word for "bird-like" is avian, from Latin language avis, bird. Birds are warm blooded. Their feathers help prevent loss of body heat. Modern birds do not...

The birds of paradise are songbirds of the family Paradisaeidae. They live in eastern Indonesia, Maluku, Papua New Guinea, Torres Strait Islands, and...

A bird of prey (also called raptor) is a bird that mainly uses its claws (called talons) to seize prey. They have strong sharp, hooked beaks and claws...

Bird sounds include bird songs, calls and any other noises they make for communication. Birds do a lot of communicating, mostly to other birds of the same...

A bird nest is a place where a bird lays its eggs. There are all kinds of nests, including cup nests, holes in the ground, and piles of twigs and leaves...

Angry Birds is a media franchise of puzzle video games developed by Rovio Entertainment from Finland. The series started on December 11, 2009, when the...

Flightless birds are birds which cannot fly. They rely on their ability to run or swim, and have evolved from their flying ancestors. There are about...

Bird is a 1988 American biographical musical drama movie directed and produced by Clint Eastwood. The movie was released on September 30, 1988. The movie...

Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird is an animated movie. It was released on August 2, 1985. It was re-released on widescreen in 2009. The length...

Bird feet are adapted to the life they lead, and the patterns are often use in avian classification. They are derived from the basic limb of ancestral...

The Wilson's bird-of-paradise is a small bird of the Paradisaeidae family. The male is a red and black bird-of-paradise with a yellow mantle on its neck...

local dispersal, the movement should be an annual or seasonal event. Many birds migrate to warmer places for the winter, as do some insects such as the...

Big Bird is a Muppet character on the children's television series the Sesame Street franchise. also appearing in Totally Spies!, Night at the Museum:...

The Birds is a 1963 American horror movie. It was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It is set in San Francisco, California. The movie stars Rod Taylor and...

The superb bird-of-paradise (Lophorina superba) is a small passerine, about 26cm long and 70 g in weight. It is one of two members in the genus Lophorina...

Birdwatching or birding means going outside to enjoy watching birds. It is a popular hobby. Someone who does this may be called a birdwatcher, but more...

Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson (December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007) or Lady Bird Johnson, was an American businesswoman who served as the first lady of the...

Authority for birds". BirdLife International. "Sites & Habitats (IBAs and KBAs)". BirdLife. Retrieved 2020-07-07. "BirdLife's World Bird Club". BirdLife International...

The turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris, native to North America. There are two extant turkey species: the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)...

rheas are flightless birds of the genus Rhea, native to South America. They are ratites, which means they are large flightless birds with no keel to their...

Alston & Bird LLP is an international global law firm with over 800 lawyers in 13 offices throughout the United States, Europe, U.K., and Asia. The firm...

The twelve-wired bird-of-paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus) is a medium-sized bird-of-paradise about 33cm-long. The male has a red iris, black shoulders...

Elephant birds are an extinct family of large birds which could not fly. They were found only on the island of Madagascar. The group had two genera, Aepyornis...

This is a list of U.S. state birds. "Alabama State Bird". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives and History. 2006-04-27....

bird cage (sometimes birdcage) is a cage to hold a bird. Bird cages are used in the home to contain a pet bird, such as a parakeet or a canary. Bird cages...

A crane is a type of tall wading birds from the family Gruidae (order Gruiformes). There are 15 species in 4 genera. The tallest is the sarus crane, Grus...

small or medium-sized bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. They are perching birds. Most of them are small...

Bird of Paradise is a 1932 American romantic adventure drama movie directed by King Vidor and was based on the play of the same name by Richard Walton...

The Vermilion Bird is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. It represents the fire-element, the south direction, and the season summer...

White Bird is a city in Idaho in the United States. This short article about a place or feature in the United States can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia...

birds use wings with light, hollow bones and feathers on them. Birds have a streamlined body shape, so that they slip through air more easily. Birds can...

Sir Lester Bryant Bird (February 21, 1938 – August 9, 2021) was the second Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda from 1994 to 2004. He was also a well-known...

Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American retired NBA basketball player. He won three NBA championships in 1981, 1984, and 1986 with the Boston...

Flappy Bird is a mobile game developed by Vietnamese video game artist and programmer Dong Nguyen (Vietnamese: Nguyễn Hà Đông), under his game development...

Angry Birds Epic is a role-playing video game developed by Chimera Entertainment and published by Rovio Entertainment. The game was available on iOS in...

A water bird is one who lives on or around water. It includes water fowl, sea birds, wading birds and shore birds. The term is quite useful in conservation...

Phillip Bradley Bird (born September 24, 1957) is an American animator, director, screenwriter, producer, and voice actor. He is best known for his animated...

The origin of birds is one of the most interesting questions in palaeontology and evolution. Birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs during the Mesozoic...

Bird Box is a 2018 American horror thriller movie. It was directed by Susanne Bier. The movie is based on a novel of the same name by Josh Malerman. The...

Forrest M. Bird (June 9, 1921 – August 2, 2015) is an American aviator, inventor and biomedical engineer. He was best known for having created some of...

bird bath is an artificial "puddle" or small shallow pond, created with a water-filled basin, for birds to bathe in, cool off, and drink from. A bird...

The Island on Bird Street (Danish: Øen i Fuglegaden) is a 1997 Danish World War II drama movie directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen and stars Jordan Kiziuk...

The Blue Bird (Russian: Синяя птица) is a 1970 Soviet animated movie directed by Vasily Livanov. СИНЯЯ ПТИЦА (1970) Синяя птица The Blue Bird on IMDb This...

Free as a Bird may mean: "Free as a Bird" (song), a song by The Beatles Free as a Bird (album), an album by Supertramp "Free bird", a song by Lynyrd Skynyrd...

Bird of Paradise is a 1951 American drama movie. It was directed by Delmer Daves. The movie is based on the play of the same name by Richard Walton Tully...

Bird City is a city in Cheyenne County, Kansas, United States. In 2020, 437 people lived there. Bird City was created in 1885. It was named after Benjamin...

flightless bird from Mauritius. Dodos were in the same family as the pigeon. They became extinct in the late 17th century. Like many other island birds, they...

passerine birds that live in North and South America. Stiles and Skutch, A guide to the birds of Costa Rica ISBN 9780801496004 Hilty, Birds of Venezuela...

Vere Cornwall Bird Sr., KNH (9 December 1910 – 28 June 1999) was the first Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. His son, Lester Bryant Bird, replaced him...

A game bird is any of a number of species of wild birds which are hunted, killed and eaten by humans. Hunting game birds is a sport, and a way of getting...

Angry Birds Toons is a Finnish animated television series based on the Angry Birds series of games created by Rovio Entertainment. The series was first...

Bird's Opening is a chess opening characterised by the move: 1. f4. Bird's is a flank opening. White's strategic ideas involve control of the e5-square...

Poldy Bird (16 December 1941 – 1 June 2018) was an Argentinian writer and poet. She made poems and collaborations in several newspapers of Argentina and...

The Liver birds are two large and famous bronze metal birds on top of a building - the Liver Building - in the city of Liverpool, England. The building...

White Bird is a 2023 American war drama movie starring Ariella Glaser, Gillian Anderson and Helen Mirren. It is directed by Marc Forster. It is based on...

Billie Bird Sellen (February 28, 1908 – November 27, 2002), known professionally as Billie Bird, was an American actress and comedian. She played Margie...

Avian influenza (bird flu, or avian flu), is an illness caused by a virus. The virus, called influenza A or type A, usually lives in birds. Sometimes it...

John Bird (22 November 1936 – 24 December 2022) was an English satirist, actor and comedian. He is best known for his work with John Fortune. Bird was...

The Asiatic peafowl is a kind of bird. They are the genus Pavo from the Phasianidae family. They originate from Southeast Asia. Genus Pavo Blue peafowl...

Angry Birds (sometimes called Angry Birds Classic) is a removed popular puzzle video game. It was first released for iOS devices on December 11, 2009...

The greater bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea apoda) is a bird-of-paradise in the genus Paradisaea. Carolus Linnaeus named the species Paradisaea apoda, or...

Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey, previously known as Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), is an American superhero comedy...

serpentarius) is a large terrestrial bird of prey. It is usually found in African savannas and open grasslands. Unlike most birds of prey, the secretarybird hunts...

