Height and Wingspan
How tall is a mandarin duck?
27 cm
This word describes how many animals of one kind live in an area.
Population
This word describes how long an animal can live.
Lifespan
This bird is flightless but an excellent swimmer.
The Penguin
This bird's eggs are the most popular to eat.
Chicken
This is the distance from one wing tip to the other when a bird stretches its wings.
Wingspan
This bird lays the largest egg of any living species.
Ostrich
True or False:
Roadrunner become fledgling after 70 days.
False
This bird can run up to 70 km/h.
Ostrich
True or false;
Birds have hollow (empty) bones.
True
True or False,
An ostrich has a smaller wingspan than a flamingo.
False
Which bird lays the least eggs at a time?
Flamingo (1) or Kiwi (1)
Which bird is fledged after 60 day?
The Ostrich
Name all three flightless birds.
Ostrich, Penguin and Kiwi
This word means a group of birds flying together.
A flock of birds
Which bird is 70 cm tall?
The Penguin
Rank the birds from least to most populous:
Flamingo Roadrunner Mandarin Duck Penguin
Mandarin Duck (65 000) - Roadrunner (790 000) - Flamingo (2 000 000) - Penguin (4 000 000)
This is the stage when a young bird grows feathers and learns to fly.
Fledgling
This bird uses its long beak to find food under the ground.
Kiwi
This bird can live more than 50 years, giving it one of the longest lifespans.
African Gray
What unit is height and wingspan measured in?
meter / inches / centimeter / millimeter
cm - centimeter
If a Ostrich lays 12 eggs every year for 40 years, how many eggs does it lay in total?
480 eggs
Order these birds from longest to shortest lifespan:
Flamingo Mandarin Duck Ostrich Kiwi Penguin
Ostrich (40) - Kiwi (25) - Flamingo (20) - Penguin (15) - Mandarin duck (6)
This bird is one of the most colourful in the world
Mandarin Duck
This bird has the largest wingspan of any living bird — up to 350 cm.
An albatross