Category: Amazing Birds
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What is special about the greater hoopoe-lark?
Larks are known for their songs. Many poems and songs were written on the sad songs of larks. Apart from its song, the bird has an odd ability to stay alive for a long time without water. The bird prefers to live in hot and arid habitats; and in…
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What is peculiar about liwi’s song?
The name ‘Iiwi’ sounds strange as it is pronounced ‘ee-ee-vee’. Its peculiar song consists of a couple of whistles, the sound of balls dropping in water, the rubbing of balloons together and the squeaking of a rusty hinge. The bird is also known as scarlet honeycreeper due to…
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Which is the heaviest flying bird in the world?
Some say the males of the great bustard are possibly the heaviest flying birds. An adult male is 90 to 105 centimetres tall. The bird typically weighs about 7 kilograms; however, a male bird can weigh up to 18 kilograms! Their breeding takes place in open grasslands and farmlands…
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What makes greater flamingos distinct from the others?
The greater flamingo is one among the most easily distinguishable birds on account of its intense colouration. Other than their characteristic pink colour, the most striking aspect of the bird is its unusual bill. While the bill is short and straight in young birds, it becomes hooked as…
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What makes the crimson chat unique?
A crimson chat can fake an injury to distract a predator such as cat, snake or fox from discovering its nest and eggs. With crimson colour all over its body, it looks as if someone had sprayed a red pichku while celebrating holi. It is small bird with a short bill that…
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Where does the burrowing owl nest?
A burrowing owl’s name comes from its nesting habits. The burrowing owl is a small owl, commonly found in the grasslands, rangelands, agricultural areas, deserts, or any other pen dry areas with low vegetation in North and South America. One of their distinctive features is their long legs that were developed because…
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What makes the blue-footed booby distinct?
A bird with ordinary white and brown feathers becomes distinct because of its blue feet. Their name booby is derived from ’bobo’ the Spanish word for stupid. These birds re popularly considered stupid because they are quite fearless of Man and do run away there is an enemy nearby. However, they can…
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Which is the smallest bird in the world?
Hummingbirds are very small birds. The bee hummingbird is the smallest among them. As their name suggests, they are almost the size of a bee. The male may weigh about 1.95 grams! Now, compare the bee hummingbird with an ostrich that weighs about 145 kg. …
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Why the angel tern is called so?
The angle tern, also known as white tern, fairy tern and white noddy, is an all-white bird. The eyes of the bird are black which gives the bird another worldly appearance. The bird is found across the Pacific Ocean from the coasts of Chile and Colombia to New Zealand…
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Can the pheasant-tailed jacana walk over water?
Have you heard stories of fairies that fly or can talk on water? These imaginary beings were probably conjured up after man had sighted some exquisite birds like the pheasant-tailed jacana. The pleasant-tailed jacana has long pheasant-like tail feathers, which, incidentally give it its name. They are water bids…