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CHAPTER 7

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  • Smaller birds Harassing larger birds
    MOBBING
  • Bill with hinged jaws that is able to open widely
    gaping
  • Arrangement of the climbing foot
    2 forward 2 backward
  • How many chambers bird's heart has
    4
  • how many shell membranes does a bird egg have?
    2
  • Birds with binocular vision prefer to eat this type of birds
    SONGBIRDS
  • Bird with huge nest decorated with shinee things
    BowerBird
  • this group doesnt have keel
    Flightless birds
  • Section of bird's stomach that grinds the food
    Gizzard
  • What substance makes up a bird's bill?
    Keratin
  • NAme of the strong feathers located in the entire birds body
    Contour feather
  • Structure located on bird's sternum that provides attatchment for flying muscles
    KEEL
  • Macaws and parakeets belongs to the group....
    Tropical birds
  • Main parts of the feathers are
    Shaft Barbule Barb Vane
  • GRoup that includes edible birds that are or have been hunted
    Game Birds
  • nutrient-rich fluid that feeds an unhatched chick
    YOLK
  • The Food-storage sac in bird's esophagus is the
    Crop
  • Type of flight that allows birds to coast downhill
    Gliding
  • Act of keeping eggs warm and protected
    Incubation
  • Organ that produces sound
    Syrinx
  • Type of bird's vision
    MONOCULAR
  • Birds process to replace their old feathers
    MOLT
  • Fastest bird
    Peregrine Falcon
  • Hummingbird's type of flight
    Hovering
  • Eagles and Hawks are part of which group
    Birds of pray
  • Feets that are needed to capture preys
    Grasping feet
  • Routes of migration year after year
    Flyways
  • The outermost shell of an egg is made of ?
    Calcium carbonate
  • soft fluffy feathers design to protect forom the cold weather
    Down feather
  • Bird "bathing" in dirt
    DUSTING
  • the most important muscle in bird's body
    Pectoral muscle
  • Birds that never provide parental care for the babies
    Megapodes
  • Foot with three foward toes and one hind toe
    PERCHING
  • Organ that produce oil for bird's feathers
    Preen Gland
  • GRoup of feathers that are retractable, supported by a bird's "thumb"
    Alula
  • Why birds lose feathers on their brood patch
    Transfer heat to the eggs
  • Largest living bird
    Ostrich