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Class Aves

Class Aves Feathers No teeth Flexible long neck Scales on legs One occipital condyle Scales on legs Bones with air spaces Endothermic Four chambered heart

Adaptations for Flight Honey combed bones Air cavities Less weight

Light Weight Skeleton Frigate bird 7 foot wing span 4 ounce skeleton

Adaptations for Flight Enlarged sternum Flight muscle attachment Long neck balance

Adaptations for Flight Wing lift

Adaptations for Flight Feathers Light weight Strong

Adaptations for Flight Reduce body weight No teeth No urinary bladder

Migration Sissor-tailed flycatchar Migates to Central and South America in October Returns in April

Migration Arctic tern Migrates 25,000 miles!

Beak Adaptations Ripping flesh

Beak Adaptations Eating seeds

Beak Adaptations Sucking nectar from flowers

Beak Adaptations Drilling wood

Beak Adaptations Catching fish

Beak Adaptations Basket-like bill to hold fish caught under water

Beak Adaptations Filtering

Digestive System Crop Proventriculus Gizzard Cloaca Storage Enzymes Grind food Cloaca Waste Reproduction

Vision Up to 8 times keener than human vision Each eye moves indendtantly

Respiratory System Nine air sacs Fresh air always moving Connect to lungs and centers of bones Cools the bird Fresh air always moving No dead ends as in mammals Each wing beat moves air Never run out of air

Benefits of Birds to Man Eat insects, rodents and weeds Spread seeds for flowers and trees Food Sport Pets

Fastest Animal Peregrine falcon Strikes prey at 180 mph

Elephant Bird Eleven feet tall 1100 pounds Largest egg ever Extinct in late 1600’s

Hummingbirds Fly up, down, left, right, backwards and upside down Wings beat 50 -200 times per second Heart rate =600 bpm Eat 2/3 body weight each day Nectar, pollen & insects

Sexual Selection

Bird Classification 28 orders 9600 species

Order Ciconiiformes Long legs for wading Long necks

Order Anseriformes Flat bill Webbed feet

Order Falconiformes Hooked bill Talons Eagle Hawk Falcon

Order Passeriformes Perching foot Songbirds 5000 species Mocking bird Thrushes Swallows Magpie Crow Starling Jays

Order Columbiformes Short neck Short legs Pigeons Doves

Order Strigiformes Large eyes Silent flight Nocturnal predator Owls

Order Apodiformes Small bird Rapid wingbeat Hummingbirds

Order Galliformes Chicken like Strong beaks Heavy feet Chicken Turkey Pheasants Quail

Order Charadriiformes Short bill Strong fliers Shorebirds Gulls

Order Psittaciformes Thick tongue Hinged and movable upper beak Bright colors Parrots Parakeets

Order Piciformes Two toes forward and two toes backward woodpeckers

Order Sphenisciformes Webbed feet Wings as used for swimming penquins

Bird Information

Characteristics They are well adapted to aerial life. The body is streamlined , spindle shape and light due to hollow bone. The body is covered with feathers exoskeleton. The forelimb is modified into wings. The external part of mouth is developed into beak. These are warm blooded animals. They are unisexual , oviparous animals that hatch the eggs. Respiration through lungs. Heart has four chambered. Eg. Parrot , Owl , Kite etc.

Represented by: Shri. Bangar. N. K. B. Sc. B Represented by: Shri.Bangar.N.K. B.Sc.B.Ed Mahatma Gandhi Vidyalaya,Manchar