#flightless bird

[graementality]

trapped by his own hand

[kill0time]

Short animate with "Flightless bird song" >:3

I think I finished this one last week

[gecko998]

"Who wrote the rule that said a thing with feathers absolutely has to fly?

Some creatures have two wings that flap, but you wont find them up there in the sky."'

I heard this audio on Instagram and I was like "haha this reminds me of silly Minecraft story" so here's fanart for Echoes by @doctortrekkiefe

[travelmanposts]

Emu, Innes National Park, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia: The emu is a species of flightless bird endemic to Australia, where it is the tallest native bird.. Dhilba Guuranda–Innes National Park, formerly Innes National Park, is an IUCN-designated protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the southwest tip of Yorke Peninsula about 300 kilometres west of the state capital of Adelaide. It is a popular destination for camping, bushwalking, fishing, surfing and scuba diving. Wikipedia

[herpsandbirds]

Stewart Island Southern Brown Kiwi (Apteryx australis lawryi), family Apterygidae, order Apterygiformes, is from Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand

ENDANGERED. (Only 20,000 individuals remain in the wild)

AKA Stewart Island Tokoeka

Flightless bird.

Unlike other kiwis, they are actually more diurnal (other kiwis are mainly nocturnal).

This kiwi subspecies often feeds on the beach, which is a rare activity for most other kiwis.

photographs by Michael Beckmann & Glen Fergus 

[alphynix]

While birds are one of the few animal groups to have achieved powered flight, they're also very prone to losing their aerial abilities. Many times over their evolutionary history, multiple different bird lineages have convergently become secondarily flightless – and Patagopteryx deferrariisi was one of the earliest known examples of this.

Living during the Late Cretaceous, about 86-84 million years ago, in what is now the northern part of Argentine Patagonia in South America, Patagopteryx was roughly the size of a modern chicken at around 50cm long.

When it was first discovered it was classified as a ratite, but soon after it was recognized as actually being a much earlier type of bird, an early ornithuromorph only distantly related to any modern groups.

It had small wings, little-to-no keel, and no wishbone, indicating it lacked the large powerful musculature required for flight. Its legs were quite long, with large feet with all four toes facing forward – proportions that suggest it was built more for walking than for high-speed running.

Growth rings in its bones also show that it had a much slower growth rate than modern birds, taking several years to reach adult size.

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References:

Agnolin, Federico L., and Agustín G. Martinelli. "Fossil birds from the Late Cretaceous Los Alamitos Formation, Río Negro Province, Argentina." Journal of South American Earth Sciences 27.1 (2009): 42-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2008.09.003

Chiappe, Luis M. "The first 85 million years of avian evolution." Nature 378.6555 (1995): 349-355. https://doi.org/10.1038/378349a0

Chiappe, L. M. "Osteology of the flightless Patagopteryx deferrariisi from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina)." Mesozoic birds: above the heads of dinosaurs (2002): 281-316. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281640883_Osteology_of_the_Flightless_Patagopteryx_deferrariisi_from_the_Late_Cretaceous_of_Patagonia_Argentina

Wikipedia contributors. “Patagopteryx.” Wikipedia, 22 Apr. 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagopteryx

[aiweirdness]

Asked Dalle-E to generate a set of labeled flightless birds. Not sure this is up to the standards of scientific illustration (or anything practical really) but they're kind of delightful.

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[mxmallard]

Frames from my Jimmy video pt.3

[joyousjoyfuljoyness]

Detox Doodles of kiwi birds! They are basically walking cartoons!

Detox doodles are daily sketches I do to curb mindless scrolling. I sometimes do them throughout the day, but lately I've been doing them in one sitting. When I have the desire to scroll, I tell myself to save the time for doodling!

[voidaress]

Robins 🪽

Dunno if the sound will survive but I just had to post here too, the song fits them so much!!

Imma post the full pieces later as well cause I like them

Also no steph or duke cause it worked better as four but I will try and draw them and some of the others later as well probably

[pochqmqri]

Greater rheas at the Houston Zoo

[moonys-chocolate28]

Im having flashbacks to the time i read ‘flightless bird’ ‘unbelievers’ ‘walk that mile’ ‘soft hands, fast feet, can't lose’ ‘young & beautiful’ later ‘bloodsport’ and ive decided that was the peak of my life.

[sparkbirdmusic]

final artwork for atlantisia! (out feb 21)

artwork: rebecca demoss

graphic design: chad lowe

bird: inaccessible island rail (the world’s smallest flightless bird)

[elliottnotyet]

My flightless bird for Marchirp is the Cassowary 💙

[Image ID: drawing of a tall blue bird. End ID]

[ejsuperstar]

no clue if im finishing this so enjoy tumblr

[toonedtoons-blog]

Silvia, a seasoned traveler✨