Abeka Science 8.5 Types Of Birds

Peregrine Falcon

The world's fastest bird.

Perching Birds

Birds most commonly found in parks and backyards, and equipped with perching feet.

Game Birds

Birds that are hunted and are edible.

altricial

Birds that hatch featherless and helpless.

Raptors or Birds of Prey

Carnivorous hunting birds, they are distinguished by their ability to hunt by snatching prey with grasping feet.

Waterbirds

Swimming birds like waterfowl

200 miles per hour

The fastest speed a peregrine falcon can reach while diving

Precocial

The majority of water birds

Megaphodes

The only birds in the world who don't provide any parental care for their young.

Bee hummingbird

Smallest of all birds

Waterfowl

Ducks, geese, and swans.

Tropical birds

Many of these birds can be classified in other groups.

Flightless Birds

Ostriches, Emus, Kiwis, Rheas, and Cassowaries.