birds

Question 1

perching songbirds

Answer 1

are classified as “Passeriformes,” or passerines

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

have 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 comb like claw on each of their middle toes.

Question 4

Marine birds

Answer 4

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 5

Peguin

Answer 5

Penguins are a group of 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, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage, and their wings have evolved into flippers

Question 6

Owls

Answer 6

Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes, which 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 7

Flightless bird

Answer 7

Flightless birds are birds that through evolution lost the ability to fly. There are over 60 extant species including the well known ratites and penguins. The smallest flightless bird is the Inaccessible Island rail. The largest flightless bird, which is also the largest living bird, is the ostrich.

Question 8

Waterfowl

Answer 8

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