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Birds are really cool. They are the only animals that have
feathers. All of them have wings, and most can fly. A bird
4-5 What is a bird? has two feet and a beak. 鳥類真的很酷!他們是唯一有羽毛的
什麼是「鳥」? 動物。所有鳥類都有翅膀,而且大部分的鳥會飛。鳥有兩隻腳和一
個鳥喙。
All birds lay eggs. Most look after them until the eggs hatch
into chicks.
所有種類的鳥都會下蛋,而且大多數的鳥類都會照顧蛋直到孵化出
雛鳥。
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Look for feathers on the ground. Can you tell what each
8-9 Feathers type of feather is used for?
找找看遺落在地上的羽毛,你能說出每種羽毛的用途嗎?
羽毛
Feathers can be oily to keep birds dry.
羽毛含有油脂能讓鳥保持乾燥。
Have you ever wondered where birds are flying? They fly to
10-11 Flying high! travel, find food, or escape danger.
你有沒有好奇過鳥都飛去哪了呢?牠們為了旅行移動、覓食或逃離
飛高高!
危險而展翅高飛。
A bird flaps its wings up and down. Air is pushed down. This
lifts the bird into the air. It’s flying!
鳥類上下拍動翅膀,空氣因此被向下推動,使得鳥兒能升空,進而
飛行!
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Birds that fly have hollow bones. These make them light,
which makes flying easier. A bird’s whole skeleton may be
lighter than its feathers!
能飛行的鳥類都有中空的骨頭。這使牠們體重較輕,較容易飛行。
鳥體內中空的骨骼總重量,可能還比牠們的羽毛還輕呢!
hollow beak中空的鳥喙, pigeon鴿子, pigeon skeleton鴿子的骨骼
Some birds aren’ t able to fly. But they are pretty good at
12-13 We can’
t fly! getting around in other ways!
有些鳥類沒辦法飛,但是牠們卻很擅長用不同的方式到處去!
我們不能飛!
The kiwi, of New Zealand, doesn’
t need to fly. It has no
natural enemies on land.
紐西蘭的奇異鳥(鷸鴕)不需要飛行,牠們在陸地上沒有天敵。
Penguins are the best bird swimmers. They also walk and
slide on ice.
企鵝是鳥類中的游泳健將,牠們也能在冰上行走和滑行。
The cassowary can run and swim. Some can also jump twice
their height!
鶴鴕(食火雞)既會跑步也會游泳,有些還能跳得超過牠身高的兩倍
的高度!
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A bird’
s beak is perfectly shaped to eat its favorite foods!
14-15 Brilliant beaks Some beaks catch fish. Some beaks crack nuts.
鳥喙的形狀完全是依照牠最愛的食物而設計的!有些鳥喙能抓魚,
高明的鳥喙
有些鳥喙能撬開堅果。
A long beak helps the toucan save energy. It can reach fruit
in trees without moving!
長長的鳥喙能幫助大嘴鳥節省體力。牠不需要移動就能叼到樹上的
果實!
Beaks come in all sorts of shapes and sizes! They are used
for grooming and for fighting, as well as for eating.
鳥喙有各式各樣的形狀和大小!鳥兒們用鳥喙來梳理羽毛、戰鬥和
進食。
buzzard: tears flesh鵟鷹:撕肉, Australian pelican: traps fish
澳洲鵜鶘:捕撈魚, Atlantic puffin: grips fish北極海鸚:捉捕魚,
flamingo: sifts water紅鶴:濾水, blue-and-yellow macaw:
cracks nuts藍黃金剛鸚鵡:敲碎堅果, kiwi: sense bugs奇異鳥:
感應小蟲, mallard (duck): dabbles in water綠頭鴨:戲水,
brambling: cracks seeds花雀:碾碎種籽
Birds have pretty powerful senses. They can often see and
16-17 Super senses hear far better than we can!
鳥類擁有超強的感官。牠們能比我們人類看得更遠、聽得更廣!
超級感官
A barn owl has one ear slightly above the other to pinpoint
the smallest sounds. The owl swoops silently toward its
prey.
倉鴞的一隻耳朵稍微比另外一隻耳朵位置還高些,能感應定位最微
弱的聲音。貓頭鷹(鴞)能靜悄悄地朝向獵物飛撲過去。
white-faced owl
白臉角鴞(貓頭鷹)
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Using its sharp eyesight and hearing, the barn owl catches a
16-17 Super senses rat and eats it whole!
超級感官 倉鴞(貓頭鷹)利用敏銳的視覺與聽覺捕捉到大老鼠,並且吃得一乾
二淨!
There are about 200 types of owl. Their special feathers let
them swoop silently down on prey.
