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GriffithPark@pixelfed.social ("Michael Perry") wrote:

Phainopepla literally translates as “shining robe” but this dark, dapper aristocrat with the piercing red eyes and high-fashion crest is sometimes called The Goth Cardinal.
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Gorgeous, glossy black bird with penetration red-hot eye, rockabilly crest and a long tail; slender, with an upright posture as pi perches on a green branch. Its beak is short and slender; its gaze, intense.