In the world today, we have around 10,000 species of birds; they vary in size and colour. Study shows that over 1,000 of them are endangered or threatened.
Here on this list are some amazing facts about birds.
- Birds don’t have teeth
- All birds have feathers
- Hummingbirds are the smallest migrating bird
- Birds flock together to protect themselves
- Birds prepare for migration
- Birds lay eggs
- Birds have hollow bones; Hollow bones are also known as Pneumatic bones which contain many air sacs and are thus hollow. It helps in the flight of the bird.
- Not all birds can fly
- Birds communicate by using various vocalizations, body language, and dances to communicate with each other.
- Many birds migrate long distances depending on the season, with the Arctic tern having the longest migration route.
- Some birds, like parrots, can mimic human speech.
- An albatross can sleep while it flies. It apparently dozes while cruising at 25 mph.
- Puffins can ‘fly’ underwater.
- Owls can’t move their eyes. As their eyeballs are tubular in shape. Because of this they are able to rotate their head 270° which is still further than any other animal. By swivelling its head round 270° it allows the Owl to achieve 360° vision.
- A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second and at speed of around 15mph. They can peck 12,000 times per day!
