird-of-paradise of midmountain forests of New Guinea.

The sicklebill's diet consists mainly of fruits and arthropods. The male of the species is polygamous and performs a horizontal courtship display with the pectoral plumes raised around its head.

In the wild, the bird has hybridised with the Arfak astrapia to create offspring that were once considered two distinct species, the **Elliot's sicklebill** (*Epimachus ellioti*) and the **astrapian sicklebill** (*Astrapimachus astrapioides*). Both species are generally viewed by most mainstream ornithologists as hybrids, but a minority of ornithologists believe *ellioti* may be a valid species.

Ongoing habitat loss, small population size, and hunting in some areas for food and its tail feathers are areas of concern. The black sicklebill is classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.

## Contents

* 1Description
* 2Subspecies
* 3References
* 4External links

## Description[edit]

The male has black plumage with iridescent green, blue and purple scale-like feathers, red irises, bright yellow mouth, long curved black bill, huge sabre-shaped tail and large erectile fan-like plumes on the sides of its breast. The female is smaller than the male, with reddish brown plumage, brown irises, and buff below. Reaching up to 110 cm in length, the male black sicklebill is the longest member of Paradisaeidae, though the curl-crested manucode has a larger body.[2]

## Subspecies[edit]

* *Epimachus fastosus atratus*
* *Epimachus fastosus fastuosus*
* *Epimachus fastosus stresemanni*
* *Epimachus fastosus ultimus*
Francolinus

***Francolinus*** is a genus of birds in the francolin group of the partridge subfamily of the pheasant family. Its five species range from western Asia and central Asia through to southern Asia and south-eastern Asia. The species are:[1]

* Black francolin, *Francolinus francolinus*
* Painted francolin, *Francolinus pictus*
* Chinese francolin, *Francolinus pintadeanus*
* Grey francolin, *Francolinus pondicerianus*
* Swamp francolin, *Francolinus gularis*
Azure gallinule

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 ***Porphyrio flavirostris***
(Gmelin, 1789)

The **azure gallinule** (*Porphyrio flavirostris*) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

The bill and frontal shield is a pale greenish-yellow. The wing coverts are greenish-blue while the back and tail are browner. The throat and underparts are white while the legs are yellow.

It is found in freshwater marshes where there is floating vegetation and this includes marshy edges of rivers and lakes. Nest is an open cup of leaves concealed in dense marsh vegetation. Clutch size is 4-5 eggs, incubated by both parents.

Diet consists of invertebrates, insects and seeds taken from water and vegetation. Climbs in reed stems to bend them over water to pick up food.

## References[edit]

1. **^**

Categories:

* IUCN Red List least concern species
* Porphyrio
* Birds described in 1789
Fox McCloud & Megan Moss & Wolf O'Donnell

This is a relationship between Megan Moss and her two offical boyfriends: Fox McCloud, leader of Star Fox and Wolf

   O'Donnell, leader of Star Wolf.

## Current History

Back when all three met together for the first time, Wolf only saw both her and Fox as enemies since the two were working each other.

However when all three pairs of eyes have met each other, they flashed a purple colour, which mean that all three of them are meant to be together.

However as time went on Wolf began to have feelings for Megan, even when she breifly worked for Star Wolf, he felt something towards her.

Soon after the Anglar Invasion, he couldn't hold onto his feelings for her anymore and told her how he felt for her and Megan wasn't sure how to respond.

After permisson from Fox, Megan kissed Wolf on the lips and realized that she felt the same towards him but didn't know it.

After much discussion it was finally decided that both Fox and Wolf would have to share Megan, to which she had no problem with since she knew every member of the Moss Family always had at least two lovers.

Slowly Fox and Wolf discovered that they have feelings for each other as well and when they couldn't hold it and kissed each other, to which Megan actually enjoyed.

Soon enough all three of them engaged in intimacy for the first time and it was enjoyable to all three of them.

Since the forming of Star Light, every in the orginization pratically became a couple with each other, and Fox, Megan and Wolf made each other a deal: they can be with other people, but they'll have to let the other know who it is and if anyone can join.

## Current Relationship

While starting off as enemies during the Lylat War they eventually became a couple between three people and care, love and trust each other to tell secrets.

## Type of Relationship

* Fomer Enemies
* Friends
* Couples

## Trivia

* It was once stated by Weekyle15 that among all the canon and non canon couples he's created, the one with Fox, Wolf and Megan is one of his favourites.
Obi Paradise-crow

***Lycocorax obiensis***
(Bernstein, 1865)

The **Obi paradise-crow** (*Lycocorax obiensis*) is a species of paradise-crow in the family Paradiseaidae along with the birds-of-paradise. This bird was split from its congener, the Halmahera paradise-crow (*L. pyrrhopterus*) in 2016.[1] The species was first described and named by Heinrich Agathon Bernstein in 1865.

