Facts About Animals And Birds
Facts for children about the special characteristics of birds.
Facts about animals and birds. Find your favourite animal and bird below to. Here you will learn about the great diversity of the animal kingdom. Many can also run jump swim and dive.
Feathers are made of keratin which is the same substance that human hair and nails are made from. Animals have hair fish have scales arthropods have exoskeletons and birds have feathers. 17 Approximately 23 of all the bird species are found in tropical rain forests.
Birds live all over the planet on all continents. Scientists typically group them into 30 categories. The majority of birds have a lightweight skeleton making it possible for them to fly.
Birds are vertebrate animals adapted for flight. Their bodies are covered in feathers to help them fly. Even birds that dont fly migrate.
Birds are the most widespread of all animals around the world. Their front limbs take the form of wings to lift them into the skies. The major groups of animals can generally be distinguished by their skin coverings.
The largest bird egg from which the ostrich hatches is the size. Although all birds have wings a few species cant fly. Currently more than ten and a half thousand different species of birds live on our planet.