Outline of birds
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to birds:
Birds (class Aves) – winged, bipedal, endothermic (warm-blooded), egg-laying, vertebrate animals. There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most varied of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.75 m (9 ft) ostrich.
What type of thing is a bird
A bird can be described as all of the following:
- Life form – entity or being that is living or alive.
- Animal – multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia (also called Metazoa). Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their lives. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and independently.
Biological classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
Nature of birds
Bird anatomy
- List of terms used in bird topography
- Beak
- Caruncle
- Comb
- Feathers
- Alula
- Barb (feather)
- Barbule
- Covert (feather)
- Crest (feathers)
- Down feather
- Ear tuft
- Feather holes
- Feather-plucking
- Flight feather
- Pennaceous feather
- Pin feather
- Plumage
- Quill
- Speculum feather
- Gape
- Gizzard
- Preen gland
- Syrinx
- Vision
- Uropygial gland
- Wattle
Bird behavior
Bird behavior
- Bird colony
- Flight
- Flightless birds
- Flocking
- Bird migration
- Flyway
- Atlantic Flyway
- Central Flyway
- Central Asian Flyway
- East Asian - Australasian Flyway
- East Atlantic Flyway
- Mississippi Flyway
- Pacific Flyway
- West Pacific Flyway
- Flyway
- Avian intelligence
- Abnormal behaviour of birds in captivity
- Aggression
- Anting (bird activity)
- Begging behavior in birds
- Bird tracks
- Bird vocalization
- Distraction display
- Feather-plucking
- Fecal sac
- Mobbing
- Moult
- Preening, see Personal grooming
- Bird reproduction
- Avian incubation
- Bird-nesting
- Brood parasite
- Clutch (eggs)
- Egg
- Egg tossing
- Fledgling
- Homosexual behavior in birds
- List of birds displaying homosexual behavior
- Sexual behaviour
- Nest
- Siblicide
- Feeding
- Vocalization
Types of birds
Orders
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Families
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Subfamilies
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Genera
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History of birds
- Bird evolution
- Origin of birds
- Origin of avian flight
- Archaeopteryx
- Extinct birds
Study of birds
- Main articles: Ornithology
- Avian ecology field methods
- Bird census
- Breeding bird survey
- Christmas bird count
- Bird census
- Bird collections
- Bird feeding
- Bird ichnology
- Bird observatory
- Bird ringing
- Bird watching
- Oology
- Jourdain Society
- Palaeooölogy
Aviculture
- Falconry
- Day-old cockerel
- Falconry (training)
- Lure (falconry)
- Takagari
- Pigeon racing
- Pinioning
- War pigeon
- Cher Ami
- Commando (pigeon)
- G. I. Joe (pigeon)
- Paddy (pigeon)
- William of Orange (pigeon)
- Wing clipping
Bird diseases and parasites
Threats and conservation
- Avicide
- Bird conservation
- Bird sanctuary
- Bird conservation groups
- Important bird areas
- Bird control
- Bird strike
- Towerkill
Persons influential in the field of birds
Artists
- Lars Jonsson
- David Allen Sibley
Ornithologists
- John Gould
- James Audubon
- Chris Mead
- Killian Mullarney
- Roger Tory Peterson
- Pamela C. Rasmussen
- Alexander Skutch
- David Snow
- Alexander Wilson
Writers
Birds in culture
See also
References
External links
- Ornithology course outline, Alabama School of Math and Science
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