I don't know if you find it, those bare and hairless animals tend to make many people feel afraid (except caterpillars and hairy spiders), such as reptiles, amphibians, arthropods, etc.; and those with thick coats or feathers will be more likable, such as cats, dogs, koalas, pandas and so on.
In the same way, in the breed of pet cats, there are more people who like hairy cats, while hairless cats are not so many people love, although some people like hairless cats, but in comparison, most people still like hairy cats.
The same is true of birds, where sparse hair on the top of the head, such as vultures, always gives a sinister feeling, and many plush, rounded birds like finches are particularly flattering.
Silver-throated long-tailed Aegithalos caudatus
Every once in a while on the Internet, there are always some birds with very special looks that become famous and are forwarded by many netizens, some of which are strange in appearance, such as the twelve-line bird of paradise Soleucidis melanoleucus; some are stupid and cute, such as the parrot Strigops habroptilus; some are colorful, such as the rainbow sucking parrot Trihoglossus haematodus; and some are personalities and appearances that show a contrasting cuteness. For example, the whale-headed stork Balaeniceps rex.
Birds, as a large family of animals, do have a variety of different types, which can be described as fascinating in the eyes of animal lovers. In recent years, there is also a class of small birds on the Internet that have become popular, which are also sent out by people every three to five years, and then quickly become popular animals, which have a common nickname, called "fat chirps".
Colorful warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
Fat tweet is the name of the netizens to play the creativity, known as the fat chirping bird has several characteristics: first of all, "fat", as a fat tweet must not be dry, hemp Lai Lai lai, otherwise always want to plate it;
Secondly, the head can not be too big, the name of the fat tweet is small and exquisite (may not look very exquisite), round and rolling, like a red-crowned crane with long legs certainly can not be called fat chirping;
Third, the name Fat Chi also gives people a lively and clever feeling, the feeling should be a flexible fat man, you see the owl parrot although it is also round and rumbling, but it feels that the name Fat Chi is not suitable for it, fat bird is almost the same.
I sorted out five species of birds that were once called fat chirps by netizens, and let's take a look at whether they meet the above three characteristics.
Cardinalis cardinalis
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Silver-throated long-tailed can be said to be the bearers of the fat chirp realm, and they even have a very beautiful nickname called Snow Goblin. The silver-throated long-tailed belongs to the order Finches, the long-tailed family, and the small songbirds of the genus Long-tailed, and is found in Asia and Europe in the northern hemisphere.
The classification of the silver-throated long-tailed has undergone several changes, first in the genus of the family, and later after the academic replacement of bird taxonomy, the Silver-throated Long-tailed, together with several other, established the long-tailed family Aegithalidae, so now the silver-throated long-tailed no longer belong to the family.
In fact, the silver-throated long-tailed is not a monotype, there are more than ten subspecies, the more famous on the Internet is the nominate subspecies A.c.caudatus of the silver-throated long-tailed, the face of this subspecies of the silver-throated long-tailed is also white, and the faces of other subspecies have black or brown markings.
Silver-throated long-tailed (nominate subspecies) Aegithalos caudatus
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Although the colorful finch became famous later than the silver-throated long-tailed, it has a high status in the hearts of netizens because of its colorful feathers and rounded figure. The colorful warbler is distributed in the Central Asian generation and the western region of China, with a length of only 8 to 10 centimeters, which is a veritable fat chirp.
The name given to the colorful finch was given by the Russian naturalist Nikolai Severtzov, whose species word sophiae (Sophia) derives from Maria Alexandrovna, wife of Tsar Alexander II.
How, there is no Sophia in her name? Don't worry, the Russian empress's full name is: Maximiliane Wilhelmine Auguste Sophie Marie.
The naturalist Nikolai took Sophie from the queen's full name, and then slightly adjusted according to the naming rules of the species, and set the Latin scientific name for the colorful finch.
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How the name Northern Suzaku sounds metaphysical.
In China's ancient myths and legends, there are famous "four sacred beasts", which are in charge of four directions, they are: the Eastern Green Dragon, the Western White Tiger, the Southern Suzaku, and the Northern Xuanwu.
In zoology , suzaku is a genus of the order Finches , the family Otters , known as the Suzaku genus Carpodacus. Most of the male birds in this genus have red feathers, some individuals have bright red, and some individuals have a duller red color.
The northern suzaku mainly lives in the coniferous forest and mixed coniferous broad-leaved forest in central and southern Siberia, and will move south in winter, and the small figure of the northern suzaku can also be seen in the north of China, which is also one of the more common caged birds in the north.
Northern Suzaku Carpodacus roseus
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If you look at the name alone, many people may think that the Dharma monk is not like the name of a bird, but it is really that the kingfisher that we are all familiar with is a member of the Dharma monk's purpose.
In the past, Dai Sheng was also assigned to the Dharma monk order, and later genetic molecular studies found that such a distinction was unreasonable, so Dai Sheng was currently assigned to the order Hornbill and Dai Sheng.
Unlike the previous three species of birds, the purple-breasted Dharma monk is not a bird of the order Finches, but a member of the Dharma monk order, the Dharma monk family, and the Dharma monk genus. The Purple-breasted Dharma Monk has also become famous in recent years, mainly because of its flowery appearance and round and rumbling figure. The Purple-breasted Dharma Monk is not only famous on the Internet, it is also the national bird of Botswana and Kenya.
Purple-breasted Dharma monk Coracias caudatus
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Although most of the "fat chirps" are birds of the order Finches, there are always exceptions.
Birds of prey, as soon as you see this word, you should think of owls, red-tailed eagles, golden eagles, bald eagles and other majestic "bird fighters", but there are really birds of prey with a plush fat look, such as the African pygmy falcon Polihierax semitorquatus.
The average length of the African pygmy falcon is 20 centimeters, the wingspan is about 34 centimeters, and it is a finely crafted plush toy that looks like a bird of prey, and the cute bird is almost the same.
Limited by their size, african pygmy falcons are unable to prey on medium to large prey, and their diet consists mainly of small rodents, arthropods, reptiles and other small birds, sometimes in the "collective dormitories" of social group weaving birds.
African pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus