Dissection

Bird Groups

General Characteristics

Feathers

Adaptations

Miscellaneous

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The name of the organ that mechanically digests food

Gizzard

The name of the organ that stores food

Crop

x

Pancreas

X

Lung

Name three non- feathered structures from the bird dissection that aid in flight

Coracoid process, the keel, and the pectoral muscle, hollow bones, air sacs.

Hawks, Falcons, and Owls

Birds of Prey

Macaws, Cockatoos and Love Birds

Parrots

There are two large category of birds: birds that fly and don’t. Give the name of these two categories.

Ratites (don’t fly) and Carinates (fly) Bonus Question (300): What do carinates possess that ratites don’t have?

What group does this bird belong in?

Cavity-nesting bird (woodpecker)

Give one unique characteristic of this bird’s group.

Flightless Must move by running or swimming

Unlike reptiles, birds regulate their body temperature using this method

Endothermic regulation

The name and number of the chambers of the heart

Atria and ventricle; 4 chambers

Specialized scales are also called

Feathers

First bird-like fossil

Archaeopteryx

List three things about birds that are not found on other previously studied organisms

1 ovary, keel, feathers, hollow bones

Which feathers are used for flight?

Tail and flight feathers (the first two)

What are the three types of feathers?

Down, contour, and powder down

What is the name of the structure indicated by the 1?

The vane of the feather

What is the name of the structure indicated by the 3?

Barb (hooks to keep feathers together)

What would be the predominant feather found on this bird?

Down feather

Beaks that are long and thin; hummingbirds possess them

Nectar-feeding

The number of teeth inside a bird’s mouth

None

Give two advantages of flight

Escape from predator, hunting and scavenging, ability to migrate farther

This sense is sharpened in birds, while this sense has dulled from

Sight; taste and smell

Give three examples of how the bodies of birds have been modified for flight.

Hollow bones, 1 ovary, beaks (no teeth), keel, uric acid, feathers, high metabolism, air sacs

Type of beak (diet) that is strong, sharp and hooked.

Carnivorous beaks

Waste is excreted through a structure called

Cloaca

Name one way the respiration of birds is different from mammals.

Birds do not have a diaphragm, one- way flow, air sacs

Most male birds lack this organ for reproduction

Penis

What group does this bird belong in?

Pelicans and relatives