Birds questions

The weight of modern flying birds does not exceed 20 kg (the European and African Great Bustards are the heaviest). The Indian crane is the tallest modern flying bird.

The magnificent frigatebird spends most of its life in the air. The magnificent frigatebird hunts mainly flying fish. It lives in the open waters, islands and coasts of the Western Atlantic Ocean (from Florida and the Caribbean to southern Brazil) and the Eastern Pacific. It owes its name to a puffing throat sac, which when filled with air resembles a frigate sail stretched in the wind. It is found in the flag of Kiribati.

Merlin, falcon merlin, type a species of medium-sized bird of prey from the falcon family. Inhabit Ireland, Scotland, Scandinavia and the northern parts of Russia, as well as the northern part of North America. There are many subspecies in this area.

The parrot head is characterized by the presence of a massive but short, strong, curved beak. The skull of birds is characterized by high lightness, which results from the lack of teeth in the jaws, and pneumatization of the bones. Birds are characterized by strongly developed orbits,

The Asian openbill or Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. This distinctive stork is found mainly in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is greyish or white with glossy black wings and tail and the adults have a gap between the arched upper mandible and recurved lower mandible.

The black hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus) is a species of bird of the hornbill family Bucerotidae. It lives in Asia in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand. It is the major seed disperser for Durio graveolens, a species of durian.

The Storm's stork (Ciconia stormi) is a medium-sized stork species that occurs primarily in lowland tropical forests of Indonesia, Malaysia and southern Thailand. It is considered to be the rarest of all storks, and is estimated to number less than 500 wild individuals throughout its geographic range.

The Silkie is a breed of chicken named for its atypically fluffy plumage, which is said to feel like silk and satin. The breed has several other unusual qualities, such as black skin and bones, blue earlobes, and five toes on each foot, whereas most chickens only have four. They are often exhibited in poultry shows, and appear in various colors.

Contrary to popular belief, penguins not only live in the Antarctic, but also, for example, on the South African coast. The northernmost areas of the Equatorial Penguins live on the Galapagos Islands are the most northerly. It is the only species of penguin found in the northern hemisphere.

The Indian darter or oriental darter is like all other anhingas, a cormorant-like species that has a very long neck. The structure of the neck is as in other species of darter with strongly developed muscles about a kink in the neck at the 8th and 9th vertebrae that allows it to be flexed and darted forward with rapid force to stab fish underwater. The fibrous representative of Donitz's bridge is seen attached to the ninth cervical vertebra.