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🦜 Birds

Feathers, beaks, and flight — discover the amazing world of birds!

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~15 min

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🔬 Science

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Ages 6–12

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What you’ll learn

Identify what makes an animal a bird and explain how feathers, bones, and beaks help birds live and fly.Birds are the only animals with feathers, and they also have beaks, wings, and lay eggs. Hollow bones and shaped feathers help most birds fly, and different beak shapes match what each bird eats.
Describe how birds hatch, communicate, migrate, and vary in size around the world.Birds hatch from eggs in nests and use songs and calls to communicate. Many migrate long distances each year, and birds range from the tiny bee hummingbird to the giant ostrich.

Questions this course answers

What do only birds have that no other animal has?

Feathers are unique to birds; no other animal on Earth has them.

Why are most birds light enough to fly?

Birds have hollow, lightweight bones that make it easier to lift off and fly.

What does the shape of a bird's beak usually tell us?

Beak shape is suited to a bird's food, like hooked beaks for meat or thin beaks for nectar.

How do all baby birds begin life?

Every bird hatches from an egg, usually kept warm by a parent in a nest.

What is it called when birds fly far away as the seasons change?

Migration is the long journey birds take to reach warmer places with more food.

Which is the largest living bird?

The ostrich is the biggest living bird; it cannot fly but can run very fast.

Grounded in trusted sources

National Geographic Kids: Birds (kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds)
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds (allaboutbirds.org)
Britannica Kids: Bird (kids.britannica.com/kids/article/bird)
Audubon Society: Bird Guide (audubon.org/bird-guide)

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