Survey
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
Birds Bird of Paradise Beaks and feet are adapted for survival needs More Beaks More Feet External anatomy Feathers Feathers are made Of dead cells Four chambered heart Tongue has a bone in it Most birds have tongues, though unlike ours. A bird's tongue has 5 bones in it that support and strengthen it, together they are called the 'Hyoid apparatus'. Hollow Bones Mostly use keen eyesight to find food Owl eyes Hawk eye Eat: insects, worms, small mammals, fish, grain, nectar, microscopic blue-green bacteria, seeds, fruit, insects, other birds, mice monkeys and remains of dead animals Some have lost the ability to fly in the air Emperor penguins Ostrich Rhea Lay hard shell eggs after internal fertilzation embryo: organism in early development Yolk – food for embryo albumin – liquid environment for embryo Many migrate for food supply and climate protection All have a crop for storing food All have a gizzard for grinding food Have extra air sacks to keep them in better oxygen supply Largest: ostrich smallest: hummingbirds Orders Tropical Flightless Song Water/Shorebirds Game Birds Tropical Birds usually very colorful (both male and female) found in tropical environment not migrators examples: Mawcaws, African Grey’s, parrots Flightless •Examples: Ostrich, penguins, rheas •Forewings have lost ability to fly, most are either fast runners or swim Song Birds •fly at altitudes of 150 feet or less •fly slower than other bird (23-30 miles per hour) •males are more brightly colored •usually seed or insect eaters •are most endangered group of birds Water/ Shorebirds live on water or have long legs to wade long beaks eat fish or something in water examples: pelican, seagull, flamingo, ibis Water birds, con’t White faced ibis Scarlett Ibis Game Birds example: geese, prairie chicken, pheasant live in tall or short grasses often used as food for humans Raptors •Hawks, eagles, owls •Talons •Meat eaters •Soaring flight •Fast flight •Keen eyesight