Pyla Lara Bird-Leakey (born 1998), known as Lara Bird, is a Scottish politician and lawyer who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Arbroath and...

The Bird and the Bee Sides is a 2008 album released by Relient K on July 2nd. The album contains 13 new songs, and many of their B sides and unreleased...

Goldie's bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea decora) is a species of bird-of-paradise. The Goldie's bird-of-paradise is native and unique to Papua New Guinea...

Major Thomas Arthur Bird DSO, MC (11 August 1918 – 9 August 2017) was a British soldier of the Second World War. He was awarded two Military Crosses and...

The Cape May Bird Observatory was founded in 1975 in Cape May, New Jersey, United States. The purpose of the Cape May Bird Observatory is to do research...

"Free Bird" is a rock anthem by the American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. This short article about music can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding...

family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. Other common names of this bird include 'Chukker' (sometimes misspelled as 'Chuker'), 'Chukar...

The Angry Birds Movie (also known simply as Angry Birds) is a 2016 computer-animated comedy movie. It is based on Rovio Entertainment's video game series...

Terror birds, the family Phorusrhacidae, were large carnivorous flightless birds. They were the dominant predators in South America during the Cainozoic...

Bird is a micromobility company based in Santa Monica, California. Founded in September 2017 Bird operated shared electric scooters in over 100 cities...

bird looks just like a crow because it lacks the bare patch at the base of the bill. Its food is mostly earthworms and insect larvae, which the bird finds...

The Blue Bird is a 1940 children's fantasy movie. This is about Germany during the 18th century. Shirley Temple plays Mytyl. This movie performed badly...

whistling treefrog, see Litoria verreauxii. The bird-voiced tree frog, western bird-voiced tree frog, eastern bird-voiced tree frog, or whistling tree frog (Dryophytes...

Kieran James Bird is a swimmer from England. Kieran competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He was born on 2 September 1999. Kieran Bird This short article...

Alice changes, Bird changes, Bird Blues, or New York Blues changes, is a chord progression. It is named after Charlie Parker ("Bird"). Bird changes are a...

Brenna Bird (born as Brenda Findley in 1976) is an American Republican politician and lawyer. She has operated under the Iowa Attorney General from 2023...

The kiwi is a type of bird from New Zealand. They are the genus Apteryx of the family Apterygidae. There are several species and sub-species of kiwi. The...

Laurie Bird (September 26, 1953 – June 15, 1979) was an American film actress and photographer. She acted in only three movies. Her most well-known was...

"Sunset (Bird of Prey)" is a 2000 song by English music producer Fatboy Slim. It is the leading single from his third studio album Halfway Between the...

William Rodney "Bird" Averitt (July 22, 1952 – December 12, 2020) was an American professional basketball player in the American Basketball Association...

"Bird Walk" is the first single off of American rapper Soulja Boy's second studio album iSouljaBoyTellem. The song was released on October 23, 2008. The...

and small invertebrates. The bird lives in mudflats and shallow coastal lagoons with salt water. Using its feet, the bird stirs up the mud, then sucks...

South East Mutton Bird Islet is a steep islet, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Mutton Bird Island Group, at the southern end of the south-western...

used by many migrating birds. Some birds use the wetland after they cross the Sahara desert. There are almost 400 kinds of birds. Some of the most common...

used as a house for birds. It is suitable as a bird home because it is similar to a natural bird home, such as a hollow tree, and birds often make nests...

Robert Byron Bird (February 5, 1924 – November 13, 2020) was an American chemical engineer. He was professor emeritus in the Department of Chemical Engineering...

passerine bird. It is found in West Asia and deserts in Africa, it is also known as the orange-tufted sunbird, which was a name also used for a similar bird that...

Ornithology is the study of birds. A person who studies birds is called an ornithologist. Several aspects of ornithology differ from other disciplines...

Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (born March 19, 1944) is an American philanthropist who served as the first lady of Virginia from 1982 to 1986 as the wife Governor...

"Surfin' Bird" is a surf rock song performed by the Trashmen and released in 1963. It contains the repetitive lyric "the bird is the word". This short...

are the things which cover birds. They help keep birds warm. Feathers also protect them from injury. In most kinds of birds, wing feathers help them to...

The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) is a cosmopolitan bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It can also be known just as the peregrine, and was once...

diurnal hawks. They are birds of prey. Harriers usually hunt by flying low over open ground, feeding on small mammals, reptiles, or birds. The young of the...

re-introduced. There are also good numbers in wild bird collections. The Nēnē is the state bird of Hawaii. BirdLife International (2012). "Branta sandvicensis"...

monal or pheasant, is a bird in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. Its discoverer, Latham, wrote in his General History of Birds (1821): "[the monal] inhabits...

A green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor) is a bird. It is native to Japan and is Japan's national bird. This short article about biology can be made longer...

Green peafowl (Pavo muticus) is an endangered bird that is native to Southeast Asia. Avibase - the world bird database Wikimedia Commons has media related...

The oriental magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis) is a small passerine bird. It was classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae. Now it is considered...

The nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) is a small bird. It used to be put in the thrush family Turdidae. Now it is put on the Old World flycatchers, a...

infraclass containing almost every single species of bird. Neognathae include almost all living birds: their sister taxon Palaeognathae has just the tinamou...

The Angry Birds Movie 2 is a 2019 computer-animated comedy movie. It is based on Rovio Entertainment's Angry Birds video game series, produced by Columbia...

Simply Bird (Thai: ซิมพลีย์ เบิร์ด), by the Thai recording artist, Thongchai McIntyre, is his fifteenth studio album. On November 26, 2007, the album was...

A raven (Corvus corax) is a big black bird. It is also called the common raven or the northern raven. It is similar to a crow, but bigger. It and the thick-billed...

Suzanne Brigit Bird (born October 16, 1980) is an American retired professional basketball player. She played parts of 19 seasons in the Women's National...

The crest, in some cases called a crown, of a bird, is a group of feathers that some species of birds have on top of the head. The feathers of these crests...

The hoopoe (Upupa epops), is a colourful bird that is found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive 'crown' of feathers. It is the only living...

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is an organisation registered in Great Britain as a charity. It was founded as the Plumage League...

nose and mouth of a bird. The beak is used for eating, fighting, grooming, and many other things. Beaks on different types of birds can be very different...

Homeless Bird is a book by Gloria Whelan, an American author, about life in India for a 13-year-old girl named Koly. Like many Indian girls her age, Koly...

with great speed. This can carry them to a depth of 11 metres (36 ft). The bird can then keep going deeper using its wings and feet. Some have been known...

some kind of container, a shell or covering. Reptiles, birds and monotremes lay cleidoic eggs: bird eggs are an example. These are a special kind of egg...

also called bird dogs, are types of dogs used to help hunters find and retrieve game (the animals the hunters are hunting), usually birds. Gundogs are...

Bird women are the legendary hybrid creatures with parts of human females and birds. They appear in various stories of many mythological as well as folk...

(Dromaius novaehollandiae) is a large flightless bird. It is native to Australia. It is also the second tallest bird in the world, after its ratite relative,...

"Blue Bird Vision Technical Specifications" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 3, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2013. "2015 Blue Bird Specifications"...

of birds. The name Ornithischia, or "bird-hipped", reflects this similarity and is derived from the Greek stem ornith- (ὀρνιθ-), meaning "of a bird", and...

unofficial bird of the region. Gehan de Silva Wijeratne; Deepal Warakagoda & T.S.U. de Zylva (2007). "Species description". A Photographic Guide to Birds of Sri...

The Paridae is a family of tiny birds, the tits (called 'chickadees' or 'titmice' in North America). They are passerine songbirds which are native to...

Bird", the national emblem of Zimbabwe. Kemp, A. C., G. M. Kirwan, and D. A. Christie (2020). Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus), version 1.0. In Birds...

Fair Wind, "Blue Bird"! (Russian: Попутного ветра, «Синяя птица») is a 1967 Soviet adventure movie directed by Mikhail Ershov. It stars Blazhenka Catalinić...

Apus is a genus of birds in the family Apodidae. They are called swifts in English. Not all swifts are in genus Apus, but all birds in Apus are swifts...

birds which walk about in shallow water. Sometimes they are called shore-birds. They are members of the order Charadriiformes, which are water birds....

