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Newly recognized content
File:Featured article star.svg Red panda by LittleJerry and BhagyaMani File:Featured article star.svg White-headed fruit dove by AryKun File:Featured article star.svg List of ochotonids by PresN File:Symbol support vote.svg Guadeloupe woodpecker by OnlyFixingProse, reviewed by Ealdgyth File:Symbol support vote.svg Magnetoreception by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Mover of molehills File:Symbol support vote.svg Macauley Island by Jo-Jo Eumerus, reviewed by Ealdgyth File:Symbol support vote.svg Black-breasted buttonquail by Casliber, reviewed by Ealdgyth File:Symbol support vote.svg Florence Merriam Bailey by GhostRiver, reviewed by SquareInARoundHole

Newly nominated content
File:Cscr-candidate.svg Black-breasted buttonquail by Casliber File:Cscr-candidate.svg List of birds of Tuvalu by AryKun File:Cscr-candidate.svg List of cingulates by PresN File:Cscr-candidate.svg List of didelphimorphs by PresN File:GA candidate.svg Stegotherium by Larrayal File:GA candidate.svg Resplendent quetzal by SadAttorney613 File:GA candidate.svg Electroreception and electrogenesis by Chiswick Chap File:GA candidate.svg Muja (alligator) by Amanuensis Balkanicus File:GA candidate.svg Punctelia graminicola by Esculenta File:GA candidate.svg Siegfried Huneck by Esculenta File:GA candidate.svg Abiogenesis by Chiswick Chap

News at a glance

The second round of the WikiCup ends with three TOL editors moving into the third round: AryKun, Ealdgyth, and GhostRiver.

April DYKs

Whitehead's broadbill

Anaea aidea

... that the rare Somali pigeon urgently needs a population survey? (April 1)
... that Darth Vader's anal shield has a "pronounced bell shape"? (April 2)
... that lichexanthone, a chemical found in some lichens, enhances human sperm motility and kills mosquito larvae? (April 3)
... that raptor persecution is a crime against birds of prey, and in Scotland, ravens are afforded honorary raptor status? (April 4)
... that the chestnut-hooded laughingthrush feeds on insects that have been hit by vehicles? (April 7)
... that the calls of Whitehead's broadbill (example pictured) resemble those of trogons, woodpeckers, and jays? (April 10)
... that the nests of Hose's broadbill have tails? (April 12)
... that butterflies of the genus Anaea (example pictured) are said to have "commanded the admiration of even the most gold-mad conquistadores"? (April 16)
... that despite being described in 1840, the chestnut-backed buttonquail was only confirmed in Queensland in 2020? (April 21)
... that a species in the genus of sponges Pseudoceratina produces a chemical that can help prevent migration of metastatic breast cancer cells? (April 22)
... that Ulmus chuchuanus had to be renamed due to another fossil already having its original name? (April 26)
... that a walrus was given his own pontoon to stop him damaging other boats in St Mary's Harbour? (April 27)
... that magnetoreception in birds works by quantum effects in their eyes? (April 28)

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