Wood pigeons have blue-grey plumage which is slightly duller on their wings. Their breasts are pinkish and the belly is creamy-white. They have black flight feathers with white edges and a white band on open wings. Their tail is grey with a white terminal band.

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Saurischia

How Bird Classification Works

• Kingdom: Animalia (this includes all animals on earth)
• Phylum: Chordata (this includes all animals on earth which have a spinal chord)
• Subphylum: Vertebrata (this includes all animals which have a true backbone)
• Class: Aves (this includes all living and extinct birds)
• Order.
• Family.

The List: The 3 Types Of Birds in the World

• Tweety Birds. These are little birds that tweet. Examples include sparrows, finches, robins.
• Ducky Birds. These are birds that float in water. Examples include ducks, swans, sea gulls, and albatrosses.
• Hawk-like Birds. The birds of this category are, well, hawk-like in nature.

23 orders

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Types of Birds

• Diurnal Birds of Prey (Accipitriformes)
• Waterfowl Birds (Anseriformes)
• Hummingbirds & Swifts (Apodiformes)
• Kiwis & Extinct Birds (Apterygiformes)
• Hornbills & Hoopoes (Coraciiformes)
• Nightjars, Frogmouths & Oilbirds (Caprimulgiformes)
• Seriemas (Cariamiformes)
• Emus & Cassowaries (Casuariiformes)

Reptiles

Orders

• ORDER STRUTHIONIFORMES – OSTRICHES – Common Ostrich.
• ORDER RHEIFORMES – RHEAS – Lesser Rhea.
• ORDER TINAMIFORMES – TINAMOUS- Elegant Crested Tinamou.
• ORDER CASUARIIFORMES – CASSOWARIES – Southern Cassowary.
• ORDER APTERYGIFORMES – KIWIS – Southern Brown Kiwi.
• ORDER ANSERIFORMES – DUCKS – Madagascar Pochard.

Mammal

7 Characteristics of birds

• Feathers.
• Wings.
• lightweight, rigid skeleton.
• Endothermic metabolism.
• unique respiratory system.
• beak.
• oviparity.

General Traits

• Feathers. Feathers are an obvious trait.
• Wings. All birds have wings, but not all birds fly.
• Beaks or Bills. Beaks or bills are another characteristic of birds.
• Laying Eggs. All birds lay eggs.
• Adapted Skeleton. Bird skeletons are designed specifically to keep birds light so they can fly.

5 Major Characteristics of Birds

• Feathers. Feathers are the defining characteristic of Aves, found on every living species of bird and no other class of animal.
• Wings. All birds have wings, although not all birds fly.
• Beak.
• Eggs.
• Skeleton.

List six features common to all members of class Aves.

• Bipedal.
• Warm-blooded.
• Vertebrates.
• Have feathers.
• Have scaly legs.
• Have wings.

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Bee Hummingbird

Birds Birds have feathers covering their bodies and scales on their legs. Their feathers are made of keratin and grow from a follicle similar to mammalian hair.

Unique Bird Characteristics – What Makes A Bird A Bird? Birds were able to become flying machines largely through the evolutionary gifts of feathers, powerful wings, hollow bones, warm blood, a remarkable respiratory system, and a large, strong heart.

They all have feathers, wings, and a beak, which means they are all birds. Birds share many characteristics with reptiles. Like reptiles, birds are vertebrates. Birds’ feet and legs are covered by thick scales like those that cover reptiles’ bodies.