## Contents

* 1Etymology
* 2Description
* 3Behavior and ecology
* 4Habitat and distribution
* 5References

## Etymology[edit]

The Obi paradise-crow's scientific name is *Lycocorax obiensis*, consisting of *Lycocorax*, meaning "jackdaw-crow", which refers to its overall crow-like appearance of a jackdaw, and *obiensis* which refers to the Obi Islands where the birds are found.

## Description[edit]

Obi paradise-crows are blackish overall, with a bluish-green sheen/iridescence to the feathers. The flight feathers are a light brownish, and the tail feathers have a pronounced bluish sheen to them. They have a crow-like head and bill; the bill is a cool light gray. Also, they have distinctive and beautiful, scarlet-red eyes and blackish to grayish legs and feet with sharp claws adapted for their perching lifestyles.

The calls of this bird sounds reminiscent of a trumpet-like *hwoot hwoot*, followed by a *click click*. The calls of the Obi paradise-crow is one of the most recognizable sounds in its range.

## Behavior and ecology[edit]

The biology of this bird has not been studied in full detail. Their diets consist predominately of fruits, supplemented by the occasional invertebrate. The birds typically feed solitarily, but also in pairs, small groups and even in association with other bird species, like imperial pigeons.[2].

Its breeding period is not defined, but nests and eggs have been recorded from December to June.[2] The nest is a cup-like shape consisting of moss, leaves, vines, and wood chips. Clutch is one egg. Incubation and chick rearing details unknown..[2]

## Habitat and distribution[edit]

The Obi paradise-crow is found on Obi and Bisa islands in the Obi group, south of Halmahera, the home of its congener. They are found in tropical forest and forest edge at 1200 m in altitude on Obi island.[2]
Marquesas swamphen

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 ***Porphyrio paepae***
Steadman, 1988

**Marquesas swamphen** (*Porphyrio paepae*) is a presumably extinct species of swamphen from the Marquesas Islands Hiva Oa and Tahuata. It was originally described from 600-year-old subfossil remains from Tahuata and Hiva Oa. It may have survived to around 1900; in the lower right corner of Paul Gauguin's 1902 painting *Le Sorcier d'Hiva Oa ou le Marquisien à la cape rouge*[2] there is a bird which resembles native descriptions of *Porphyrio paepae*. Thor Heyerdahl claimed to have seen a similar flightless bird on Hiva Oa in 1937.[3]

## Notice[edit]

1. **^**
2. **^** *«[…] **d’**Hiva Oa […]»* as such, is pronounced /diˈva oˈa/, while the Polynesian **h** is always a /ɦ/: this shows Gauguin had a very poor knowledge of the Polynesian languages. He should have written ***de** Hiva Oa*. Despite Polynesian inscriptions, often approximative, Gauguin seems to have been unable to speak any Polynesian languages, as it is said locally.[*citation needed*]
3. **^**

## References[edit]

Categories:

* IUCN Red List extinct species
* Porphyrio
* Birds of the Marquesas Islands
* Extinct birds of Oceania
* Holocene extinctions
* Late Quaternary prehistoric birds
* Birds described in 1988
Mullerornis

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* *Mullerornis betsilei* Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1894
* *Mullerornis agilis* Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1894
* *Mullerornis rudis* Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1894[1]

***Mullerornis*** is a genus of extinct elephant birds (Aepyornithidae) of Madagascar.

## Contents

* 1Description
* 2Nocturnality
* 3Etymology
* 4Species
* 5Footnotes
* 6References

## Description[edit]

*Mullerornis* is smaller than the more well-known *Aepyornis*.[2][3] A bone possibly belonging to *Mullerornis* has been radiocarbon dated to about 1260 BP,[4] suggesting that the animal was still extant at the end of the first millennium.[5] *Aepyornis modestus* was shown by Hansford and Turvey (2018) to be a senior synonym of all nominal *Mullerornis* species described by Milne-Edwards and Grandidier (1894), resulting in the new combination *Mullerornis modestus*.[6]

## Nocturnality[edit]

Like other aepyornithids and its close kiwi relatives, *Mullerornis* was nocturnal, though it shows less optical lobe reduction than these other taxa, implying slightly more crepuscular habits.[7]

## Etymology[edit]

The genus is named after Georges Muller, a French explorer who was killed in 1892 by hostile members of the Sakalava people.

