Falcatakely

Ffrom the Latin falcatus and Malagasy kely, in reference to the shape of the beak

Falcatakely is a crow-sized stem-bird that can be distinguished from all other enantiornithines by its deep, long rostrum, which is slightly reminiscent of that of a toucan. Falcatakely is probably a crow or a toucan-like dinosaur alongside this same group.

Falcatakely lacks any element magic. Like real toucans, Falcatakely are among the noisiest dinosaurs. When they sing, they sound like frogs and ravens are mixing of cawing and croaking.

When the bird was alive, Falcatakely shared its relatively dry habitat with herbivorous, pig-like crocodiles, carnivorous, stubby-armed dinosaurs and badger-sized mammals. Falcatakely fits that oddball menagerie, the weirdness of which was probably spurred by Madagascar’s isolation after the island split off from India 88 million years ago.

Falcatakely is a passive creature. Flies away when attacked. Like modern-day toucans, Falcatakely are friendly dinosaurs that do not harm humans. Falcatakely aren't particularly destructive, and cleaning up their feces is simple.

Falcatakely is known from the Maevarano Formation (present-day Mahajanga Province, northwestern Madagascar), then a swampy floodplain which seasonally alternated between being swampland.

• Movement Pattern: Not a Migrant

• Individual Type: Solo

• Population Trend: Stable

• Population: 

  • Earth (Holocene): 0

  • Reinachos: 4,500

• Locomotion: Airborne

• Habitat: Taiga; montane grasslands and shrublands; temperate coniferous forests; temperate broadleaf and mixed forests; temperate deciduous forests, temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands; subtropical coniferous forests; subtropical moist broadleaf forests; subtropical dry broadleaf forests; subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands; salt plains; limestone forest; tropical coniferous forests; tropical moist broadleaf forests; tropical dry broadleaf forests; tropical grasslands; tropical savannas and shrublands; Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub; mushroom forests; deserts and xeric shrublands; badlands; flooded grasslands and savannas; swamp; riparian; wetland; mangrove forest; bamboo forest; air-breathing coral reefs

• Earth: 

  • Extinct: Madagascar (Mahajanga)

Falcatakely can be tamed non-violently. Feeding with berries.

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcatakely

• https://www.newscientist.com/article/2260763-tiny-toucan-like-bird-with-a-single-tooth-flew-during-the-dinosaur-era/

• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/falcatakely-forsterae-09097.html

• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2945-x

• https://www.deviantart.com/ognimdo2002/art/Falcatakely-862594008