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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.
James Maitland
Eucalyptus grandis) and tallowwood (
Eucalyptus microcorys) trees. Towards the end of September 2020, in one of these tallowwood trees, on a branch above our easement road, we noticed a small tawny frogmouth nest of loose sticks piled together. The two adults took turns sitting on the nest while the other went hunting.
Pest specialists
Tawny frogmouths are carnivorous and are considered to be among Australia’s most effective pest-control birds, as their diet consists largely of species regarded as vermin or pests in houses, farms, and gardens.
Initially, we thought there was only one chick in the nest, but then Yumi spotted another tail overhanging the nest, so we knew there were at least two. The clutch size of the tawny frogmouth is one to three eggs.