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This little black and white bird is known for its chickadee-dee-dee warning call.
What is black-capped chickadee?
Birds that eat other animals (small mammals, insects, other birds, fish).
Penguins are found in variety of climates and countries. This region has the highest population of penguins (#of individuals).
What is Antarctica?
What is a feather?
The largest group of birds.
What is the Passerines? (passeriformes, perching birds)
This invasive species is the only swan species found in Rhode Island.
What is a mute swan?
Birds such as vultures are typically included in birds of prey although rather than hunting, they find their food by...
What is scavenging?
The main diet of penguins.
What is fish?
The process of which a bird uses a waxy substance from a special gland and spreads it over its body and/or manipulates its feathers.
What is preening?
What are the crocodilians?
This large and brown landfowl species almost became America's national bird but is now a common holiday dish.
What is a wild turkey?
The main food of osprey.
The type of feather that is lacking on penguins.
hint: penguins cannot fly
What is flight feathers?
Adaptations such as hollow, fused, or missing bones all help to do this in a bird.
What is reducing weight?
The names of Yilmaz's birds.
What are Oshi and Lume?
A small black and orange sparrow that encourages you to "drink your tea".
A major threat of penguins that is also a major threat for all species including humans and the entire world.
What is global climate change?
Bright feather colors do not make good camouflage but are instead used for this purpose.
What is courtship?
The largest swan species.
What is the Tundra swan?
The naked-headed scavenger with larger nares, commonly seen circling above.
Small shorebirds often feed on this unconventional food source during migration.
What is biofilm?
The species of the penguins of Madagascar.
When looking at a bird's "legs", we are looking at this bone (or fusion of bones).
What is a tarsometatarsus?
This species follows other vultures to find carcasses rather than using scent.
What is the black vulture?