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            🐦Interesting facts about Birds 🐦

1. The Oldest Bird was discovered during Jurassic Period!

Archaeopteryx lithographica

The oldest bird ever known to humans lived about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period. Known as Archaeopteryx, this magnificent bird was a size of Raven.

2. And miles to go before I sleep….

  Many birds fly thousands of miles when they migrate without stopping. Many birds migrate to higher altitudes to breed during spring and summer season.

3.  Smart Birds!

Some birds like Weavers and crows are so smart that they can make and use tools. It is found out that crows have largest cerebral hemispheres (brains), relative to body size.

4. Ostriches have large eyes than any other birds

Ostriches are huge earth-bound birds of Africa which lay the largest eggs. They can run at the speed of 70 km/h they are famous as the fastest birds on the land. It is a world-widely farmed creature, especially due to its feathers as they are using as decoration and feather dusters also. Interesting facts that these birds’ feathers are also using for leather products. Ostriches are famous for eyes, they have big than any other creature. These are around the size of a billiard ball; their eyes are even bigger than their brains.

5. The Lovey Dovey Birds

Birds like dove, parakeets, and lovebirds which are kept as pets love to stay in pairs for companionship. On the other hand flamingos pair for a lifetime and some of them stay with their mates for more than 50 years.

6. Parrots can learn hundreds of words

Some species of birds can copy sounds which they hear in their environment, and even imitate a few words also. Crow, mynah birds, ravens, and hummingbirds can all copy some of the sounds they hear in their surroundings. But interesting facts that the birds which are best at imitating human speech are parrots. They can learn hundreds of new words, and even they also understand the meaning of these words.

Once an amazing African Grey parrot who was Einstein, lived at the Zoo of Knoxville in Tennessee, can articulate around 200 words. While most parrots only learn around 50 words, some African grey parrots have been recognized for learning hundreds of words. Einstein was a brilliant African grey parrot which, can say around 200 words.

7. Unique black and white penguins work as camouflage

Penguins are a group of aquatic earth-bound birds. They live exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere, with only one species but, the Galápagos penguin exists in the northern equator. They have accommodated for living in the water. Most of them feed on fish, squid, and other forms of sea creatures that they catch while swimming underwater. They spend half of their lives on land and the other half part of their life in the sea.

Penguins can stand out on land, but underwater their black and white color assists them in camouflage from both predators and prey. During swimming, their black backs blend in with the darker oceanic water so that they’re hard to spot them. Their white chests assist them in blending with the lighter, brighter surface of the water, so from the below, they’re near-invisible for others.

 8. Highest flight birds

Bar-headed Geese is famous for fly across the Himalayas, which is famous as the highest mountain in the world. They fly around 5 miles up in the sky, nearly as high as jet planes. It breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes and winters. In South Asia, as far south as peninsular India. Interestingly, it lays around three to eight eggs at a time in a ground nest. It has identified for the thrilling altitudes.

Another one of the highest-hovering bird is Griffon Vulture. It is a huge Old World vulture that is related to the family of Accipitridae. Vulture is also famous as the Eurasian griffon. It is not to be confused with a different species, Rüppell’s griffon vulture. It is closely related to the white-backed vulture.

9. Female birds are choosy in finding their mate

It was known that the male birds tend to have more glamorous feather shape, coronation and sing and dance. The females choose their mate on the basis of their looks and how attractive they look. Well, nothing new there!

10. Birds have hollow bones

Well for all those who thought birds have no bones, well they do have bones, but hollow ones. Hollow bones help them to fly.

BY NEHA