The Collared Finchbill
10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2023
The Japanese Scops Owl has the same word in its name ( Otus semitorques ), but I could not find an explanation for that either. The other is the Crested Finchbill. The Latin species name is semitorques , which means something like “half-twisted” – but I have no idea why.
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