BIRDS
- From which creature did the birds evolve and
when? The birds evolved from
reptiles about 150 million years ago in the Jurassic Period.
- How does a bird steer itself while
flying? Bird steers itself by
moving its tail and by altering the angle of the wings. The web-tooted
water-bird uses its feet also.
- Which bird incubates its egg on its
feet? The Emperor penguin
incubates the egg on its feet.
- What are passeriformes?
Passeriformes are the perching birds.
- What do you know about the
Albatross? The Albatross is a
large long-winged sea bird. It travels far into the ocean. It is
mostly found in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Which are the two kinds of existing
sea-cows? Dugongs and Manatus.
- Which bird is the fastest
moving? Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
is the faster, with a speed of up to 350 km/hr.
- Which is the rarest bird? One of
the rarest must be the Hawalian-honey eater called Bishops Coaa (Moho
bishopi).
- Which bird hatch eggs in
compost? The Male fowl (Brush
Turkey Family) keeps its eggs warm by burying them in a compost heap of
rotting vegetation. It keeps the temperature at 33 degree C.
constantly by adding or removing covering of sand in the compost.
- What is Bee-eater? Bee-eater is
the family of medium sized migratory birds in tropical Asia and
Africa. They are mainly green, but have patches of black and of bright
colours. Bee-eaters have big, down-curving bills, with which they
catch bees, wasps and other insects in flight.
- What is cockatoo? A cockatoo is
a white parrot with touches of yellow or red. It has a crust.
The bird is found in Australia and New Guinea. Cockatoos use their
sharp curved beaks to crack nuts, dig up sorts and prise grubs out of trees.
- Which is the heaviest flying bird? Where is it
found? The heaviest flying bird is
Kori bustard (otiskori) found in Africa. It weights up to 18 kg.
- Which living bird is the
biggest? Ostrich is the biggest
which weights up to 156 kg, and is found in Africa.
- Which bird is known as Nightjar?
Nightjar is a small nocturnal bird found all over the world. The bird
files and feeds at night and rests during day on heaths or borders of woods.
- Where is Lyre-bird found?
Why it is called so? Lyre bird is
a large bird found in Australia. It is called so because the male
bird, while courting, raises its silver and gold tail feathers in the shape
of a lyre and sing melodiously.
- What are Ant-birds? Ant-birds
are small, dull-coloured birds of South and Central America. They
mostly eat ants.
- Which is the bird that can fly
backwards? The Humming bird, which
can fly without stop for some 800 km.
- Which bird is longest known migrator?
The Arctic term is the longest migrator. Each year it covers about
35,000 km.
- Which birds 'fly' under water?
Penguin. It is found in the polar regions. They are flightness.
They feed by diving for fishes and other sea creatures, using the short
wings as paddles. Penguins are agile in the sea they can be described as
flying under water.
- Which is the bird that eats
stones? The Ostrich is the bird
that can eat stones and iron pieces, besides its main food which consists of
plants, seeds, berry etc.
- Which is the smallest bird? The
smallest bird in the world is Bee-humming bird (Melli suga helenae) found in
Cuba.
- Which is the most domestic and common
bird? The most domestic bird is
the chicken.
- A bird which does not build its
nest: The Cucko. It deposits the
eggs in the nests of other birds. Remarkably its eggs resemble those
of its host.
- Which bird lays the smallest
eggs? The Vervain, humming birds.
- Which are the biggest among the
birds? Ostriches, Rheas,
Cassowaries, and Emus are the biggest.
- Why are some birds called water
fowls? These birds usually live in
water. They feed from water, nest near water and many even mate in
water.
- Which is the largest and the smallest water
fowl? Swan is the largest and the
Duck is the smallest.
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