Pheasants are a group of large birds in the order Galliformes. Males pheasants are usually larger and flashier than the females. They have feathers of...

The great Northern diver or common loon is a bird. It belongs to the diver family of birds. Adult birds are between 70 and 90 cm in length, and have wingspans...

Commandant of the Bird Island (Russian: Комендант Птичьего острова) is a 1939 Soviet drama movie directed by Vasili Pronin. It stars Leonid Kmit, Nikolai...

Avemetatarsalia (meaning "bird toes") is a clade name established in 1999 for all crown group archosaurs that are closer to birds than to crocodiles. An...

Seabirds are birds that have adapted so they are better able to live at sea or near it. Many seabirds live at sea, that is, far away from land. They may...

that birds in these groups are good to eat, and often hunted by gun. So the word 'fowl' may be used for a game bird. The group is mostly of birds we hunt...

The moa were large, herbivores and were flightless birds with no wings. They lived only in New Zealand, and are now all extinct. There were nine species...

It is the state bird of Alaska. During the last ice age, the species occurred in continental Europe (Tomek & Bocheński 2005). BirdLife International...

Magpies are birds in the crow family, Corvidae. They are general scavengers and predators of insects, small mammals, and other birds' eggs and young. The...

not-so-bright constellation in the southern sky. It is one of the birds in a "nest" of bird constellations near it. This constellation was named after the...

outcomes, no matter what their components are. This is known as Dodo bird verdict, or Dodo bird conjecture in psychotherapy. Saul Rosenzweig introduced the concept...

Tweety (or Tweety Bird) is a fictional character from Looney Tunes. He is a yellow canary. He has also appeared in comic books. He was voiced by Mel Blanc...

politics were mostly controlled by the Bird family and the ABLP. Vere Bird led until 1994, followed by his son Lester Bird until 2004. They helped tourism grow...

reptiles are more closely related to birds than they are to other reptiles. Crocodiles are more closely related to birds than they are to lizards. Theropod...

(Gypaetus barbatus), also known as the lammergeier or lammergeyer, is a bird of prey. It is the only member of the genus Gypaetus. An Old World vulture...

The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc. (Forest & Bird) is an environmental organisation. It specialises in conservation of indigenous...

Cassowaries (Casuarius) are a kind of large bird which cannot fly. They are in a group of flightless birds called the ratites. The ostrich, emu, moa (now...

The southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) is a large long-legged bird. Lapwings are shorebirds. It is a common in Central and South America, except in...

It was named "no feet" because it looks like a Bird-of-Paradise, and people used to think that birds-of-paradise did not have feet. Ridpath, Ian. "Apus"...

New World orioles are a group of birds in the genus Icterus. They are in the blackbird family, and not related to Old World orioles of the family Oriolidae...

The white stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on the wings. Adults have long...

1954 and became the Orioles. The "Baltimore Oriole" is an orange-and-black bird which is often seen in Maryland. "Orioles" has been a traditional nickname...

The WaveBird Wireless Controller is a wireless game controller for the Nintendo GameCube video game console. It uses radio frequency signals to communicate...

The White Bird Marked with Black (Russian: Белая птица с чёрной отметиной) is a 1970 Soviet drama movie directed by Yuri Ilyenko. It stars Larisa Kadochnikova...

Angry Birds Movie 3 is an upcoming animated comedy movie directed by John Rice. It is a sequel to The Angry Birds Movie (2016) and The Angry Birds Movie...

these groups. Ornithischians were called 'bird-hipped' because their hips are similar to those of birds, but birds themselves evolved from 'lizard-hipped'...

large flightless bird that lives in Africa. They are the largest living bird species, and have the biggest eggs of all living birds. Ostriches do not...

The rails, or Rallidae, are a large family of small to medium-sized birds. The rails are related to cranes, and both are in the order Gruiformes. The...

the pheasants. Grouses are actually birds from the order Galliformes, which are heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that include chicken and quail. In the...

is a small bird found in many parts of Europe. In English, this bird is usually just called a robin. In Britain, it is the most popular bird. The robin...

number of birds is slowly decreasing. For this reason the species has been evaluated as Least Concern by IUCN in 2009. It is the national bird of the former...

"Operation Big Bird" was a plan by the Philippine government during President Corazon Aquino's time to get back about US$7.5 billion that President Ferdinand...

evolutionary link between non-avian theropod dinosaurs and birds, but it is not the ancestor of modern birds. The first male Archaeopteryx specimen was found in...

The swift is a bird in the family Apodidae. It is in the order Apodiformes with treeswifts and hummingbirds. The swift is very good at flying. It spends...

American bald eagle or American eagle, is a bird of prey that lives in North America. It is the national bird of the United States of America. The bald...

southeast Asian member of the order Galliformes. It is the national bird of Myanmar. BirdLife International (2016). "Polyplectron bicalcaratum". IUCN Red...

Queensland is the Koala, Phascolarctos cinereus. It was chosen in 1971. The bird emblem of Queensland is the Brolga, Grus rubicunda. It is the only one of...

lift and get off the ground. Animals that have wings are insects, birds and bats. Birds' wings are made of feathers. The wings of bats are made of skin...

Toucans are a South American bird in the family Ramphastidae. This bird lives in small flocks in lowland rainforests in countries such as Costa Rica. It...

Archosaur reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. Dinosaurs eventually gave rise to birds. Dinosaurs were the most powerful land animals of the Mesozoic era. Over...

The blue peafowl or Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) is a bird native to the Indian subcontinent. There is a noticeable sexual dimorphism in the Indian...

This is a list of the bird species found in Azerbaijan. The bird fauna of Azerbaijan include a total of 371 species, of which 9 are rare or accidental...

Waterfowl are any type of bird that spends a lot of its life in or near water. However, it mostly refers to the family Anatidae, which are ducks, geese...

ancestor of all living birds and all their descendants. There are about 9,000 to 10,000 known living species in the world. Modern birds are divided into two...

"Three Little Birds" is a song by Bob Marley. It was made in 1984. It was on the Legend album. It is a reggae song. It is the fourth song on side two...

(Haematopus finschi) is a bird in the family Haematopodidae. It lives in New Zealand but it also goes to Australia. This bird has black and white feathers...

The wingspan of an airplane or a bird is the distance from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other. The wingspan of an aircraft is always measured...

Another thing to think about is the change from dinosaur tails to bird tails. Bird tails directly steer flying. They also have a signalling function....

only member of the genus Pluvianus. It is sometimes called the crocodile bird. This is because of a story dating to Herodotus. In the story the crocodiles...

Phorusrhacos was a genus of giant predatory flightless birds which lived in Patagonia. The terror birds lived in woodlands and grasslands. Remains are known...

Pigeons or doves are in the bird family Columbidae. The common names pigeon and dove are often used interchangeably. In ornithology, "dove" tends to be...

paleontologists believe birds evolved from them some 150 or so million years ago. Hence, according to phylogenetic taxonomy, birds are by definition maniraptors...

eggs or provide a place to raise their babies. They are most typical of birds, but many other vertebrates do make nests. Nests can be made of organic...

Neoaves is a clade. It includes all modern birds (Neornithes or Aves) except Paleognathae (ratites and kin) and Galloanserae (ducks, chickens and kin)...

Goose (plural geese, family Anatidae) are birds. There are three species groups of geese: the genus Anser, the genus Branta, and the genus Chen. This...

in the Angry Birds series, and is the first to take place in outer space. Similar to Angry Birds, players use a slingshot to control birds without wings...

Eagle is a general term for many large birds of prey. Over 60 species have been described, and they live in many parts of the world. Most species of eagle...

noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala) is a small grey bird with a black head and yellow eyes. This bird is common in the gardens of eastern Australian homes...

a water bird. It is a member of the grebe family. Its scientific name is Podiceps cristatus. The great crested grebe is a medium sized bird. It is 46–51 cm...

The William Street Bird, is a place in the city of Perth in Australia where people dance, drink, and play music. It started in 2010. There are some famous...

The dunnock (Prunella modularis) is a small passerine perching bird. The bird has a very wide distribution. It is found throughout temperate Europe and...

ornithologist (bird scientist). The Gould League (a bird group) started in Australia in 1909, was named after him. His knowledge of the birds now called "Darwin's...

