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Birds

What is a bird?
Class: aves or avialae
Feathered Winged Two legged Warm blooded Egg laying Vertebrates

Quetzal
Found in forests and woodland It is strikingly colorful and is
found on the trogen family

There are 5 different types of

species: crested, golden headed, white tipped, resplendent, and pavonine.

They feed on fruit

Love Birds
Native to Madagascar One of nine species of the genus
Agapornis.

They are very affectionate and social. Their name stems from the parrots
bonding and the long periods of time they spend together.

They eat fruit, vegetables, seeds, and

grass.

Victoria Crowned Pigeon

Named after the British Monarch
Queen Victoria.

Deep Blue, Gray color with a small

black mask.

They live in the Lowland and Swamp

Forests of Northern New Guinea.

Makes a deep whooping sound while

calling.

They eat fruits and seeds.

Knysna Turaco
Lives in South Africa. Often remains conspicuous in tree
tops.

It's 40-42 cm long. Long tail and a thick but small

orange,red bill.

They feed on fruit, insects, and earth

worms.

They also have a loud, "Kow Kow Kow

Kow" call.

Half-Collared Kingfish
Eats almost only fish. Found Near water at almost all
times.

Found in Southern and Eastern

Africa.

None of its family members can

be found on three continents.

Reproduction
More closely observed than any other animals. Activities include establishing territories, finding mates,
constructing nests, incubating eggs, and feeding young.

Testes enlarge during the breeding season.

Examples of attracting mates include woodpeckers drumming on trees, Cranes having courtship dances involving stepping, bowing, jumping, etc.

Some birds pair for life. For example: swans, geese, and eagles.
Most birds are monogamous.

Nutrition
Most birds have a large appetite
which serves their high metabolic rate.

Bird bills and tongues are modified

for different eating Habits and food sources.

Example: Wood peckers have barbed

tongues to get grubs from the bark of trees.

Birds necks help them when it comes

to obtaining food.

Evolution
It's said that birds have evolved from reptiles because
they both have scaly feet and shelled eggs.

There is now more ancestry proving the link between

the evolution of reptiles to birds.

Relationships
Birds prey on fish, Arthropoda, small mammals, and
plants.

Example: Eagles mostly eat smaller animals like

rabbits, lizards, fish, frogs, snakes, squirrels, dogs and other smaller birds

Other animals such as mammals and reptiles prey on

birds.

Example: Some mammals (such as humans) eat birds

like chicken, duck, turkey, quail, pheasant, etc

Primary Methods of Movement

They fly They hop Waddle Swim

Unique Adaptations/Characteristics
Birds (such as geese and duck) have webbed feet that
allow them to paddle in water, as well as water repellent feathers

5 different types of feathers: Pennaceous, flight,

Contour, Plumulaceous, Down

Hollow bones to help flight

Classification
All birds are in the class, AVES, but they are split up
into 23 orders.

The orders are then divided into 142 families of birds.

The bird families are then split up into 2,057 genus

groups.

The genus is then split into species.

9,702 species of birds.

Over all, there are

Sources

http://www.birds.com/species/classifications/

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