BIRDS THAT

LIVE IN THE
DESERT
PRESENTED BY TARANEETHASRI THIVANDRANDORE
ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN THE DESERT

1. BURROWING OWL
2. COMMON OSTRICH
3. GREATER ROADRUNNER
4. GOLDEN EAGLE
BURROWING OWL
 INFORMATION
SCENTIFIIC NAME : ATHENE CUNICULARIA

HABITAT : GRASS LAND AND DESERT

LENGTH OF BODY : 19–28 cm

LENGHT OF WING WIDE SPREAD : 50.8–61 cm
WEIGHT : 140–240 g

DIET : EAT LARGE INSECTS AND SMALL RODENTS

 FACTS

1st 2nd 3rd

MIMIC THE SOUND

PERCH ON THE HUNT AT DAY TIME
OF A RATTLESNAKE,
GROUND RATHER AND SLEEP AT
WHICH WILL SCARE
THAN FLY NIGHT
AWAY THE
PREDATORS.
COMMON OSTRICH
 INFORMATION
SCIENTIFIC NAME : STRUTHIO CAMELUS

HABITAT : SAVANNA AND DESERT LANDS

LENGTH OF BODY : 2.1 to 2.7 m

WEIGHT : 100 to 160 kg

DIET : SEEDS, SHRUBS, GRASS, FRUIT, FLOWER & OCCASIONALLY INSECTS

 FACTS

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FASTEST RUNNING THE LARGEST AND HAVE THREE

BIRD-RUN UP TO 70 HEAVIEST LIVING STOMACHS
KM/H BIRD
 GREATER
ROADRUNNER
 INFORMATION
SCENTIFIIC NAME : GEOCOCCYX CALIFORNIANUS

HABITAT : GRASS LAND

LENGTH OF BODY : 52–62 cm

LENGHT OF WINGSPAN : 43–61 cm
WEIGHT : 43–61 g

DIET : INSECTS, SPIDERS (INCLUDING BLACK WIDOWS AND TARANTULAS),

CENTIPEDES, SCORPIONS, MICE, SMALL BIRDS (INCLUDING HUMMINGBIRDS), AND
ESPECIALLY LIZARDS
 FACTS

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BORN TO RUN- CAN ACTUALLY THRIVE IN THE

ADULT PARROT WHEN KILL A DESERT NO
FULLY GROWN. RATTLESNAKE MATTER HOW HOT
IT IS
GOLDEN EAGLE
 INFORMATION
SCENTIFIIC NAME : AQUILA CHRYSAETOS

HABITAT : mountainous regions

LENGTH OF BODY : 66 to 102 cm

LENGHT OF WINGSPAN : 1.8 to 2.34 m
WEIGHT : 4.05 to 6.35 kg

DIET : SMALL MAMMALS SUCH AS RABBITS, HARES, GROUND SQUIRRELS, PRAIRIE

DOGS, BIRDS USUALLY OF MEDIUM SIZE, SUCH AS GAMEBIRDS,REPTILES, AND FISH
 FACTS

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LARGEST AND FIERCE HUNTERS ROTATE ITS HEAD

FASTEST, BIRD IN THEY CAN KILL A ABOUT 270
NORTH AMERICA. MATURE DEER DEGREES
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