Bird Feet
Bird Vocabulary
Feathers & Flying
Bird Parts
Name It!
100
These feet are important for birds who scratch the ground to dig up insects and seeds for food.
What is scratching feet?
100
This fancy word means a bird is able to hide itself in the wilderness.
What is camouflage?
100
This type of feather keeps birds warm.
What is downy feather?
100
This is a muscular part of a bird's stomach that grinds food.
What is a gizzard?
100
An owl has what type of feet?
What is grasping feet?
200
Woodpeckers need these feet in order to find their foog
What is climbing feet?
200
A change in a bird's physical appearance in order to help it survive.
What is adaptation?
200
This type of feather is found all over a bird's body.
What is contour feather?
200
This part of the stomach stores undigested food for the bird to use later for energy.
What is a crop?
200
A blue-footed booby has this type of feet.
What is webbed or swimming feet?
300
Owls, hawks, and birds of prey have these feet. They use them to catch mice and moles.
What is grasping feet?
300
Birds often fly south for the winter for warmth and food. What is this called?
What is migration?
300
This type of flyer flaps its wings many times in order to fly.
What is a flapper?
300
This gland helps birds waterproof their feathers and feet.
What is a preen gland or oil gland?
300
An ostrich has this type of feet, and long legs to match!
What is running feet?
400
Birds such as ducks or puffins have this type of feet, which helps them survive in their environment.
What is swimming feet?
400
This means a bird uses both of their eyes at the same time to see one big picture.
What is binocular?
400
These flyers are able to stay in the air using the wind instead of their wings.
What is a glider?
400
This part of the bird is very light to help birds fly. In humans and deer, they are much heavier!
What is bird bones?
400
This type of bird hovers and flaps its wings more than 200 times every 10 seconds!
What is a hummingbird?
500
Roadrunners use these feet to catch their food.
What is running feet?
500
This is the environment where the bird lives and finds food.
What is habitat?
500
What is something special that birds have, but no other animal has?
What is feathers?
500
This means the bird is able to use their eyes to focus on two things at one time!
What is monocular?
500
This type of bird has the longest wingspan of all birds!
What is an albatross?
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