Parrots are birds of the order Psittaciformes. There are about 372 species in 86 genera. They are found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The...

Ancient Greek palaió- "old" + gnáthos "jaw") is one of two living clades of birds: the other is the Neognathae. Together, the two clades make up the clade...

honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops cassidix) is an endangered species of bird. There is only a tiny population in the Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve...

a society for the importation of foreign birds, incorporated in Albany. Tales of Birding: The most hated bird in America Introduced species This short...

Ducks are birds in the family Anatidae. Ducks are closely related to swans and geese, which are in the same family. Ducks are generally black, brown or...

The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the...

the alveoli is pushed out of the lungs and into the air we breathe out. Birds lungs are smaller than mammal lungs, and do not have alveoli, instead they...

small birds of the family Trochilidae. They are among the smallest of birds: most species measure 7.5–13 cm (3–5 in). The smallest living bird species...

large birds, most of which are flightless. Most of them, including the largest (moas and elephant birds) are now extinct. Unlike other flightless birds, the...

forgotten until its B-side release from their 1995 B-side release of Free as a Bird. The 1967 version was re-issued on The Christmas Records, a 2017 limited-edition...

grows into an embryo. Fertilization occurs in animals, including humans and birds, in plants, fungi, protists, in fact all eukaryotes. Fertilization makes...

families in the order Accipitriformes (the diurnal birds of prey). They are a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills (beaks). They vary...

Dinornis is an extinct genus of ratite birds. They are ostrich-like birds of gigantic size, known as Moa. They were unique to New Zealand. The genus has...

The Gruiformes are an order with many living and extinct bird families, and a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like". The Gruiformes...

The whooping crane (Grus americana) is a bird in the Gruidae family. It is the tallest bird in North America, and can live for over 20 years. There have...

Songbirds are the main group of birds in the order Passeriformes. They are the suborder Passeri, sometimes called 'oscines' (Latin for songbird). They...

birds of North America. His Birds of America is a collection of 435 life-size prints. It is still a standard against which 20th and 21st century bird...

cardinal, or just cardinal. The northern cardinal is one of the most common birds in North America. It is easy to tell a male northern cardinal apart from...

osprey is a type of fish-eating bird. They are also known as 'fish hawk', 'sea hawk', and 'fish eagle'. It is a large bird measuring up to 60 cm (24 in)...

that are not vertebrates are called invertebrates. Vertebrates include birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals. The parts of the vertebrate skeleton...

The cuckoos are a family of near-passerine birds. They are the main part of the order called Cuculiformes. The family is famous for its "nest-parasite"...

about the bird's extinction. One idea is that the bird might have been prey to other species. The bird's habitat had active volcanos. BirdLife International...

20–35 metres European magpie, a bird that lives in Europe, much of Asia, and Northwest Africa. It is one of several birds in the crow family named as magpies...

American computer-animated movie produced by Pixar. It was directed by Brad Bird. It is the sequel to The Incredibles (2004) and second installment of the...

is a 2004 animated superhero movie. It was written and developed by Brad Bird, who once directed The Simpsons and was best known for directing the animated...

American sparrow is a member of the genus Passer. They are small passerine birds which belong to the family Passeridae. They are also known as old-world...

than there are of the proto-bird. In the Jurassic, the pterosaurs were dominant in the air. Large numbers of different bird species are found in the famous...

genus. Other common names include lobster-claw, wild plantain and false bird-of-paradise. The plants have very decorative flowers. For this reason they...

Ichthyornis (meaning "fish bird") was a tern-like bird which lived 93-83.5 million years ago in the Upper Cretaceous. It lived in flocks, nested on shorelines...

is about the bird Phoenix. For other things that the word "Phoenix" means, go to Phoenix (disambiguation).' The phoenix is the sacred bird of myth, mentioned...

Angry Birds 2 (formerly Angry Birds: Under Pigstruction) is a puzzle video game developed by Rovio Entertainment. It is the sequel to the original Angry...

in Britain hounds were used to hunt the fox. These dogs are also called bird dogs. They are used by hunters who carry shotguns to hunt small animals....

bird's-eye view is a view of something from above, like from a bird's view. These views allow people to see more and further away in images. Bird's eye...

sometimes for long periods. Mammals became the dominant land animals after non-bird dinosaurs were eliminated. Recent work helped to explain their success: epigenetics...

The Birds of America is a book by naturalist and painter John James Audubon. It includes illustrations of a wide variety of birds of the United States...

For the bird, see kite (bird) A kite is a flying object that is attached to the ground by a rope, or ropes. Kites can be flown for fun, or in competitions...

The starlings are a family of small to medium-sized birds, the Sturnidae. This family are passerine songbirds, whose best-known species is Sternus, the...

The partridge is a medium sized bird. They are known as game birds because they are hunted and eaten by humans. They are in the pheasant family (Phasianidae)...

boy named Russell, an old man named Carl Fredricksen, and Kevin the rare bird. The main antagonist is Charles Muntz. They take an adventure to Venezuela...

The black-winged stilt or pied stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is a bird in the family Recurvirostridae. It lives in many places in the world: Australia...

sharp object. It is found at the end of a toe or finger in many mammals, birds, and some reptiles. The word "claw" is also used in reference to an invertebrate...

Europe and western Asia in deciduous or mixed woodlands. It is a resident bird; most do not migrate. Blue and great tits form mixed winter flocks, and the...

wrote a song about the pigeon. The song was recorded by June Tabor. The bird was a type of pigeon called a blue cock. It had a ring on its leg. Written...

The sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It has a wide distribution in Eurasia and north Africa. The adult...

Angry Birds Go! is a 2013 racing game developed by Rovio Entertainment. It is the first 3D video game by the company. It is also the first racing game...

Gastornis, formerly known as Diatryma, is an extinct genus of large flightless birds. They lived in the late Paleocene and early Eocene epochs of the Cainozoic...

hospitality. Also, the bird's attack inspires Flik to build a fake bird to scare Hopper, Molt, Thumper and company, who carry a fear of birds, in order to scare...

kill certain birds, or to destroy their eggs or nests, if there is no other way to get rid of the birds. This table shows the name of the bird, and the reasons...

time soaring. Most feed mainly on carrion. Some take live prey. They are birds of prey which, along with hawks and eagles, are from the family Accipitridae...

been married to Lynda Bird Johnson Robb since 1967. She is the daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. United States...

Aepyornis is an Elephant bird, one of three genera of ratite birds endemic to Madagascar until their extinction about 1000 A.D. The species "A". maximus...

The blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) is a passerine bird native to North America. It is known for being adaptable, aggressive and omnivorous. The blue jay...

passerine birds in the mainly New World family Troglodytidae. There are about 80 species in about 20 genera. The Wren is also the shortest bird in Britain...

a tropical bird found in swamps, river forests, and mangroves of the Amazon and the Orinoco delta in South America. They are the only bird which eats...

The goldcrest (Regulus regulus) is a tiny passerine bird in the kinglet family. Its colourful golden crest feathers gives rise to its popular name. The...

are called the "seven sister states", and seldom also Sikkim. Provincial bird of Northeast Indian region Provincial animal of Northeast Indian region Indian...

Accipitriformes is an order which includes most of the diurnal birds of prey: hawks, eagles, vultures, and many others, about 225 species in all. For...

Tweety Bird, Gabby Goat Sabrina: The Animated Series — Tim the Witch Smeller, Elton the Aardvark Tiny Toon Adventures — Porky Pig, Tweety Bird Crimson...

double-wattled cassowary or two-wattled cassowary, is a large flightless black bird with hard and stiff plumage, two dangling red wattles and a big bony lump...

Herons are wading birds in the Ardeidae family. There are 64 recognised species in this family. Some are called egrets or bitterns instead of herons....

kaki (Himantopus novaezelandiae) is a bird in the family Recurvirostridae. It lives in New Zealand. This bird has black feathers and long legs. The black...

capital, and its main port, is Kingstown. Its national bird is the Saint Vincent Amazon, an endemic bird of the Saint Vincent island. Saint Vincent and the...

a species of bird. They are not an endangered species. They have a stable population of between 130 million and 300 million adult birds. They are found...

