#nothing against Aracari but I'm still surprised it beat Bell Miner

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Round 3, Poll 15

Bat Hawk vs Fiery-billed Aracari

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Bat Hawk

“Catches bats in flight and swallows them whole”

Bat Hawk will also capture swallows, swifts, and nightjars to supplement their diet of bats. Almost half of their hunts are successful!

The reason they eat on the wing is that they only really have around 30 minutes to hunt every day. This is also the theory as to why their mouths are so wide- bat hawks have the largest gape to body size ratio of any raptor, seeming almost like a nightjar instead.

Fiery-billed Aracari

These birds typically travel in groups of six or more, groups that sometimes include other toucans. They roost communally, and may pack several birds into the same cavity for sleeping.

A cooperative breeder, sometimes birds from the previous season will return to aid their parents in raising the next brood. While the diet of adult aracari is mostly fruit based, they’ll feed the nestlings mostly insects.

Images: Hawk (Nik Borrow); Aracari (Joshua Vandermeulen)

Birds of the World: both speices