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
Redwing and Grackle Birds
Blackbirds
Golden and Bald Type of Bird
Eagle
Bird that mimics other birds
MockingBird
Ruby-throated bird, only bird that can fly backwards
Hummingbird
Smallest Bird
Bee Hummingbird
South American Vulture
Andean Condor
South American Bird with Largest Bill
Toucan
“Laughing Jackass” of Australia
Kookaburra
Shangri-La Bird
Bird of Paradise
Largest Member of Crow Family
Raven
“Scarlet” parrot
Macaw
Purple-black Asian Bird that mimics humans
Mynah Bird
Yellow Songbird
Goldfinch
Down Duck that Can dive 180 Ft
Eider
Flack-footed and red-footed sea bird
Booby
Arizona Bird that can run 18.5 mph
Roadrunner
Sacred Egyptian Bird
Ibis
Mythical Bird that rose from the ashes
Phoenix
Bird that migrates from arctic to antactic
Arctic Tern
Most common domesticated bird
Chicken
Young Swan
Cygnet
Young Pigeon
Squab
Pigeon extinct since 1914
Passenger Pigeon
Large Penguin-like bird, extinct since 1850
Great Auk
Large, flightless extinct land pigeon
Dodo
First known feathered bird to become extinct
Archaeopteryx
Flying Dinosaur
Pterodactyl
Legendary Bird Encountered by sinbad
Roc
World’s largest cat
Tiger
the America’s largest cat
Jaguar
Most popular breed of domesticated cat
Persian
“Clouded” cat
Clouded Leopard
Pointed-eared cat
Lynx
Lynx North Am relative with short tail
Bobcat