貓頭鷹大約有兩百種,牠們特殊的羽毛能讓牠們靜悄悄地朝獵物猛
撲。
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Nests keep eggs and chicks safe. Some birds build amazing
22-23 Making nests nests!
鳥巢能保護鳥蛋和雛鳥的安全。有些鳥能築出了令人刮目相看的鳥
築巢
巢!
Birds build nests out of twigs and soft things like animal fur.
鳥築巢的材料是小樹枝及柔軟的東西,例如:動物的軟毛。
Owls may find holes in trees to nest in. The chicks hide
inside.
貓頭鷹會找樹洞當作巢,將雛鳥藏在裡面。
A weaverbird’
s nest hangs from a branch. The door is at the
bottom!
織布鳥的巢吊掛在樹枝上,而且門是開在鳥巢底部!
Puffins dig burrows. They line them with leaves, grass, and
seaweed.
海鸚會在地面挖洞穴,並鋪上葉子、草和海藻當作巢穴。
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Baby birds grow inside eggs. The eggs must be kept warm
24-25 Hatching eggs and safe until they hatch.
鳥寶寶在蛋裡面發育。在雛鳥孵化之前,蛋必須保持溫暖與安全。
孵蛋
The yolk of the egg is food for the chick until it hatches.
在孵化完成之前,蛋黃就是雛鳥的食物。
The mom lays one egg a day. She sits on the eggs to keep
them warm.
鳥媽媽一天產下一顆蛋。她會坐在蛋上保持蛋的保溫。
The chicks hatch after about two weeks. They are blind and
bald.
大約兩週後雛鳥會孵化,破殼而出。牠們還看不見,也光禿禿沒有
毛。
Chicks are cute, but they are hard work! Most chicks need to
26-27 Hatching eggs be looked after until they grow adult feathers.
雛鳥真可愛!但是照顧牠們一點都不容易!在牠們長出成年羽毛之
孵蛋
前,大部分的雛鳥都需要被照顧。
Some chicks are born with fluffy feathers. These fall out,
and adult feathers grow. This is called molting.
有些雛鳥出生時就有蓬鬆的羽毛。之後這些毛會脫落,代表成年的
羽毛會長出來,這稱為「換羽」。
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claws 爪子 18 MN
32 Index / colors 顏色 6-7, 9 mallard (duck) 綠頭鴨 6, 15
Thank you crested argus 冠鸞 28 migration 遷徙 10
molting 換羽 27
索引/致謝
D
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dinosaur 恐龍 5
osprey 魚鷹 20
duck 鴨子 6, 13, 15, 18, 27
ostrich 鴕鳥 12-13
owl 鴞(貓頭鷹) 6, 16-17, 20, 21,
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23, 27
eagle 老鷹 18, 21
eating 進食 14, 15, 17, 21 PQ
eggs 蛋 5, 22, 23, 24-25 peacock 孔雀 9
emu 鴯鶓 13, 18, 25 penguin 企鵝 10, 13, 17, 27
peregrine falcon 遊隼 28
F pigeon 鴿子 11
falcon 獵鷹 21, 28 prey 獵物 16, 18, 20
feathers 羽毛 4-5, 8-9, 11, puffin 海鸚 23
20, 25, 26-28
feeding 餵養 25 R
running 跑 13, 18
feet 雙腳 4, 18-19, 20, 21
fighting 戰鬥 15
S
finch 雀 6, 7, 18
secretary bird 蛇鷲 21
flamingo 紅鶴 6-7, 15, 26-27
senses 感官 15, 16-17
flightless bird 不會飛的鳥 10, singing 歌唱 4
12-13 skeleton 骨骼 11
flying 飛 4, 10-11, 28 sleeping 睡 10
food 食物 10, 14, 17, 18, 24 stork 白鸛 17, 23
swan 天鵝 28
G swift 雨燕 10
gliding 滑行 10, 21 swimming 游泳 13
green bee-eater 綠喉蜂虎 4-5
grooming 梳理(羽毛) 15 TU
talons 鷹爪 18, 20
three-wattled bellbird 三肉垂鐘
HIJ
雀 29
hatching 孵化 5, 24-25
toes 腳趾 18
heron 鷺 18
toucan 大嘴鳥 6, 14-15
hoatzin 麝雉 29
hummingbird 蜂鳥 6, 7, 10, 29 V
vulture 禿鷹 17, 21
KL
kingfisher 翠鳥 7, 17 WXYZ
king penguin 國王企鵝 17, 27 weaverbird 織布鳥 23
kiwi 奇異鳥 13, 15 webbed feet 蹼足 18, 19
kori bustard 灰頸鷺鴇 28 white-faced owl 白臉角鴞 16-17
wings 翅膀 4, 8, 9, 10-11, 18,
21, 27
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