(Tyrannus forficatus), also known as the Texas bird-of-paradise and swallow-tailed flycatcher, is a type of bird that lives in North America, in the United...

this file? See media help. The northern flicker is a large sized woodpecker bird with a slim and rounded head.It is also known as the clape, gaffer woodpecker...

Thongchai "Bird" McIntyre, who was born as Albert Thongchai McIntyre on December 8, 1958, is a Thai pop singer and actor. He released his debut album in...

Up to 70 million birds are shot in the United States (US) every year. Its name, "mourning," comes from its sad-sounding call. The bird is a strong flier...

pigeon that was once the most common bird in North America. The passenger pigeon, or, wild pigeon was a species of bird, Ectopistes migratorius, that was...

Pelagornis is a genus of huge fossil birds. One species, P. sandersi, is one of the largest bird ever found. Its wingspan was twice that of the largest...

takahē (Porphyrio mantelli) is a bird. It is extinct. This bird used to live in North Island, New Zealand. It was rail bird. That means it was in the family...

like nuts and are dispersed by birds. At maturity, the cones usually open to release the seeds, but in some of the bird-dispersed species (e.g. whitebark...

and the northern United States. This is a small, common bird which sings a simple song. The bird is about 12–15 cm (5–6 in) long and weighs 9-15 g (0.32-0...

subcontinent, southeast Asia and Australia. It does not migrate. It is the tallest bird in the world that can fly. It can grow to 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall. Its wing can...

Western Meadowlark is a bird that lives in the middle-western United States of America. The Western Meadowlark is the state bird of Kansas, Montana, Nebraska...

prehistoric flightless bird. Its name means 'titan'. Titanis was a genus of flightless bird belonging to the group called terror birds. These birds were the lions...

hummingbird. It lives in Cuba's Isla de la Juventud. It is the smallest bird in the world with an average length of only 5-6 cm. A newly hatched bee hummingbird...

Selma. The Simpsons (1991) – Marge Simpson Storybook Weaver (1994) - Mayzie Bird The Simpsons Cartoon Studio (1996) – Marge Simpson Virtual Springfield (1997) –...

unicolor) is a bird in the family Haematopodidae. It lives in New Zealand. This bird has a long orange bill and thick pink legs. Female birds have longer...

The bee-eaters are a group of land birds in the family Meropidae. They live in the Old World and Australasia: Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, and New...

Dromornis is a genus of fossil flightless birds. It lived in Australia from the late Miocene to the early Pliocene. This means early humans never met...

Instead of ants, birds can also use millipedes. Over 200 species of bird have been known to ant. We do not know why birds ant. Birds may ant because the...

"robin" to refer to unrelated birds. The common name "robin" is not specific enough to show which type of robin the bird is. The Linnaeus system avoids...

genus Corvus are in the family Corvidae. They are medium to large sized birds, carnivores and scavengers. The genus includes the crow (carrion crow or...

people on the islands. Most of these people were scientists who were at Bird Island, museum staff at Grytviken and the British Government Officers. This...

smaller and do not have a white or yolk. Birds' eggs are a common food source. The most commonly used bird eggs are those from the chicken, the duck...

"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was first released on their 1965 album Rubber Soul. It was mainly...

Ornithurae (meaning 'bird tails' in Greek) is the name of a natural group which includes all modern birds as well as their extinct relatives with plough-shaped...

food. Not all birds have a crop. In adult doves and pigeons, the crop can produce crop milk to feed newly hatched birds. Scavenging birds, such as vultures...

distinctive passerine bird has blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings. It lives everywhere except Australia. The bird is becoming...

species of birds, which evolved in the Upper Jurassic from small feathered coelurosaurian theropods. Among the features linking theropods to birds are bipedalism...

and mammals) and the Sauropsida (all reptiles, including dinosaurs and birds). The embryos of amniotes are either laid as eggs or develop in the female...

Archosaurs are a big group of reptiles, including all crocodiles, birds, dinosaurs, and pterosaurs (flying reptiles). There are also some smaller extinct...

The great tit (Parus major) is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is found throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central and Northern Asia, and...

The red-necked avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) is a bird in the family Recurvirostridae. It lives in many parts of Australia, not far from the coast...

small birds that usually feed on insects. They are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds As the name suggests, these birds only occur...

breeding bird. The Baltimore oriole is the state bird of Maryland. It is also the inspiration for the Baltimore Orioles baseball team. BirdLife International...

budgerigars List of Plants & Branches Hazardous to Birds Referenced list oriented toward pet birds Budgies[permanent dead link] Information about the...

passerine birds. They are also known as the suboscines. There are about 1,000 species in this suborder. Most of them live in South America. These birds are...

Conservation Union (ICUN). Great Albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds. They are very big. All albatrosses are very good at flying, spending much...

and in Canada, where it is the official bird for the territory of Nunavut, Canada, and the official game bird for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador...

into English as Chicken. In the Tibetan zodiac and the Guru zodiac, the bird is in the place of the rooster. People born within these dates can be said...

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch Martin P. Robinson as Laundromat Manager, Pestie, Telly Monster Matt Vogel as Big Bird (puppetry in some scenes)...

has been accepted into The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World in 2014, and the IOC World Bird List. This short article about biology can be made...

and three Grammy Awards. He is known for his works with J. J. Abrams, Brad Bird, Matt Reeves, Pete Docter, Colin Trevorrow, Jon Watts, Drew Goddard, Gareth...

oystercatcher or Chatham Island oystercatcher (Haematopus chathamensis) is a bird in the family Haematopodidae. It lives in only on New Zealand's Chatham Islands...

about 3,500 birds known to exist. There are reports of the birds in the Blackall Range, but this has not been proved. Known groups of birds live on Tamborine...

The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is a small bird in the genus Actitis.It is a migratory bird. During the summer months, it can be found all over...

name Cacatua alba), is a bird. It is also called the white cockatoo and the umbrella cockatoo. It is one of a larger group of birds in the family Cacatuidae...

common magpie (Pica pica) is a bird that lives in Europe, much of Asia, and northwest Africa. It is one of several birds in the crow family named as magpies...

/-ˈtwiː/; French: /ʁatatuj/) is a 2007 animated movie directed by Brad Bird. It stars Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Peter Sohn, Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo...

find the bird’s hiding place. As they moved, the giant bird suddenly attacked and carried away Yoimongba. In response, Taothingmang shot the bird with the...

planted. Much of the island has been identified by BirdLife International as being important for bird conservation, especially the endemic Saint Helena...

A loon is a bird that lives on water. It is in the order Gaviiformes. This is an order of aquatic birds, the loons or divers and their closest extinct...

("primitive") bird species known to date. Aurornis was discovered in 2013. The animal may predate the famous Archaeopteryx lithographica, the earliest bird, by...

(Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) is a stilt bird from Australia. It is a type of water bird known as a wader. The bird gets its name from the red-brown stripe...

Argentavis magnificens is one of the two largest flying birds ever discovered. This bird, sometimes called the giant teratorn, is an extinct species. It...

bird in the Swift family (Apodidae). It has four subspecies. The number of pacific swifts is unknown. They live in East Asia and Oceania. This bird is...

The Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) is a large bird. It lives in wet places such as in swamps and shallow lakes. It can be found from southeastern...

of Cambridgeshire, and we want to know the mean weight of these birds. For each bird in the population of crows there is a weight, and the set of these...

vertebrate: if an animal is not a vertebrate (fish, reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal), it is an invertebrate. Most animals, and most species of animal...

animals which do have one. Gizzards are standard equipment for pterosaurs and birds, dinosaurs, and crocodilia, also many fish, and crustacea. Gizzards work...

the Chinese bulbul, Japanese bulbul and white-vented bulbul. is a kind of bird in the bulbul family found in central and southern China, Hong Kong, Macao...

genus of extinct bird that lived during the latest Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica, some 66 million years ago (mya). Among modern birds, It is most closely...

The Jobi manucode (Manucodia jobiensis) is a medium-sized bird of paradise, that grows up to 34cm long. It looks greenish blue, black and purple glossed...

The auk is a type of bird. It is the English word for any bird in the family Alcidae. There are many species of auk. They live in the northern half of...

crow-sized birds from the Lower Cretaceous. It was found in the Yixian and Jiufotang Formations of China, dating from 125 to 120 million years ago. The bird was...

