I can fly!
A type of flight allows birds to coast "downhill"
What is Gliding?
This refers to the color and pattern of feathers
What is Plumage?
A structure on a bird's sternum provides attachment for the flight muscles
What is a Keel?
The largest flying bird
What is the Andean Condor?
This substance makes up a birds bill
What is keratin
This type of flight allows Hummingbirds to remain stationary in the air
What is Hovering?
These are soft, fluffy feathers found nearest a bird's body
What is Down?
A retractable group of feathers is supported by a bird's "thumb" bone
What is the Aula?
This is the smallest bird
What is the Bee Hummingbird?
The name for how birds bathe
What is Dusting?
The term for flight by circling inside a thermal to gain altitude and then glide to another thermal. Sailplanes do this
What is Soaring?
These are strong feathers found on a bird's body, wings, and tail
What are Contour feathers?
These are bird's most important flight muscles
What are Pectorals?
The fastest bird
What is the Peregrine falcon?
The number of chambers in a bird's heart
What is 4?
These are flights some birds use to migrate by moving short distances up or down a mountain.
What is Altitudinal Migration?
The term for how birds care for their feathers
What is Preening?
A food storage sac in the bird's esophagus
What is a Crop?
The largest living bird
What is the Ostrich?
The type of vision that allows birds to detect danger from all sides
What is Monocular vision?
The term for migratory routes that birds follow year after year
What are Flyways?
The term for how replace their old, broken feathers with new ones
What is Molt?
This is a special section of a bird's stomach grinds food to make it more easily absorbed
What is a Gizzard?
Name two flightless birds
What are the Ostrich and Emu?
Birds with Binocular vision will prefer these as food
What are Songbirds and Rodents