Animal Kingdog #2 Flashcards
The study of birds
Ornithology
Bird’s food storage area prior to digestion
Crop
Bird’s “muscular” stomach for grinding food
Gizzard
Bird’s vocal organ
Syrinx
Fastest Flying Bird
Peregrine Falcon
Largest, Fastet Running Bird, with largest eggs
Ostrich
Large, flightless south American Bird
Rhea
Largest Flightless Australian Bird
Emu
Large, Flightless Australian Bird, just smaller than an emu
Cassowary
Small New Zealand Flightless Bird and Native Fruite
Kiwi
Large, extinct new Zealand flightless bird
Moa
Adelie, Emperor, and king bird
Penguins
Snow, Canadian, and Blue Breeds
Geese
North Atlantic “Sea Parrot”
Puffin
Brown and White “Fishhawk” Bird
Osprey
Nocturnal Singing Bird
Nightingale
Only North American bird that hybernates
Whippoorwill
North America’s Most Common Dove
Mourning Dove
“Gooney Bird” Unlucky to Sailors
Albatross
“Ruffed” Bird
Grouse
“Ringnecked” bird
Pheasant
Trumpeter, Mute, Cordoba and Whistling
Swans
Sandhill and Whooping Birds
Cranes
Tallest Bird of North America
Whooping Crane