Gulls, also called seagulls, is a common name that refers to any type of bird. They form the family Laridae, in the order Charadriiformes. There are many...

The curl-crested manucode (Manucodia comrii) is a large bird of paradise, about 43 cm long, with glossy purple, black and green plumage, red iris and crinkled...

trade, but locally it remains fairly common. It is the national bird of Honduras. BirdLife International (2012). "Ara macao". IUCN Red List of Threatened...

A tinamou is one of an family of birds called the Tinamidae. They are the only species within the family. There are 47 species of tinamou in Central and...

such as the songbirds, which includes many families of birds. The next group is the class; all birds are in the same class. After that is the phylum, such...

of the ground or had bird feces shipped all over the world to farmers, and the bird feces was being used up faster than the birds could replace it. After...

The Jackdaw is a large bird, a member of the crow family Corvidae. It is black, with a grey back of the head. The jackdaw is common over the whole of Europe...

such as a leaf or a fruit. In birds it refers to a pale bluish grey color of the feathers, legs or some other part of the bird. Glaucous appears in the name...

krameri) also known as the ring-necked parakeet, is a tropical species of bird, with a wide range in Africa and south Asia (the Indian subcontinent). The...

chicken is called a hen. A young chicken is called a chick. Like other female birds, hens lay eggs. Chicks hatch out of the eggs. When raising chickens, a farmer...

mostly preys on and eats birds. Birds that eats other birds, such as hawks, eagles, and falcons, are called avian avivores. Bird Bird of prey This short article...

Poultry are a group of domesticated birds kept by humans for their eggs, their meat or their feathers. These birds are most typically members of the superorder...

An aviary is a place where birds are kept. It is larger than a birdcage. Some aviaries are large enough for birds to fly some distance. Many zoos have...

The finger (also called "the bird", or most commonly "the middle finger") is a common insulting hand signal in some countries. The gesture dates back to...

The curlew is Numenius, a bird with a long downcurved bill (beak). With its beak the bird probes mudflats for food. In pre-modern times the world had...

traditional Indian geography it falls under the North-east Indian zone. Provincial bird of Nagaland Provincial tree of Nagaland Provincial flower of Nagaland "Nagaland...

Falcons are small to medium-sized birds of prey related to hawks, eagles, and vultures. They usually have pointed wings and long tails. Most falcons eat...

game birds from the order Galliformes. They are often considered a tribe Tetraonini in the family Phasianidae. The grouse are henlike terrestrial birds, their...

This bird breeds from southern Arizona in the United States to as far as south as central Argentina, western Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago. Birds from...

falcon (Falco pelegrinoides) is a species of bird. It is a medium-sized falcon about the size of a crow. This bird of prey breeds in the Canary Islands and...

off species of animals, making them extinct. Hunting once made the dodo, a bird, become extinct. Before they invented herding people got meat by hunting...

living species of bird from the genus Gallus in the pheasant family. They occur in India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. These are large birds, with colourful...

the state of Rajasthan, while Maharashtra is to the southwest. Provincial bird of Madhya Pradesh Provincial animal of Madhya Pradesh Provincial tree of...

cinnamon sparrow or cinnamon tree sparrow, is a bird that is part of the sparrow family. It is a small bird with a thick beak, and is 14 to 15 centimetres...

The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) is a water bird. It is a large wader in the family Scolopacidae. It breeds on Arctic coasts and tundra mainly...

of a flower. With bright colours and scent, they often bring insects and birds to pollinate the flowers. Petals are made of cellulose and other organic...

The turquoise-browed motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) is a bird of the motmot family. It lives in Central America, from south-east Mexico (mostly the Yucatán...

daytime bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is closely related to Sanford's sea eagle of the Solomon Islands. It is a distinctive bird, with a...

colours are interesting because they are the reverse of normal. In most birds the females are "self-coloured" (all one colour, and usually quite dull)...

Pithecophaga jefferyi. The Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) is a bird of prey that can be found only in the Philippines. It is also called the...

Shrikes are passerine birds of the family Laniidae. The family has 31 species in three genera. The family name, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word...

The takahē or South Island takahē (Porphyrio hochstetteri) is a bird. It lives in South Island, New Zealand. There are two species, and they are commonly...

Corvus corone, a member of the Corvidae family, and they are passerine birds. That is well agreed, but the classification of some groups is not agreed...

County in Florida in 1904, and the last bird kept by people died at the Cincinnati Zoo in 1918. This was the male bird called "Incas", who died within a year...

vulture-like bird species found in the Andes mountains and adjacent Pacific coasts of western South America. It is the largest flying land bird in the Western...

amateur ornithologist (bird expert). Lawrence counted birds for Spencer Fullerton Baird and John Cassin, and the three men wrote Birds of North America in...

common among adults. It is not limited to humans, most mammals and many birds can also catch influenza. It is caused by several different viruses, termed...

palmchat (Dulus dominicus) is a small passerine bird. It is the national bird of the Dominican Republic. BirdLife International (2012). "Dulus dominicus"...

melanocephalus) is a species of bird. It belongs in the family Cardinalidae. It is a medium-sized, seed-eating bird. It is 18–19 cm long. It weights...

turacos make up the bird family Musophagidae (/ˌmjuːzoʊˈfædʒɪdiː/ "banana-eaters"), which includes plantain-eaters and go-away-birds. In southern Africa...

is a term for birds and their immediate extinct ancestors. It is a clade of dinosaurs containing their only living representatives (birds) and whatever...

The teratorns were a group of very large birds of prey that lived in the Americas from the Oligocene to Pleistocene epochs. They are all extinct now....

group of creatures from Japanese folklore. They are recognized for either a bird-like appearance or occasionally a human with a large nose or beak. This short...

woodhen, is a flightless bird in the rail family. It is endemic to New Zealand. There are four subspecies. Weka are sturdy brown birds, about the size of a...

The resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) is a bird from Central America. It is well known for its colorful plumage. It plays an important role in...

may refer to: Hide (skin), the cured skin of an animal Bird hide, a structure for watching birds without disturbing them Hide (unit), an old unit of land...

The lesser prairie chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) is a bird in the grouse family. It is similar to the greater prairie chicken but is slightly smaller...

highly territorial. Many young birds starve if they cannot find a vacant territory once parental care ceases. This nocturnal bird of prey hunts mainly rodents...

The marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It breeds in Africa, south of the Sahara, in wet and...

colorful puffleg population is estimated as about 250–999 adult birds. These colorful birds were first found in 1967 by photographer John Dunning who was...

knobs on the forearm of a Velociraptor found in Mongolia. These bumps on bird wing bones show where feathers anchor, and their presence on Velociraptor...

fast: "the Phoenix City", after the bird which burns itself then rises from the ashes in old myths. A picture of the bird is on the city seal. Atlanta became...

character Big Bird since 1998. Caroll Spinney, the first person that played Big Bird, retired in 2018. From then on, Matt Vogel played Big Bird full-time...

is the clade containing all theropod dinosaurs more closely related to birds than to carnosaurs. This is a varied group that includes tyrannosaurs, ornithomimosaurs...

actor. He was best known for his work with John Bird and Rory Bremner on the television series Bremner, Bird and Fortune. He studied at Bristol Cathedral...

built up around a tidal basin. This area is great for bird watching, beach combing, hiking trails, birds, whale watching, gift shops, accommodations, restaurants...

The roadrunner (Geococcyx) is a fast-running bird. The roadrunner is also called the "chaparral bird" and the "chaparral cock". The roadrunners are a...

The Kashmir flycatcher (Ficedula subrubra) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. This species breeds in the northwest Himalayas...

as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. Sandpipers are small birds with a longish pointed beak, and usually a rounded shape. Most species eat...

Abundant Amount as compared to major part of states in india. Provincial bird of Jharkhand Provincial animal of Jharkhand Provincial tree of Jharkhand...

The Avocets are water birds which poke around in mud to get their food. They are a kind of bird which are often called "waders". The genus name Recurvirostra...

The glossy-mantled manucode (Manucodia ater) is a medium-sized bird of paradise, around 42cm long, glossed green, blue and purple black with a red iris...

collected and described by Allan Octavian Hume on a mission to study about birds of Manipur in 1881. P. manipurensis is listed as "Endangered" on the IUCN's...

radio host, voice actor, and speaker. He was known for playing both Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street, the first six seasons of Totally Spies...

debris on its beaches. Ten of its 51 flowering plants, all four of its land birds and about a third of the identified insects and gastropods are endemic –...

