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Really, you call this "long"? If the images are excluded, this is shorter than many of your single-species entries (discounting seashrogs georg, which is an outlier and should not be included). Honestly, could you at least add a little bit more about the behavioral differences, unique traits, reproductive cycles etc. of the different species? I mean, a lot of them seem pretty different.

If this stuff was broken up, these descriptions would almost certainly be rejected as individual units.

As single units, they would be the first section almost 1:1 plus the paragraphs for each species. This easily puts them above my 10 shortest fauna descriptions.

The whole point of subgenera is that these ecologically important species that should have representatives in several biomes are realistically all basically identical, so it's a waste of slots to submit them individually.

They are all diurnal?

Yeah, they can hunt in early morning and late evening too though.

Except the underswooper, that one can be active at night.

Do they have any notable behaviors for raising or protecting young?
"North Darwin tropical Woodland" Has a capitalization error.
This would probably accelerate the rise of nocturnal behaviors in especially vulnerable or favored prey, since almost all of them are diurnal.

I've added a tiny bit about parental care

Should the underswooper be nocturnal though? I would think it would still rely somewhat on it's eyesight to ultimately Target prey like the other members, even if it's hearing is much more sensitive. They would be fantastic twilight hunters though.

I can't imagine a natural black flora old growth forest is that much dimmer than a tightly planted forestry plantation. Those things are dark, and wretched, but there is still a difference between the dim daytime and pitch black of night. They would probably be lighter than that.

This post has been edited by colddigger: Oct 27 2021, 06:06 PM

"The underswooper is a better twilight and masonlight hunter than other falcotheres, as it can see better in the dark."

I love the designs, especially the ones for the chicks. Good to see the niche of aerial predator of small prey is being filled out so nicely.

QUOTE (Disgustedorite @ Oct 27 2021, 03:21 PM)

As single units, they would be the first section almost 1:1 plus the paragraphs for each species. This easily puts them above my 10 shortest fauna descriptions. The whole point of subgenera is that these ecologically important species that should have representatives in several biomes are realistically all basically identical, so it's a waste of slots to submit them individually.

Okay, I get the logic of that... I guess it just feels weird.... like they're glossed over in the "they exist, let's get on to something more Interesting now", sense. I wonder what wikipedia pages I should look at to get a good idea of how diverse an analogue would be in terms of 'the little things' even, like minor differences in, idk. Intelligence, behavior, childcare, reproductive displays.... breeding habits....

QUOTE (CosmoRomanticist @ Oct 30 2021, 04:44 PM)

Okay, I get the logic of that... I guess it just feels weird.... like they're glossed over in the "they exist, let's get on to something more Interesting now", sense. I wonder what wikipedia pages I should look at to get a good idea of how diverse an analogue would be in terms of 'the little things' even, like minor differences in, idk. Intelligence, behavior, childcare, reproductive displays.... breeding habits....

I think a good example would be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strix_(bird)

We should probably have a general location listed in the Main body. Something like

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Habitat: Dixon-Darwin, Vivus

And to be clear, we are submitting each species to their respective habitats, and not just listing the subgenus in every habitat, right?

"their mother’s tail." Since it's saying "baby waxfaces", plural, the semantics don't quite make sense. "From the tails of their mothers" would skip over that.
I agree with the general location idea.

What kinds of nests and other protections do the different species make for their eggs, and what differences do they have from one another in that respect (I mean, surely the nesting habits of something a snawk or sansaws is different from the coastwoodufo or underswooper? What are their mating habits, what are their courtship rituals like (how are the tail fans used in different species? what about the "invisible" colors, which we obviously can't see, what are the different patterns for the different species?) social habits (not much for these ones, though, still probably some: how territorial are they? Do they roost in pairs?) What is a typical "day" like for one of them, compared to another: you could talk about things like small-ish deviations in their activity hours, for one thing. Differences in vocalizations (do they vocalize? I'd assume they have something, considering that saucebacks ancestrally echolocated). Any sexual dimorphism should be noted. Unique feeding preferences or habits, however slight, such as methods of dispatching different prey native to their respective environments.

I should note that this is mainly filler to give them "flavor", and for each species more of a distinct "personality" which is honestly my main complaint, rather than any functional paucity of information.

yes, each species is listed in its respective habitat, rather than linking the subgenus. On approval, I will upload this to the wiki myself, since it's quite a bit more complicated than a normal upload.

I've added more detail to each individual species.

Not a moderator, but this has my approval. I am curious about one thing. The name true falcotheres would seem to imply that there may be a group known as the false falcotheres, possibly in a manner to how falcons resemble hawks & eagles but aren't particularly closely related, being instead the result of convergent evolution?