- Fact 3 - There are about 10,000
living species
- Fact 4 - They can be found on every
continent
- Fact 5 - They communicate using
visual signals and through calls and songs
- Fact 6 - Feathers facilitate
flight, insulation, display, camouflage and signalling
- Fact 7 - The diet of a bird can
include fruit, plants, seeds, carrion, and various small
animals, including other birds
- Fact 8 - bones of a bird are
hollow and thin walled making them lighter as an adaptation to
flight
- Fact 9 - If you have seen the movie
Jurassic Park then you will know that birds evolved from small
meat-eating dinosaurs
- Fact 10 - The only wingless bird in
the world is the
Kiwi of
New Zealand
- Fact 11 - Pigeons can reach speeds
up to 100 mph
- Fact 12 -
Penguins and ostriches
are birds that do not fly
- Fact 13 - The Ostrich (Struthio
camelus) lives in Africa and is the largest of all birds. The
Ostrich can run up to 70 km/h (43mph)
- Fact 14 - The smallest bird in the
world is the Humming Bird. It weighs less than 1 oz (or 1g)
- Fact 15 - Hummingbirds are the only
birds that can fly backwards
- Fact 16 - 75% of wild birds die
before they are 6 months old
- Fact 17 - A Woodpecker can peck 20
times per second!
- Fact 18 - Types of birds include
those detailed on the following list:
- Waterfowl (Anseriformes)
- Gulls, button-quails, plovers and
allies (Charadriiformes)
- Loons (Gaviiformes)
- Grebes (Podicipediformes)
- Albatrosses, petrels (Procellariiformes)
- Penguins (Sphenisciformes)
- Pelican (Pelecaniformes)
Tropicbirds Phaethontiformes)
- Storks (Ciconiiformes)
- New World Vultures (Cathartiformes)
- Flamingo (Phoenicopteriformes)
- Falcons, eagles, hawks (Falconiformes)
- Crane (Gruiformes)
- Doves and pigeons (Columbiformes)
- Parrots (Psittaciformes)
- Cuckoos and turacos (Cuculiformes)
- Owls (Strigiformes)
- Swifts and hummingbirds (Apodiformes)
- Kingfishers (Coraciiformes)
- Woodpeckers (Piciformes)
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