The common ground dove (Columbina passerina) is a small bird that lives in the southern United States, parts of Central America, the Caribbean and northern...

The Thorn Birds is an American television miniseries broadcast on ABC from March 27 to 30, 1983. It starred Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara...

jungle sparrow, jungle sparrow, or rufous-backed sparrow, is a passerine bird of the Passeridae sparrow family. It lives around the Indus valley region...

Fledge is the stage in a young bird's life when the feathers and wing muscles become developed enough for flight. It also describes the act of a chick's...

South America. The bird is named after the color of its underparts. It is a common species of thrush within Brazil. It is the state bird of São Paulo, and...

The anatidae are the biological family of birds that includes the ducks, geese and swans. These birds are common and widespread, and live in or near water...

They do not have ear tufts and most are nocturnal woodland birds. They eat small mammals, birds, and reptiles. This short article about biology can be made...

to the National Audubon Society, except its members are mainly amateur birders. It is a member of the Ornithological Council. It was founded in September...

The barred antshrike, Thamnophilus doliatus, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is found in the Neotropics from Tamaulipas, Mexico, through...

"stiff tails") are a clade which includes most theropod dinosaurs, including birds. Tetanurans first appear in the Jurassic. It is a large group of theropod...

The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a bird that lives in temperate parts of Europe, Asia and also parts of Africa. It has long legs and walks through shallow...

black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis), also known as Tibetan crane, is a large bird and medium-sized crane. It is 139 cm (55 in) long, it has a 235 cm (7.8 ft)...

West Punjab went to Islamic Pakistan.[source?] Northern Goshawk, provincial bird of East Punjab Blackbuck, provincial animal of East Punjab Indian Rosewood...

Sauropsida without birds is paraphyletic, since birds are definitely descended from archosaurs, probably small theropod dinosaurs (origin of birds). Paraphyly...

Shuvuuia is a genus of bird-like theropod dinosaur from the later Cretaceous of Mongolia. It is a member of the family Alvarezsauridae, small coelurosaurian...

(Aphrastura subantarctica) is a species of bird. It is endemic to the Diego Ramírez Islands in Chile. "Scientists find new bird species at South America's edge"...

Gansus is a genus of aquatic birds that lived during the Lower Cretaceous period, between 115 to 105 million years ago (mya). It was found in what is...

underparts. The bird is 19–23 cm (7.5–9.1 in) long. They feed on insects, small crustaceans, fish, small rodents and reptiles. Usually, a bird will sit on...

Mygalomorphae, the group of spiders that includes the tarantulas (also called "bird-eating spider"). There is a third group of spiders that is extremely ancient...

use until 1923. February 20 - Survivors of a shipwreck eat the last Dodo bird. April 30 – Mary II of England, Scotland and Ireland, monarch (d. 1694)...

junglefowl, is a member of the Galliformes bird order which is endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is the National bird. BirdLife International (2016). "Gallus lafayettii"...

passerine bird. It belongs to the genus Serinus in the finch family. It is native to the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira. Wild birds are mostly...

teeth. This again has a parallel with birds; Archaeopteryx and many Cretaceous birds have teeth; modern birds do not. The disadvantage of teeth is that...

Thrillers often have a horror or crime theme. Some examples of thriller movies are Psycho, Silence of the Lambs, Vertigo, Rear Window, Argo and The Birds....

2005. Pocoyo does talk very much. He has a few friends: including a bird named Baby Bird, an elephant named Elly, an octopus named Fred, a dog named Loula...

eared - is a member of the grebe family of water birds. It inhabits Eurasia and North America. BirdLife International (2018). "Podiceps auritus". IUCN...

wading birds in North America. It also has the largest mangrove ecosystem in the Western hemisphere. It is also home to more than 350 species of birds, 300 species...

by birds and mice. On Oahu, Hawaii, there is a white form of the Monarch. This is because two species of birds have been introduced. The two birds are...

also called the sea eagle, erne, and white-tailed sea-eagle — is a large bird of prey. It is in the family Accipitridae, which includes other raptors,...

of bird in the family Ptilonorhynchidae, the bowerbirds. It is endemic to Queensland in Australia. Today, it lives only in the Atherton region. BirdLife...

Sapeornis is a genus of primitive bird which lived during the Lower Cretaceous about 125–120 million years ago (mya). Only one species is known: Sapeornis...

(Falco berigora) is a large falcon. It is native to Australia and New Guinea. BirdLife International (2016). "Falco berigora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species...

sunbird or Temminck's hummingbird (Aethopyga temminckii) is a species of bird. It is found in up to 1800 m altitude in Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia and southwestern...

officially adopted on May 11, 2024, featuring the common loon (the state bird) and the Dakota phrase “Mni Sóta Makoce”. Flag of Minnesota This short article...

A cockatoo is any of the 21 species belonging to the bird family Cacatuidae, the only family in the superfamily Cacatuoidea. Along with the Psittacoidea...

Martin was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1993–1996. Sharon Bird held several ministerial positions in the Gillard and Rudd governments. "Profile...

Galliformes is an order of birds. Members of this group are normally called landfowls and members of this group containe the turkeys, grouse, chickens...

The common buzzard (Buteo buteo) is a bird of prey, very widespread in the Old World. It lives in most of Europe and into Asia. It is between 51 and 57 cm...

spoken are Hindi and Chhattisgarhi. The main religion is Hindu. Provincial bird of Chhattisgarh Provincial animal of Chhattisgarh Provincial tree of Chhattisgarh...

humanitarian efforts Jacqueline Kennedy; White House restoration and the Arts Lady Bird Johnson; Environmental protection and beautification Pat Nixon; Philanthropy...

Cantus the Minstrel, Sam, Harry the Hipster, Yorick, Emmet Otter, Clyde (bird), Timmy Monster, Blue Martian, Lubbock Lou, and various other characters...

The Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus), is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors, such as...

egg (from Greek kleistos = closed) is the type of egg which reptiles and birds lay. Mammalian reproduction has evolved from laying cleidoic eggs to live...

secretly went out at night to locate the lair of a gigantic bird known as Kakyen. Yet the bird swiftly carried him away like he was a tiny chicken. His younger...

The red kite (Milvus milvus) is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. This family also has other raptors such as eagles, buzzards, and...

Illinois, school children voted to select the state bird, state flower, and state tree. The state bird is the cardinal. The state flower of Illinois is the...

Flamingos (listen) are types of birds. They are noisy birds and they live in big groups called flocks. Flamingos are wading birds. This means they live by water...

Hesperornis is an extinct genus of flightless aquatic birds that lived during the Upper Cretaceous (89–65 million years ago). Hesperornis was an important...

Enantiornithes is a group of extinct avialans ("birds" in the broad sense). They are the most abundant and diverse group known from the Mesozoic era....

and less dense. It was invented by the English chemist Alfred Bird (1811–1878) in 1843. Bird was quickly followed by Henry Jones (1812 – 12 July 1891), who...

species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. "Collared Antshrike (Sakesphorus bernardi) | the Internet Bird Collection"...

kiwi or tokoeka (Apteryx australis) is a bird in the family Apterygidae. It lives in New Zealand. This bird does not fly. It runs on the ground. The southern...

"cloudy water". Eagle Mountain is the highest point in Minnesota. The state bird is the Common Loon. Minnesota has a humid continental climate. The winters...

the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. This short article about biology can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia...

traditional Indian geography it falls under the North Indian zone. Provincial bird of Haryana Provincial animal of Haryana Provincial tree of Haryana Provincial...

and chin of the males. This bird is named after the American ornithologist (bird expert), George Newbold Lawrence. BirdLife International (2012). "Carduelis...

A honeyeater is one of a large family of small to medium-sized birds which feed on nectar. They are most common in Australia and New Guinea, but are also...

wirebird, is a small bird (a plover) endemic to the island of Saint Helena. The bird was first mentioned in 1638, and is the national bird of Saint Helena;...

The splendid astrapia (Astrapia splendidissima) is a bird-of-paradise about 39 cm long. The male is black with an iridescent yellow-green mantle (cloak)...

