Erm.. Its a Monotypic genus with one species. Are you thinking of something else?
EDIT: Ah, okay. I understand what you mean. All Heliornithidae species? No, Just Heliornis fulica.
Species you've never heard of before.
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EDIT: Ah, okay. I understand what you mean. All Heliornithidae species? No, Just Heliornis fulica.
Can't say which I like better! Both interesting names, I'll just call it the Saola.
I just found out about the original bandicoot, the bandicoot rat.
Strangely enough, when I was younger I think learned about bandicoot rats before Actual bandicoots!
My father knew that the original bandicoot was a rat, which surprised me when I was much younger.
Noah Butas
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Mesites
Tamaraw
Giant Ibis
Limpkin
Four-eyed Fish
Palila
Akikiki
Bananaquit
Tamaraw
Giant Ibis
Limpkin
Four-eyed Fish
Palila
Akikiki
Bananaquit
Kakapo
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Not sure what exactly an "Akikiki" is (sounds like one of the Hawaiian honeycreepers), all the others are species (or groups of species, such as mesites) that I knew before joining Zoochat. Only saw two of them in zoos, tough (The relatively common four-eyed fish and the much rarer bananaquit), while one I would give a kidney for seeing and photographing it alive (the giant ibis). Hmmm.. just exaggeration, I appreciate very much my kidneys
I’ve been fortunate enough to see two Mesite species (Brown and Subdesert), both Linmpkin subspecies and several Bananaquit subspecies in the wild. Never seen a Hawaiian honeyeater however.
I saw an iiwi at Honolulu Zoo
Sounds like the first line of a limerick!
I think that many Hawaiian honeycreeper names would do well in games of Scrabble
I have actually played iiwi in scrabble with my family in the past!
You guessed exactly right.
Noah Butas
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Noddies and Sheltopusik I forgot about
I saw a wild Limpkin in Florida once.