🌵🪶👁️‍ Acantha

Word: (English) The rosy-patched bushshrike is a  species of bird in the Malaconotidae  family. It is monotypic within the  genus Rhodophoneus. It is found in  Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia,  Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, and  Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical  or tropical dry shrubland.

Personality: Slow, Methodical, Morbid, Stoic, Pensive, Thoughtful, Sentimental

Likes: Insect-pinning, Taxidermy, Quiet workspaces, Morbid art and writing, Catharsis

Dislikes: Letting go, Interruptions, Taking breaks

Design Notes:

• Ventral side of wings does NOT matcj the dorsal (please refrain from drawing its wings open until we make a ref for the underside)
• Yellow spots on tail glow
• Mostly covered in feathers
• Tail is squishy and unfeathered, like a gecko tail
• Feet and forearms are scaly like bird legs
• Crest and thorns on its tail have a woody texture

Character Notes:

• It manages the museum's insect collection but assists with bird or rodent taxidermy from time to time as well.
• It  can singlemindedly focus on a project all day and into the night if no  one intervenes and encourages it to rest. If it does take a break, it  must find just the right stopping point and arrange its  temporarily-abandoned task just so or else it may never resume the project.