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- Dictionarybird/bəːd/
noun
- 1. a warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate animal distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, a beak, and typically by being able to fly.
- 2. a person of a specified kind or character: informal "she's a sharp old bird"
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3 days ago · bird, (class Aves), any of the more than 10,400 living species unique in having feathers, the major characteristic that distinguishes them from all other animals.A more-elaborate definition would note that they are warm-blooded vertebrates more related to reptiles than to mammals and that they have a four-chambered heart (as do mammals), forelimbs modified into wings (a trait shared with bats), a hard-shelled egg, and keen vision, the major sense they rely on for information about the ...
- Muscles and Organs
Bird - Muscles, Organs, Flight: Birds have a complete...
- Frigate Birds
frigate bird, any member of five species of large seabirds...
- Trumpeter Swan
trumpeter swan, Black-billed species (Cygnus cygnus...
- Flight
Bird - Flight, Feathers, Migration: Birds fly by flapping...
- Behaviour
Bird - Migration, Communication, Adaptation: Birds depend to...
- Classification
The evolutionary sequence of the bird orders starts with...
- Importance to Man
Bird - Pollination, Migration, Eggs: Birds have been...
- The Origin of Feathers
Bird - Feather Evolution, Flight, Adaptation: Feathers are...
- Muscles and Organs
3 days ago · Bird - Flight, Feathers, Migration: Birds fly by flapping their wings, steering mainly with their tails. Flightless birds like penguins and ratites evolved to completely lose the power of flight. Terrestrial birds tend to walk, and arboreal songbirds usually hop from branch to branch. Some birds use their wings and webbed feet for swimming and diving.
4 days ago · Backyard Tip: Install a bird bath and provide fresh black seeds to attract these tiny birds. Chickadees. Most species have dark crowns and throat patches, which contrast their lighter-colored bodies. ©J.A. Dunbar/Shutterstock.com. Location and Habitat: The chickadees are a bird family found in North America and are very common within their ...
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2 days ago · Emu, flightless bird of Australia that is the second largest living bird: the emu is more than 1.5 meters (5 feet) tall and may weigh more than 45 kg (100 pounds). It is brownish, with a dark gray head and neck. Emus can sprint at nearly 50 km (30 miles) per hour. The emu is the sole living member of the family Dromaiidae.
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22 hours ago · In this list of birds by common name, a total of 10,976 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. Species marked with a "†" are extinct. [1
3 days ago · Hummingbirds are the smallest mature birds, measuring 7.5–13 cm (3–5 in) in length. The smallest is the 5 cm (2.0 in) bee hummingbird, which weighs less than 2.0 g (0.07 oz), and the largest is the 23 cm (9 in) giant hummingbird, weighing 18–24 grams (0.63–0.85 oz).
3 days ago · Struthio cucullatusLinnaeus, 1758. Didus ineptusLinnaeus, 1766. The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, which is east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest relative was the also-extinct and flightless Rodrigues solitaire.
