Birds

Bird Facts

  • Birds are warm-blooded. They have feathers, wings and lay eggs.
  • Birds can fly with the help of their hollow bone.
  • Chicken is the most common species of bird all over the world.
  • Ostrich is the largest bird in the world. Bee humming bird is the smallest living bird.
  • Hummingbirds can fly backwards.

Classifications of birds

The general scientific classification of birds is as follows:

Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass: Tetrapoda
Class: Aves

Birds are generally identified by their feathers. In general there are about ten thousand species of birds in the world and they are grouped into 30 different orders. But for easy understanding and references the scientists and researchers have divided the bird species into the following categories.

This category classification is done by grouping the birds that have same characteristic and behavior. Below is the list for types of birds.

Types of birds:

Avocet

Avocet

Eastern Bluebirds

Eastern Bluebirds

Catbirds

Catbirds

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

Doves

Doves

Flamingo

Flamingo

Geese

Geese

Herons

Herons

Kingfishers

Kingfishers

Magpie

Magpie

Owls

Owls

Penguins

Penguins

Peafowls

Peafowls

Quails

Quails

Roadrunners

Roadrunners

Sparrows

Sparrows

Vultures

Vultures

woodpeckers

Woodpeckers

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