Tufted Eagle-crow

by BlueEyes

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Aug 25th 2007
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Introduction:
Some of you know that I love birds, so I've started to draw them. But these ones are my own creations, unknown kinds and pure fantasy. Well, some of them are based on the original bird races.
I create them for fun, I actually like to create different sorts from nature.
I'm still improvising drawing birds and their wings without any models, so please don't expect realistic masterpieces of my bird arts.

Info:
The Turfed Eagle-crow (male) has a sharp orange-brown beak, black head, black legs, black wing tips, black tail, grey body and white belly with black markings. It's just ca 3-5 centimeters longer than a common crow.
Its tuft is dark grey and it's attractive for the females. The longer, the more attracted.
The female has lighter colors than the male, but its black colors remain pitch black. The female's tuft is shorter than the male's one. For the male it's like this: the shorter, the more attractive. Although some of the females have very short tuft, they never gets bald. These Tufted Eagle-crows are only bald at birth, but after ca 6 months they get their first tufts.
Its food contains carcasses, fish, worms and different kind of shellfish.

Questions? Just ask! Hating critiques and/or flamings? Leave at once!

Bird creation belongs to Char (that's me)

Comments

Mile Says:

Another neat specie :3 If I had any time, I'd try to draw one of these photorealistically, that'd be awesome!