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A feathered, winged, bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying, vertebrate animal, characterized by feathers, a beak with no teeth, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a lightweight but strong skeleton
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The scientific name comes from poly, the Greek word for many or varied; boros, meaning gluttonous and remarks on the bird’s voracious appetite; and from the Latin word plancus, which is a word Aristotle used for an eagle. Information: The Peregrine Fund:
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Cedar waxwings are approximately 6–7 in long. These birds' most prominent feature is a small cluster of bright red feathers on the wings. The tail is typically yellow or orange depending on diet. Adults have a pale yellow belly.
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In general terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used somewhat interchangeably but in ornithological practice, "dove" tends to be used for smaller species and "pigeon" for larger ones.
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The eye of the Bald eagle is almost as large as a human's, but its sharpness is at least four times that of a person with perfect vision.
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Any of various birds of prey of the order Falconiformes, characteristically having a short hooked bill and strong claws adapted for seizing.
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The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) is a large diurnal, fish-eating raptor, commonly sighted standing on his huge stick nest, with white head gleaming. Information: Cornell Lab of Ornithology: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/osprey/id, Wikipedia, the free encyclo
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Parrots, also known as psittacines, are birds found in most tropical and subtropical regions.
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In the United States and Canada, the word "crow" is used to refer to the American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchosm: the crow genus makes up a third of the species in the Corvidae family. Information: Wikipedia - Wikipedia -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crow an
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Vulture is the name given to two groups of convergently evolved scavenging birds, the New World Vultures and the Old World Vultures, which are seen scavenging on carcasses of dead animals or road kill. Information: Vulture, Wikipedia- http://en.wikipedia.
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The male (peacock) Indian Peafowl has iridescent blue-green or green coloured plumage and a tail that is not the tail quill feathers but the highly elongated upper tail coverts.
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The Roseate Spoonbill's bright pink coloring leads many Florida tourists to think they have seen a flamingo. Information: Cornell Lab of Ornithhology - http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Roseate_Spoonbill/id
