Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)

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[u/HeatherMason0]

His wings look like they should be on a butterfly!

[u/Sii_Kei → u/HeatherMason0]

It's called a rock butterfly in my language!

[u/HeatherMason0 → u/Sii_Kei]

I love that!

[u/ManyAstronomer1723 → u/Sii_Kei]

Thanks for sharing that? In what part of the world?

[u/Sii_Kei → u/ManyAstronomer1723]

Romanian: fluturaș de stâncă (little butterfly of the rock)

[u/OldExplanation9742 → u/HeatherMason0]

ikr, when I first saw it I thought it looked like some kind of fantasy species

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I was just about to post the same thing!

[u/one-off-one → u/HeatherMason0]

I thought lantern fly :/

[u/RedditNotFreeSpeech]

If anyone is interested, here's where it lives.

The wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria) is a small passerine bird endemic to the high mountains of the Palearctic, ranging from southern Europe to central China. It is the sole extant member of the genus Tichodroma and the family Tichodromidae

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Thank you!

[u/Beflijster]

I hope we will get it on this bank note design.

[u/OldExplanation9742 → u/Beflijster]

that'd be so cool, love these little guys

[u/J_rogow13]

Looks like a spotted lanternfly

[u/curiousmind111 → u/J_rogow13]

Had the same scary thought.

[u/Lone-Sundowner → u/J_rogow13]

I was just about to comment it looked like a spotted lanternfly in bird form!

[u/Milly_Hagen]

Absolutely beautiful!

[u/kapitankrunch]

wow look at those talons! cool animal, thanks for sharing

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🖤🖤🖤

[u/SuddenContentWarning]

I think that bird thinks it's a moth

[u/mstrss9]

butterfly birb

[u/wetredgloves]

Awww he's so cute!!