Of sunbitterns, turacos, pigeons and more (Patreon)

Here's a very rough, hastily done draft depicting some recently drawn birds that I've just thrown together - the final versions need tweaking, darkening and so on.

We have several lineages here that are needed: sunbittern, pigeon, sandgrouse and turaco. These have all been drawn from photos.

The long-legged bird at middle left is the Paleocene Messelornis, which doesn't look as I expected it to: there are a few specimens with tail feathering preserved (and they reveal a longer tail than otherwise suspected), and the one specimen supposed to preserved a crest almost definitely does have a crest at all. 

Updated versions will be updated in time... and more birds currently in prep. Thanks as always for your excellent support.