Bare-fronted Hoodwink

The Bare-fronted Hoodwink (Dissimulatrix spuria) was a hoax and satirical

The Hoodwink has the ability to be "almost seen" or "almost captured". Bird watchers can easily identify this bird by its "blurred appearance and extremely rapid flight away from the observer." Meiklejohn claimed that the single species could easily account for every bird not completely sighted.

Birdwatchers added this species to their list of birds to watch for, and amateurs seemed to sight the Hoodwink more often.

On April 1, 1975, the bird was put on display at the

waterfowl. The bare front appeared to be wax.^[2]

Meiklejohn's paper was published in the scientific journal

Bird Notes in 1950. The paper was rather long and humorous, and he even claimed the genus to be descendant of an ancient species Paleodissimulatrix.^[3]

References

^ Meiklejohn, M.F.A. (1950). "Notes on the hoodwink (Dissumulatrix spuria)". Bird Notes. 24 (3): 89–92.
^ The Bare-fronted Hoodwink (Dissimulatrix spuria). hoaxes.org
JSTOR 4081014
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[1] Meiklejohn, M.F.A. (1950). "Notes on the hoodwink (Dissumulatrix spuria)". Bird Notes. 24 (3): 89–92.

[2] The Bare-fronted Hoodwink (Dissimulatrix spuria). hoaxes.org

[3] JSTOR 4081014
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