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Some Interesting Information on Birds

Some Interesting Information on Birds--Birds are the only vertebrate animals to have a fused collarbone (the furcul a or wishbone) and a keeled breastbone.**Birds are social animals and need exercise in unconfined areas. Birds are vertebrates with feathers,...

Some Interesting Information on Birds

Birds are amazing creatures did you know that birds have been clocked in migration by radar to be moving about 30 mph for songbirds, and 45 for shorebirds. Much of the speed of migration depends on wind conditions and some birds slow down to conserve energy when they are aided by wind. Birds are technically referred to as the classification of Aves or Avians . They are warm-blooded creatures and are very similar to mammals . Birds are an important food source for humans. The most commonly eaten species is the domestic chicken and its eggs, although geese, pheasants, turkeys, and ducks are also widely eaten.

Birds are the only vertebrate animals to have a fused collarbone (the furcul a or wishbone) and a keeled breastbone. Birds are warm-blooded, egg-laying, vertebrate animals. They are covered in feathers and their forelimbs are modified into wings which are used for flight. Birds are incredibly diverse in size, color, and lifestyles. They range in size from the 2.5 inch, 0.08 ounce Bee Hummingbird to the Wandering Albatross with an 11 foot wingspan.


Birds are social animals and need exercise in unconfined areas. Birds are vertebrates with feathers, modified for flight and for active metabolism. Birds are a monophyletic lineage, evolved once from a common ancestor, and all birds are related through that common origin.

Birds are easy to love and being bipedal their feet are usually adapted for perching and never have more than four toes. Hearing and eyesight are well developed but the sense of smell is usually poor. Birds are important elements of nearly every ecosystem on earth and many plants depend on birds for pollination and seed dispersal.

They are often illusive and not particularly cooperative subjects. They are rather small, shy, and keep their distance but can be social and communicate using visual signals and through calls and song, and participate in social behaviors including cooperative hunting, cooperative breeding, flocking and mobbing of predators. Primarily socially monogamous it has been found that some species have polygamous or polyandrous breeding systems.

No matter how you describe them birds are amazing creatures.

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By Mike Yeager
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