ratite Ornithology
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bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 … Universalium
Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a … Universalium
Paleognathae — Taxobox name = Paleognaths fossil range = Paleocene Recent image width = 250px image caption = A kiwi regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Carinatae infraclassis = Neornithes superordo = Paleognathae superordo authority … Wikipedia
Emu — For other uses, see Emu (disambiguation). Emu Temporal range: Paleocene–present … Wikipedia
Bird ichnology — is the study of avian life traces in ornithology and paleontology. Such life traces can include footprints, nests, feces and coproliths. Scientists gain insight about the behavior and diversity of birds by studying such evidence.Ichnofossils (or… … Wikipedia
Apteryx — Kiwis … Wikipedia Español
Flight feather — Flight feathers are the long, stiff, asymmetrically shaped, but symmetrically paired feathers on the wings or tail of a bird; those on the wings are called remiges (singular remex) while those on the tail are called rectrices (singular rectrix).… … Wikipedia
Archaeopteryx — Taxobox name = Archaeopteryx fossil range = fossil range|155.0|150.0Late Jurassic image width = 300px image caption = A model of Archaeopteryx lithographica on display at the Oxford University Museum. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis … Wikipedia
Tinamou — Temporal range: Miocene Recent 12–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Deinonychus — This article is about the dinosaur. For the Dutch doom metal group, see Deinonychus (band). Vertebrata Deinonychus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 115–108 Ma … Wikipedia
