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 Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:37 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:46 pm
 Name: Alejandro
Gender: Male
Essence: Bird of Paradise (Bird)
Ether: Bird of Paradise (Flower)
Race: Venator
Personality:
Suave, passionate, flirty, romantic, complimentary, pushy, attention-seeking, dramatic
Likes: Spicy food, party alcohol, dancing, flirting, handsome boys, pretty girls, lounging around
Dislikes: Bland food, apples, rejection, winter, whiskey, break-ups, getting his feathers tugged
Post color: #72040D
Theme songs:
Lady Gaga - Alejandro
Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
Ester Dean - Take You To Rio
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:52 pm
ESSENCE
Bird of Paradise
The birds-of-paradise are members of the family Paradisaeidae of the order Passeriformes. The majority of species are found in New Guinea and its satellites, with a few in the Maluku Islands and eastern Australia. The family has 41 species in 14 genera. The members of this family are perhaps best known for the plumage of the males of the sexually dimorphic species (the majority), in particular the highly elongated and elaborate feathers extending from the beak, wings, tail or head. For the most part they are confined to dense rainforest habitat. The diet of all species is dominated by fruit and to a lesser extent arthropods. The birds-of-paradise have a variety of breeding systems, ranging from monogamy to lek-type polygamy.
A number of species are threatened by hunting and habitat loss.
For many years the birds-of-paradise were treated as being closely related to the bowerbirds. Today while both are treated as being part of the Australasian lineage Corvida, the two are now only thought to be distantly related. The closest evolutionary relatives of the birds-of-paradise are the crow and jay family Corvidae, the monarch flycatchers Monarchidae and the Australian mudnesters Struthideidae.
A 2009 study examining the mitochondrial DNA of all species to examine the relationships within the family and to its nearest relatives estimated that the family emerged 24 million years ago, older than previous estimates. The study identified five clades within the family, and placed the split between the first clade, which contains the monogamous manucodes and paradise-crow, and all the other birds-of-paradise, to be 10 million years ago. The second clade includes the parotias and the King of Saxony bird-of-paradise. The third clade provisionally contains a number of genera, Seleucidis, the Drepanornis sicklebills, Semioptera, Ptiloris and Lophorina, but support values for some of these is inclusions is low. The fourth clade includes the Epimachus sicklebills, Paradigalla and the astrapias. The final clade includes the Cicinnurus and the Paradisaea birds-of-paradise.
The exact limits of the family have been the subject of revision as well. The three species of satinbird (the genera Cnemophilus and Loboparadisea) were treated as a subfamily of the birds-of-paradise, Cnemophilinae. In spite of differences in the mouth, foot morphology and nesting habits they remained in the family until a 2000 study moved them to a separate family closer to the berrypeckers and longbills (Melanocharitidae). The same study found that the Macgregor's bird-of-paradise was actually a member of the large Australasian honeyeater family. In addition to these three species, a number of systematically enigmatic species and genera have been considered potential members of this family. The two species in the genus Melampitta, also from New Guinea, have been linked with the birds-of-paradise, but their relationships remain uncertain, more recently being linked with the Australian mudnesters. The silktail of Fiji has been linked with the birds-of-paradise many times since its discovery, but never formally assigned to the family. Recent molecular evidence now places the species with the fantails.
From Wikipedia
ETHER
Bird of Paradise
Strelitzia is a genus of five species of perennial plants, native to South Africa. It belongs to the plant family Strelitziaceae. The genus is named after the duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, birthplace of Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom. A common name of the genus is bird of paradise flower / plant, because of a resemblance of its flowers to birds-of-paradise. In South Africa it is commonly known as a crane flower and is featured on the reverse of the 50 cent coin. It is the floral emblem of the City of Los Angeles; two of the species, Strelitzia nicolai and Strelitzia reginae, are frequently grown as house plants.
The species S. nicolai is the largest in the genus, reaching 10 m tall, with stately white and blue flowers; the other species typically reach 2 to 3.5 m tall, except S. caudata which is a tree of a typically smaller size than S. nicolai. The leaves are large, 30–200 cm long and 10–80 cm broad, similar to a banana leaf in appearance but with a longer petiole, and arranged strictly in two ranks to form a fan-like crown of evergreen foliage. The flowers are produced in a horizontal inflorescence emerging from a stout spathe.
They are pollinated by sunbirds, which use the spathe as a perch when visiting the flowers. The weight of the bird when standing on the spathe opens it to release the pollen onto the bird's feet, which is then deposited on the next flower it visits. Strelitzia lack natural insect pollinators; in areas without sunbirds, plants in this genus generally need hand pollination in order to successfully set seed.
From Wikipedia
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:54 pm
SOULS
None yet!
INVENTORY
Where does this boy keep getting flowers to hold between his teeth? He's got some kind of secret reserve somewhere man, I swear.
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:55 pm
RELATIONSHIPS
Alejandro hasn't met anyone yet!
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:57 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:57 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:58 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:59 pm
CREDITS
Requiem belongs to Chrystali and Aric Val
Alejandro's official art belongs to Cynnybun
Alejandro's character concept belongs to Bouquet of Diamonds
All other artwork belongs to their respective artists
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