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Birds are a class of vertebrates, the Aves.
Bird Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
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There are more than 9,700 different species
of birds in the world.
Modern day birds are characterised by feathers,
a beak with no teeth, the ability to lay
hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate,
a four-chambered heart, and a lightweight
but strong skeletal system.
Foreign Words for Birds
Afrikaans: Voel
Czech: Ptak
Danish: Fugl
Dutch: Vogel
Estonian: Lind
Fijian: Mahumanu
Finnish: Lintu
French: Oiseau / Oiselle
/ Oiselet
German: Vogel Vogelmannchen
/ Vogelweibchen / Jungvogel / Vogelchen
/ Voglein / Vogelein
Greenlandic: Timmiaq
Hopi: Tsiro
Hungarian: Madar
Icelandic: Fugl
Indonesian: Burung
Irish: ean
Italian: Uccello
Kurdish: Firrinde / Balinde
/ Civik / cucik / Teyr / Tilur /
Terewil,
Latin: Avis
Latvian: Putns
Lithuanian: Paukstis / Paukste
Low Saxon: Vagel
Luxembourg: Vugel / Vulll
Malay: Burung
Navajo: Tsidii
Old Dutch: Vogala
Old English: Fugol
Old French: Oisel
Polish: Ptak
Portuguese: Passaro
Powhatan: Tshehip
Romanian: Pasare
Samoan: Manu
Sicilian: Aceddu
Slovak: Vtak
Slovene: Ptic / Ptica
Somali: Shimbir
Spanish: Pajaro / Ave
Swahili: Ndege
Swedish: Fagel
Tagalog: Ibon
Taos: Cìwyu'una
Turkish: Kus
Uzbek: Qush
Venetian: Oseo
Vietnamese: Chim / Con Chim
Welsh: Aderyn
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Size: The smallest bird is the Bee
Hummingbird measuring only 2 inches.
The largest bird is the Ostrich measuring
up to 9 feet tall and weighing up to 350
lbs.
The bird with the largest wing span is
the Wandering Albatross measuring almost
12 feet!
Habitat: Birds are found on every
land mass and water body in the world. As
a result of birds living on every continent
the adaptations are very diverse, different
bird species can look very different from
each other. The most noticeable differences
in bird species are size, the shape and
length of the beak, the length of the legs,
the length of the neck and the coloring.
Description: All living species
of birds have wings.
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Communication: All bird species
make sounds to communicate. The types
of sounds that birds make vary by
species.
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Behavior: Many species of birds
migrate with the changes of the seasons,
other birds do not.
Diet: The diet of birds varies by
species birds can feed on nectar, fruit,
plants, seeds, carrion, and small animals.
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Conservation Status: 1,227
species of birds are considered threatened
with extinction, 838 species of birds
are near threatened.
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Did You Know?
The peregrine falcon is
one of the fastest birds,
and has been clocked at
90 miles per hour in a dive.
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Bird Gifts
