Systems
Bird Names
Bird Sounds
Predators
Pneumatic Bones
100

various hollow bones with crisscrossing reinforcements for structural strength.

Skeletal system.

100

a stocky seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice. Doves are generally smaller and more delicate than pigeons, but many kinds have been given both names.

Columbidae

100

a deep or medium-pitched musical sound, often wavering or interrupted, that is the typical call of many kinds of owl.

Hoot

100

a small domesticated carnivorous mammal with soft fur, a short snout, and retractable claws. It is widely kept as a pet or for catching mice, and many breeds have been developed.

Cats

100

a framework of bone or cartilage enclosing the brain of a vertebrate; the skeleton of a person's or animal's head.

Skull

200

comprises approximately three-quarters of the body weight of a chicken.

Muscular system.

200
a large waterbird with a long flexible neck, short legs, webbed feet, a broad bill, and typically all-white plumage.


Swans

200

a deep hoarse sound made by a crow.

Croak

200

an agile tree-dwelling rodent with a bushy tail, typically feeding on nuts and seeds.

squirrels

200

the bone of the upper arm or forelimb, forming joints at the shoulder and the elbow.

Humerus

300

consists of the skin, the feathers and the appendages (claws and beak).

Integumentary system.

300

a large heavily built crow with mainly black plumage, feeding chiefly on carrion.

Raven

300
the harsh cry of a crow or similar bird.


Caw

300

a carnivorous mammal of the dog family with a pointed muzzle and bushy tail, proverbial for its cunning.

Fox

300
Technical term for collarbone.


clavicle

400

birds having relatively small lungs plus air sacs that play an important role in respiration.

Respiratory system.

400
a bird, often vividly colored, with a short down-curved hooked bill, grasping feet, and a raucous voice, found especially in the tropics and feeding on fruits and seeds. Many are popular as cage birds, and some are able to mimic the human voice.


Parrot

400

(typically of a small bird or an insect) utter a short, sharp, high-pitched sound.

Chirp

400

a long limbless reptile which has no eyelids, a short tail, and jaws that are capable of considerable extension. Some snakes have a venomous bite.

Snakes

400

the longitudinal structure along the centerline at the bottom of a vessel's hull, on which the rest of the hull is built, in some vessels extended downward as a blade or ridge to increase stability.

keel

500

have a 4-chambered heart (2 atria & 2 ventricles), with complete separation of oxygenated and de-oxygenated blood.


Circulatory system.

500

a nocturnal bird of prey with large forward-facing eyes surrounded by facial disks, a hooked beak, and typically a loud call.




Owl

500

(of a person or animal) give a loud, harsh, piercing cry.

Screech.

500

a wild dog that resembles the wolf, native to North America.

Coyote

500
(in vertebrates) the enclosing structure formed by the pelvis, providing attachment for the hind limbs or pelvic fins.


pelvic girdle