## Species[edit]

* *Mullerornis betsilei* Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1894[8] (Betsile elephant-bird)
* *Mullerornis agilis* Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1894 (Agile/coastal elephant-bird)
* *Mullerornis rudis* Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1894[1] (Robust elephant-bird)
	+ *Flacourtia rudis* (Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1894) Andrews, 1895
* ?*Mullerornis grandis* Lamberton 1934 (holotype destroyed in a fire in 1995)
Bluebirds

The bluebirds are a group of medium-sized, mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the order of Passerines in the genus Sialia of the thrush family. Bluebirds are one of the few thrush genera in the Americas. They have blue, or blue and rose beige, plumage. Wikipedia

Family: Turdidae

Scientific name: Sialia

Class: Aves

Mass: Eastern bluebird: 30 g, Mountain bluebird: 30 g, Western bluebird: 26 g Encyclopedia of Life

Length: Eastern bluebird: 16 – 21 cm, Western bluebird: 16 – 19 cm Encyclopedia of Life

Did you know: Bluebirds can typically produce between two and four broods during the spring and summer (March through August in the Northeastern United States). wikipedia.org
Tetraophasis

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Elliot, 1871

***Tetraophasis*** is a genus of Galliform in the family Phasianidae, which includes pheasants, Perdixs, grouse, turkeyss, tragopan, and koklass. It contains the following species:[1]

* Verreaux's monal-partridge (*Tetraophasis obscurus*)
* Szechenyi's monal-partridge (*Tetraophasis szechenyii*)

The name *Tetraophasis* is a combination of the genus name *Tetrao* (the name Carl Linnaeus gave grouse in 1758), and the modern Latin word *phasis*, meaning "pheasant".[2] Monal-partridge are close relatives of monals and more distantly related to tragopan. They are boreal adapted species of high altitudes. Like monals they dig in alpine biomes for tubers, rhizomes and invertebrates as well as rodent pups and voles. Monal-partridges are important prey species for raptors, owls and yellow-throated martens. Like monals, monal-partridges are strictly monogamous. The female incubates the eggs until the last 48 hours when the male may take over night time nest brooding. This is a habit documented in blood pheasants, tragopans and monals. Both sexes rear the chicks, which are not fully mature until their second year. Unlike monals the sexes do not separate during winter. Monal-partridges are strong fliers. They evidently compete with koklass as the two are rarely to be heard or seen in the same valleys.

## References[edit]

1. **^**
2. **^**

Categories:

* Tetraophasis
* Birds of Central China
* Galliformes stubs
New Caledonian gallinule

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Balouet & Olson, 1989

The **New Caledonian gallinule** (*Porphyrio kukwiedei*) was a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It was endemic to New Caledonia and probably became extinct due to hunting, habitat loss and the presence of invasive species following human settlement of the island.[1] However a passage from an 1860 article refers to birds the size of turkeys being present in marshy areas of New Caledone, suggesting that it may have survived into historic times. The native name *n'dino* is thought to refer to this bird.

It was described from subfossil bones found at the Pindai Caves paleontological site on the west coast of Grande Terre. The specific epithet derives from *Kukwiede*, the name of a local deity associated with a legend leading to the discovery of a bone of the gallinule on the Isle of Pines.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Jump up to:***a*** ***b*** BirdLife International (2016). "*Porphyrio kukdiedei*". *IUCN Red List of Threatened Species*. IUCN. **2016**. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
2. **^** Balouet, J.C.; Olson, Storrs L. (1989). "Fossil birds from Late Quaternary deposits in New Caledonia" (PDF). *Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology*. **469**: 23–27. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.469.

* BirdLife: 22728732
* EoL: 7249746
* Fossilworks: 371335
* GBIF: 5789337
* iNaturalist: 110164
* IUCN: 22728732
Tasmanian emu

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The **Tasmanian emu** (*Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis*) is an extinct subspecies of the emu. It was found on Tasmania, where it had become isolated during the Late Pleistocene. As opposed to the other insular emu taxa, the King Island emu and the Kangaroo Island emu, the population on Tasmania was sizable, meaning that there were no marked effects of small population size as in the other two isolates. Thus, the Tasmanian emu had not progressed to the point where it could be considered a distinct species and even its status as a distinct subspecies is not universally accepted, as it agreed with the mainland birds in measurements and the external characters used to distinguish it—a whitish instead of a black foreneck and throat and an unfeathered neck—apparently are also present, albeit rare, in some mainland birds. There are suggestions the bird was slightly smaller than the mainland emu, but in conflict, other evidence (including descriptions of Pleistocene remains) indicates that both are similar in size.[1] Today, it is apparently only known from subfossil bones, the skins which once existed having been lost.