(Herpsilochmus parkeri) is a bird in the antbird family. The first species was found in northern Peru in 1983. Antbirds do anting. The bird rubs ants (or other...

calvus) is a bird native to Sub-Saharan Africa. Adult birds have maroon shoulder patches. The shoulder patches are olive in immature birds. They reach...

The Príncipe scops owl (Otus bikegila) is a bird that lives on an island called Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe. The owl lives in old-growth forests...

The black-hooded antshrike (Thamnophilus bridgesi) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. As its name...

chrysolaus), sometimes known as the brown thrush, is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. This bird breeds in Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands and Japan. It winters...

more like big non-flying birds than they are like lizards (or "saurians"). Thomas Henry Huxley in the 1860s had thought birds evolved from dinosaurs, based...

Mesites are small birds which only occur on Madagascar. They are flightless, or near-flightless. There are three species, in two genera. The IUCN has...

only birds that can lay their eggs on ice. Emperors are the biggest of the 18 species of penguin found today, and one of the largest of all birds. Emperor...

Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis), is a member of the roller family of birds. They are found widely across tropical Asia stretching from Iraq eastward...

speaking many languages. The most notable animals still alive were the birds of paradise. Of marsupials, the quolls are notable. They are small, solitary...

regulation ('hot-blooded') and a high rate of metabolism. This is also found in birds and bats, and seems necessary for active flight. The genus was quite successful:...

some cases even abandoned. Dogs, cats, fish, rodents, lagomorphs, ferrets, birds, certain reptiles and amphibians, and a wide variety of arthropods such...

narrow flowers are punctured at the base near the nectaries, where the birds get the nectar. Fruit is also often part of their diet. The sunbirds have...

expectancy is 54 years old in Chad. Chad is home to 134 kinds of mammals, 141 bird species, 52 kinds of reptiles, 30 amphibians and 130 kinds of fish. Many...

The currawong is a type of bird from Australasia. They form the genus Strepera, which belongs to the Artamidae family of birds. There are three species...

A hawk is a common term for a medium to large-sized birds of prey. Its usage varies in different places. The subfamily Accipitrinae, the subfamily of...

is the name of the more common of the two species of turkey. This large bird is found across much of the United States and southern Canada. Wild turkeys...

Diomedea (the great albatrosses) and has the largest wingspan of any living bird. It can have a wing-span of up to 11.5 feet (3.50 m). The IUCN says it is...

The vireos (/ˈvɪri.oʊ/) are a group of passerine birds that are mostly in the part of the New World. Their feathers are dull-colored and greenish, the...

People who live in Indiana are sometimes called Hoosiers. Indiana's state bird is the cardinal. Indiana's state flower is the peony. Indiana's state tree...

The white-flanked antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris) is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is the only antwren with white flank patches. Vieillot...

penguins, they saw a similar look to the great auk and named them after this bird, but they are not related. The etymology of the word penguin is debated....

War, was a military operation in Australia in late 1932. Emus are large birds that cannot fly. Wild emus only live in Australia. The Australian army killed...

known as the European greenfinch, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. This bird is widespread throughout Europe, north Africa and southwest...

The oriole ( or Old World oriole) is a bird in the family Oriolidae. They make up the genus Oriolus. Old World orioles are found areas of Africa, Asia...

the names of the two main characters, a bear called Banjo and an orange bird called Kazooie, who lives in Banjo's backpack. The story follows Banjo and...

archosaurs. It includes the archosaurs (living today are crocodiles and birds). It also includes all their ancestors and relatives right back to the early...

food on the wing. The wings are large, broad, rounded and long. Like other birds of prey many owls have females that are larger than males. They are nocturnal...

does not often 'drum' on trees like other woodpecker species. It is a shy bird but usually draws attention with its loud calls. A nest hole is excavated...

from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2020-03-20. BirdLife International. "Important Bird Areas in Nauru". Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental...

is a Herpetologist and birder from the Commonwealth of Dominica. While studying in Texas, United States she founded #BlackBirdersWeek. She wants it to be...

by Rovio LVL11 and published by Rovio Entertainment. Inspired by Flappy Bird, Retry had similar controls. The game was soft launched in Finland, Canada...

is a bird in the Ardeidae family. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Egretta caerulea. Wikispecies has information on: Egretta caerulea. BirdLife International...

status is least concern, this means that this bird is safe and not in any danger of becoming extinct. BirdLife International (2017). "Corvus corone". IUCN...

The hornbills (Bucerotidae) are a family of bird found in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Melanesia. They have a long, down-curved bill which...

features are the product of the process of adaptation. The illustration of bird beaks shows an obvious sign of their different ways of life. However, eating...

married Renée Dahon. She was actress he met during a rehearsal of The Blue Bird in 1910. When Germany invaded Belgium in 1914, Maeterlink wished to join...

author Rhea (moon), a moon of Saturn 577 Rhea, asteroid Rhea (bird), large flightless birds native to South America Rhea County, Tennessee Rhea of the Cöos...

had produced over 4,500 episodes, two feature-length movies (Follow That Bird in 1985 and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland in 1999), 35 TV specials...

co-authorship of an influential field guide to birds, as well as organizing the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Robbins was born in Belmont, Massachusetts...

The greater rhea, Rhea americana, is a flightless bird found in South America. The greater rhea is also known as grey, common rhea, or the American rhea...

kiwi (Apteryx haastii) is a species of kiwi. This bird does not fly. It runs on the ground. This bird has gray-brown feathers with white bands. Its bill...

The Keoladeo National Park is an Indian bird sanctuary in Bharatpur, Rajasthan. It is also a declared World Heritage Site. Keoladeo Ghana National Park...

Marginocephalians (meaning "fringed heads") are a group of Ornithischian (bird-hipped) dinosaurs. They can be briefly described as "herbivores which defend...

orange-breasted sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea), is the only member of the bird genus Anthobaphes. However, it is sometimes put in the genus Nectarinia....

Antigone may mean: Antigone (Sophocles) Antigone (Euripides) Antigone (bird) formerly named Grus...

It is a bird in the order Pelecaniformes. It is the only living species in the genus Balaeniceps and the family Balaenicipitidae. The bird looks similar...

'drug (Dragon), drul (Snake), ta (Horse), lug (Sheep) te (Monkey), tshya (Bird), kyi (Dog), phag (Boar), tshyiwa (Rat) lang (Ox). With the introduction...

people think that this bird is a raven. This crow is of least concern so it is safe. It is also called the jungle crow. The bird was called a 'gorilla...

series of cartoons. Most of his appearances have him often chasing Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper. He appeared in 103 cartoons in the golden...

The white-cheeked antbird (Gymnopithys leucaspis) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is sometimes called the bicolored antbird. It is...

that was endemic to Socorro Island on the west coast of Mexico. The last bird was seen there in 1972. For this reason, IUCN has classified the species...

rendovae), also known as the grey-throated white-eye, is a small passerine bird in the white-eye genetic family, Zosteropidae. The Makira white-eye is also...

californianus), is a New World vulture, the largest North American land bird. It became extinct in the wild in 1987 (all remaining wild individuals were...

and produced by Robert Popper. It stars Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird, Tom Rosenthal and Mark Heap. The series aired from 2011-2020 on Channel...

The hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) is a common bird that is found in North America. The size of one is 15 to 17 cm. It has a brown head. It is closely...

we commonly refer to birds "learning" to fly, because they cannot fly at first, but can a week or two later. However, young birds have been experimentally...

black and white plumage and a red patch on the lower belly. Males and young birds also have red markings on the neck or head. This species is found across...

one point, Pete can be heard humming "Lambert the Sheepish Lion". The same bird that was seen in "Little April Shower" from Bambi, can be briefly spotted...

The cuckoo roller or courol (Leptosomus discolor) is the only bird in the family Leptosomidae /lɛptoʊˈsɒmɪdiː/, which was previously often placed in the...

chicks and eggs. Some birds, for example the kiwi and kakapo do not fly. The animals that like to eat the kakapo were mostly birds of prey that flew high...

Ornithomimidae ("bird-mimics") is a group of theropod dinosaurs which bore a superficial resemblance to modern ostriches. They were fast, omnivorous or...

first birds appeared 150 million years ago, evolving from dinosaurs long before Unenlagia lived. Therefore, it is not an ancestor of modern-day birds, but...