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The Cock-of-the-rock is one of the most difficult Brazilian birds to find in the world.
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Look at the second image, you can see the outline of the beak.
I see!
no I can't
It's right there, I don't understand how anyone could not see it.
I am well aware of that particular shadow. However this magnificent birb is filled with forms of shade like that see:
You can't actually reliably outrule the possibility that what you have drawn is just a shade and this birb's beak is actually tiny. Ofcourse I have googled the birb and have seen that infact what you have drawn is the most likely the beak, but that is another issue.
@ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net @M137@lemmy.today
Other angles:
A drawing:
The female:
From:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guianan_cock-of-the-rock
I think this is right. :)