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Scientists claim to have identified the world s most Instagrammable bird – the strange, scruffy-looking frogmouth (Podargidae) from Asia and Australia.
Researchers in Germany collected 27,621 photos of birds from nine bird-related Instagram accounts, including data on how many likes each photo garnered.
Using an algorithm to analyse their aesthetic appeal , they found photos of frogmouths received the highest number of likes, relative to the posts exposure to the accounts followers.
Often mistaken for an owl, the frogmouth is known for its messy plumage and comical facial expressions, evocative of Beaker from The Muppets.
The frogmouth was given the title of the world s most unfortunate-looking bird in 2004 paper, meaning this new title is a matter of poetic justice, researchers say.