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RE: The Goth Bird Re: 3-D rendering of Anchiornis colors



I think this is even more like it:

Dryocopus martius (Eurasian Black Woodpecker)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Woodpecker
http://images.google.com/images?q=Dryocopus+martius

--Mikko Haaramo

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Mikko K. Haaramo, M.Sc.

Vertebrate paleontologist
Department of Geology
P.O.Box 64 [Gustaf HÃllstrÃmin katu 2a]
FIN-00014  University of Helsinki
Finland
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu [mailto:owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu] On Behalf
> Of Ronald Orenstein
> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 2:17 AM
> To: tholtz@umd.edu; jstea003@odu.edu
> Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Re: The Goth Bird Re: 3-D rendering of Anchiornis colors
> 
> If you want to see a bird with at least a similar head pattern, try the
> Red-crested Cotinga (Ampelion rubrocristatus):
> http://antpitta.com/images/photos/cotingas/gallery_cotingas.htm.
> 
>  Ronald Orenstein
> 1825 Shady Creek Court
> Mississauga, ON L5L 3W2
> Canada
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: "Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@umd.edu>
> To: jstea003@odu.edu
> Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Sent: Sun, February 7, 2010 2:56:23 PM
> Subject: Re: The Goth Bird Re: 3-D rendering of Anchiornis colors
> 
> Ha ha ha HA ha! Ha ha ha HA ha! It's the Anchy Anchornis show!
> 
> James Stearns wrote:
> > Oops, forgot to send this to the whole list:
> >
> > The colors have been mentioned as being similar to modern
> woodpeckers,
> > so maybe there's an analogue there. In woodpeckers, by the way, the
> > red crest is typically present most prominently in males and is
> either
> > absent or reduced in females. With this in mind, scanning the other
> > two Anchiornis specimens (the holotype and the one revealed at SVP)
> > might be interesting to see if there are differences in crest
> > coloration.
> >
> 
> 
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