birds

By:Jasmita.k
– Birds have feathers, wings,
lay eggs and are warm
blooded.
– There are around 10, 000
different species of birds
worldwide.
– The Ostrich is the largest
bird in the world.
– It also lays the largest eggs
and has the fastest
maximum running speed
species of bird found in the
world.
– Kiwis are endangered, flightless
birds that live in New Zealand.
– They lay the largest eggs relative to
their body size of any bird in the
world.
– Hummingbirds can fly backwards.
– The Bee Hummingbird is the
smallest living bird in the world,
with a length of just 5 cm (2 in).
– Around 20% of bird species migrate
long distances every year.
– Homing pigeons are bred to find
their way home from long distances
away and have been used for
thousands of years to carry
messages.
– The food that birds eat can be
very different, depending on
where they live and what kind of
food is around the area.
– Most birds like to eat fruit, plants,
seeds, insects, and other small
animals.
– Birds don’t have any teeth, so
their bodies are used to digesting
their food whole.
– They are usually able to get their
prey by pecking it off the ground
or a tree, but they also hunt by
swooping down from a branch or
the air and suddenly attacking.
– They will often puff up their
bodies and feathers to show
off their authority, or to make
a threatening display to try to
scare away predators.
– Some birds even take part in
dances in order to attract a
mate.
– The usual way that birds
communicate, however, is by
using their voices to make calls
or songs.
– Birds will produce calls for a lot
of different reasons, including
to claim their territory, attract
a mate, identify another bird,
call out to a parent, or warn
other birds about potential
predators.
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