Gold Alicanto
“ A gilden finch from Chile, as small as a sparrow, wants to guard gold. Thus, the bird is not just a little cute; it was ferocious. ”
– Chang'e
Scientific Taxonomy & Character Information
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genius: Orycteuphonia
Species: Orycteuphonia aurelia
Descendant: euphonias
Named by: ???
Year Published: ???
Size: 34 cm in length; wingspan estimate to 34 cm in length; 34 cm tall in height; 40 grams in weight
Type:
Reptiles (Archosaurs)
Birds (Finches)
Mythical
Title:
Gold Finch
Yellow Metal Finch
Metal Finch
Pantheon: Chilean
Time Period: Holocene
Alignment: Passive
Threat Level: ★
Diet: Omnivorous; extremotroph 🥩🪲🌿🥇💧
Elements: Air, fire, metal, light
Inflicts: Metalblight, fireblight, lightblight, stun
Weaknesses: Earth, fire, ice, electric, sound
Casualties: ???
Based On: itself
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Gold Alicanto or simply Alicanto (Orycteuphonia aurelia) is the one of the metallic finches introduced in Worldcraft: Trio Origins and Weather Dragons: Siehnam vs Against the Odds.
Gold Alicantos are one of the fictional species of finches along with metals: silver and copper.
Etymology
Coming soon
Physical Appearance
Alicantos are plain sparrow-like finches with a covering of metals, with metallic scales and feathers in the entire body and eye color. Gold Alicanto is purely gold; their beak is the same as penguins; and they are gold-covered bioluminescent.
Abilities
Due to its phosphorescence, an alicanto does not cast a shadow. Gold Alicanto shoots, either gold or pyrite, were very poisonous in that saliva. They also flashed their own bodies with metallic feathers, which caused blindness.
Only a small number of birds, known as alicantos, eat ores, metals, and foils made of copper, silver, or gold that, when digested, harm the immune system and lead to illness. Unknown metal-eating bacteria in their stomachs aided their digestive system and helped them expel the poison.
The Alicanto consumes too much metal, turning metallic and glossy and becoming more temperate than males, depending on its breed and the elements that are present. The body's vitality, connective tissues, and blood vessels weaken if the Alicanto consumes the incorrect metal, such as gold, copper, or silver, and it vomits.
Weather Phenomenon
Sun Halo
Those that eat gold shine like the sun, while those that eat silver shine like the moon.
Ecology
Alicanto cannot fly; the gold they eat weighs them down too much. Instead, they run with their wings spread. A hungry Alicanto can run quickly, but one that has gorged itself can barely move at all. Alicanto's diet consists of inside its chest special organs used for regulating body temperature. This body will rapidly heat up when it digests it for the special organ.
Gold alicanto produces a powerful magnetic force that attracts metals and minerals to itself. The shell particles on the feathers are silver or gold, depending on what the bird eats. It's also unknown if it has any predators. It is safe to eat gold because it is a very non-reactive element and is not absorbed during digestion.
Behavior
Alicantos are timid and docile creatures when a miner wants to share with Alicanto a metal as permission, or if they don't, can flash themselves to lead their pursuers to a cliff to death, as well as a kind of death bait.
Distribution and Habitat
Alicantos are found in Chile as an endemic species according to Mapuches.
Movement Pattern: Not Migrant
Individual Type: Solo
Population Trend: Decreasing
Population: 140,000
Locomotion: Airborne
Habitat: All
Earth:
Extant (Resident): Chile
Tamed
Feeding gold alicanto with gold flakes. However, there are no nutritional or health benefits associated with its consumption for humans, but some creatures can.
Lore
Project Pashneia, a scientific project by the Terran branch of Deities to produce any creatures—animals, monsters, or humans—in terms of their own, was responsible for the creation of Gold Alicanto.
Foreign Languages
French: Alicanto d'or
Spanish: Alicanto de Oro
Trivia
Coming soon