User:Ala culta

Ala culta is a future species of avian dinosaur and is the only known to develop civilization.

Description

Ala culta is a moderate among birds in terms of size. Their beaks are considered small, short and straight. They have 20 remiges on each wing, consisting of 10 primaries, 6 secondaries and 4 tertiaries. Unlike most perching birds, they have 10 rectrices on their tails. The species has a very diverse genetic pool, with a great variety of plumage types among billions of its specimens over the planet.

Ecology

Ala culta is an omnivorous species, known to eat plants that include grains, nuts and many types of fruit, alongside animals that include fish, mammals, and other saurians.

Stats

Measurement	Record
Length (Snout to longest caudal feather)	100 cm
Length (Snout to pygostyle)	64 cm
Width (Between longest primaries)	160 cm
Width (Between distal phalanges)	128 cm
Height (Ground to head)	80 cm
Height (Ground to sacrum)	40 cm
Skull (Tip of premaxilla to occipital)	20 cm
Mandible (Tip of predentary to angular)	16 cm

Ala culta is by far the largest member of Passeriformes ever known, averaging 2.5 kg in mass for an average adult. Many large specimens have reached weights of almost 4 kg in the long history of these birds, leading to a maximum mass estimation of 4 kg.

Taxonomy

Ala culta is the only representative of the family Alaidae, which is believed to be a close relative to the genus Corvus, and inherited the high intelligence alongside the superior ability of tool-making from their common ancestor.