Today's mystery bird for you to identify | @GrrlScientist

This bird and its family members are well-known for a talent that they actually do not possessMystery Bird photographed somewhere in Malaysia in Southeast Asia. [I will identify this bird in 49 or so hours] Image: Marie-Louise Ng, 30 April 2012 (with permission, for GrrlScientist/Guardian use only) [velociraptorise]. Nikon D3S, 0.04 sec, f/8.0, 500 mm iso200 Question: This bird and its family members are well-known for a talent that they actually do not possess. What talent is this? Why do you think they got their reputation for it? Can you identify this bird's taxonomic family and species?The Game:1. This is intended to be a learning experience where together we learn a few things about birds and about the process of identifying them (and maybe about ourselves, too). 2. Each mystery bird is usually accompanied by a question or two. These questions can be useful for identifying the...

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