Bird Species
everything you wanted to know about birds.
The pages dedicated to birds will offer you intersting facts about the diverse bird species, their physical characteristics and behavior. Learn about bird species that can be reared at home as pets. Birds are warm blooded vertebrates’ characterized by wings, bipedal and oviparous feature.
The 10,000 odd known species of modern birds can be classified into 2 main classes.
Paleognathae
The 49 bird species in this order have a palate anatomy that is very primeval and reptilian.
This order includes 2 sub orders
- Struthioniformes like ostriches, emus, kiwis and allies.
-The Tinamiformes order including Tinamous species.
Neognathae
This order has around 10000 species of birds which are grouped into 27 sub orders. Bird species in this class include waterfowl, albatrosses, nightjars, wood peckers and kingfishers to name a few.
Fun bird facts
Bird spend 9% of their time everyday on preening and grooming their feathers
About 60 living birds are flightless. They are generally found on desolate islands where land predators are not present and resources are restricted.
The Bar Tailed Godwit has the longest flight range of 10,200 km for migration among land birds.
The Sooty Shearwater has the longest flight range of 64000km for migration among sea birds.
Pet bird care
The bird’s cage must be large enough to enable it to flap its wings to exercise them and allow slight flights.
If you have a pet parrot provide him with swings and natural perches on the cage so that his toe muscles are exercised.
Cuttle bones provide the bird calcium and a beak trimming opportunity. A bath on the cage floor and 2-3 times of misting a week is great for birds.
Spend some time with your bird everyday. You should feed your bird with or bird feed mixes, formulations or seeds along with supplements like sprouted seeds, fruits and vegetables.
In this write-up, a critical look is taken at the Elegant Crested Tinamou. Facts presented in this write-up have been painstakingly gathered so as to enhance the knowledge base of precious readers like you. Also known as Martineta Tinamou, the Elegant Crested Tinamou is medium-sized, and has Eudromia elegans as ...
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Scientifically called Nothoprocta pentlandii, the Andean Tinamou happens to be one of the members of the Tinamou group of birds found throughout South America. This species possesses many of the same characteristics as its cousins. The range in which the bird is found extends along the length of the Andes ...
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These birds are not popular; only a small percentage of their species is known. It is sometimes referred to as the Pileated Tinamou, and happens to be resident to Central America and also northern parts of South America. Its range goes from Mexico down to some of the southern states ...
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The Great Tinamous form a family comprising 47 species of birds found in Central and South America. They are one of the most ancient living groups of birds, and are related to the ratites. They belong to the family Tinamidae which consists of about 47 species. Their size range vary ...
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The Golden Pheasant stands as one of the most popular of all pheasant species kept in captivity. Scientifically called Chrysolophus pictus, the Golden Pheasant happens to be a gamebird of the order Galliformes and the family Phasianidae. This bird is native to forests in the mountainous areas of western China. ...
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The Elliot's Pheasant is also known as Bar-backed Pheasant, and it happens to be a large pheasant depicting dominant brown and white colors. It can be up to 80 cm long, and has a black throat, chestnut brown upperparts plumage, white belly, nape and wingbars, red bare facial skin, and long ...
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The Common Pheasant is a bird that belongs to the pheasant family. Scientifically, it is known as Phasianus colchicus. The common pheasant is native to Georgia. Elsewhere, it has widely been introduced as a gamebird. Usually, in places where none of its relatives occur such as in Europe, it is ...
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It is said that the Red Junglefowl happens to be the original "chicken" from which all domestic chickens are descended. This assertion is based on comments and observations made by Charles Darwin. The Red Junglefowl is scientifically called Gallus gallus, and it happens to be a tropical member of the ...
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Scientifically known as Argusianus argus, the Great Argus, is seen as a brown-plumaged pheasant with a small blue head and neck, rufous red upper breast, black hair-like feathers on crown and nape, and red legs. Interestingly, the male has been found to be among the largest of all pheasants. The ...
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Among the monal pheasants, the Himalayan happens to be the only one regularly seen in captivity. Despite the fact that it is large and heavily built, the Himalayan Monal has been found to be very gentle and good natured. The mature male has a spectacular plumage which mainly consists of ...
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