birds

Question 1

Perching Songbirds

Answer 1

“Passeriformes,” or passerines. The name means “sparrow-shaped”.

Question 2

Cavity-nesters

Answer 2

excavate nesting holes, use cavities resulting from decay (natural cavities), or use holes created by other species in dead or deteriorating trees.

Question 3

Wading birds and vultures

Answer 3

bare parts on their heads, necks, and legs that are very colorful. Birds in the heron family (including egrets and bitterns) have some other special features in common. They have a have a comblike claw on each of their middle toes.

Question 4

Penguins

Answer 4

aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere, with only one species, the Galapagos penguin, found north of the equator. Highly adapted for life in the water,

Question 5

Owls

Answer 5

includes about 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight.

Question 6

Flightless Birds

Answer 6

through evolution lost the ability to fly. There are over 60 extant species including the well known ratites (ostrich, emu, cassowary, rhea and kiwi) and penguins. The smallest flightless bird is the Inaccessible Island rail

Question 7

Marine Birds

Answer 7

Seabirds are birds that are adapted to life within the marine environment. While seabirds vary greatly in lifestyle, behaviour and physiology, they often exhibit striking convergent evolution, as the same environmental problems and feeding niches have resulted in similar adaptations.

Question 8

Waterfowl

Answer 8

ducks, geese, or other large aquatic birds, especially when regarded as game.