## Extinction[edit]

The Tasmanian emu was, as were the mainland birds, hunted as a pest. In addition, the practice of setting fire to grassland and shrubland to aid in claiming land for agriculture deprived the birds of habitat. It is known that in 1838, two skin specimens were received by the British Museum. In 2018 the Austrian Natural History Museum in Vienna displayed a taxidermed Tasmanian emu. The subspecies became extinct around 1850, but this date is not very precise: mainland birds were introduced after *diemenensis'* disappearance (and possibly even when the last birds of the Tasmanian subspecies were still around, therefore hybridising them out of existence), but the history of emu introductions on Tasmania is not sufficiently documented to allow a more precise dating of the disappearance of *diemenensis*. Whether a sight record in 1865 and captive specimens that died in 1873 were of this subspecies is not known with certainty. The specimens in the British Museum belonged to a collection which was suffering from bad preparation and/or storage in 1906 already and they could not be located in 1959. A supposed third specimen in Frankfurt is erroneously attributed to this subspecies (Steinbacher, 1959).

## References[edit]

1. **^**

* Le Souef, William Henry Dudley (1907): [Description of *Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis*]. *Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Club* **21**: 13.
* Steinbacher, Joachim (1959): Weitere Angaben über ausgestorbene, aussterbende und seltene Vögel im Senckenberg-Museum. *Senckenbergiana Biologica* **40**(1/2): 1-14. [Article in German]
Esther Povitsky

**Esther Povitsky** is an American actress and comedian. She portrays Izzy on Hulu's Dollface.

## Biography

Povitsky was born in Chicago and grew up in Skokie, Illinois. Povitsky moved to Los Angeles to pursue stand-up comedy and acting full-time after attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She studied comedy at iO Chicago, The Second City, and The Groundlings. She frequently performs stand-up comedy at venues throughout Los Angeles, California, including The Comedy Store, The Ice House, and The Improv.

She plays Maya on the critically acclaimed series Crazy Ex Girlfriend. Other recent television appearances include Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Love, and Parks and Recreation. Povitsky also survived several rounds of 2015's Last Comic Standing (season 9), drawing praise from judge Roseanne Barr in particular.

## External links

* Esther Povitsky at the Internet Movie Database

* Follow Esther Povitsky (@littleesther) on Twitter

* Follow Esther Povitsky (@esthermonster) on Instagram
Swamphen

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For the Latin grammarian sometimes known as Porphyrio, see Pomponius Porphyrion.

 *Fulica porphyrio*
 *Notornis*
*Porphyrula*

***Porphyrio*** is the **swamphen** or **swamp hen** bird genus in the rail family. It includes some smaller species which are usually called "purple gallinules", and which are sometimes separated as genus *Porphyrula* or united with the gallinules proper (or "moorhens") in *Gallinula*. The *Porphyrio* gallinules are distributed in the warmer regions of the world.

The genus *Porphyrio* was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the western swamphen (*Porphyrio porphyrio*) as the type species.[1][2] The genus name *Porphyrio* is the Latin name for "swamphen",[3] meaning "purple".

## Contents

* 1Species
	+ 1.1Extant species
	+ 1.2Extinct species
* 2References
* 3External links

## Species[edit]

The genus contains ten extant species and two that have become extinct in historical times:[4]

### Extant species[edit]

* Purple swamphen complex[5][6]
	+ Western swamphen, *Porphyrio porphyrio*
	+ African swamphen, *Porphyrio madagascariensis*
	+ Grey-headed swamphen, *Porphyrio poliocephalus*
	+ Black-backed swamphen, *Porphyrio indicus*
	+ Philippine swamphen, *Porphyrio pulverulentus*
	+ Australasian swamphen, *Porphyrio melanotus*
* South Island takahe, *Porphyrio hochstetteri*
* Allen's gallinule, also known as lesser gallinule, *Porphyrio alleni* (formerly *Porphyrula alleni*)
* American purple gallinule, *Porphyrio martinicus* (formerly *Porphyrula martinica*)
* Azure gallinule, *Porphyrio flavirostris*

### Extinct species[edit]

* Lord Howe swamphen, *Porphyrio albus* (early 19th century)
* Réunion swamphen, or '**oiseau bleu'**, *Porphyrio coerulescens* (18th century, hypothetical species)
* Marquesas swamphen, *Porphyrio paepae* (prehistoric or c. 1900)
* North Island takahe, or '**mōho'**, *Porphyrio mantelli* (prehistoric or 1890s)
* New Caledonian swamphen, *Porphyrio kukwiedei* (prehistoric or more recent)
* Huahine swamphen, *Porphyrio mcnabi* (prehistoric)
* Buka swamphen, *Porphyrio* sp. (prehistoric)
* Giant swamphen, *Porphyrio* sp. (prehistoric)
* New Ireland swamphen, *Porphyrio* sp. (prehistoric)
* Norfolk Island swamphen, *Porphyrio* sp. (prehistoric)
* Rota swamphen, *Porphyrio* sp. (prehistoric)
* Mangaia swamphen/woodhen, ?*Porphyrio* sp. (prehistoric) - would belong into *Porphyrula*, *Gallinula* or *Pareudiastes*