Parrots can repeat human words. It’s easy to teach a parrot to say “Hello!
Birds are the only animals with feathers. 🪶
Birds help spread plant seeds.
Flamingos 🦩 are born gray, not pink!
Parrots 🦜 have a very good memory.
Herons stand on one leg to keep the other warm.
Penguins 🐧 give each other pebbles as love gifts.
Eagles have extremely sharp eyesight.
Birds have light bones to help them fly.
Birds don’t have teeth! They have beaks instead of teeth.
Penguins 🐧 are birds, but can’t fly, but they are excellent swimmers.
Pigeons 🐦 were previously used as postmen because they can always find their way home.
A tit can eat up to 1,000 insects a day! It is a great helper for gardeners.
Starlings can imitate the sounds of other birds and even humans! They are smart and cute.
Ducks have waterproof feathers. Their feathers are coated with fat that doesn’t get wet!
Birds in Numbers
43495
The Arctic tern travels farther than any other bird—over 43495 miles (70000 km) a year! That’s like riding a school bus from New York to Los Angeles more than 15 times non-stop!
50+ years
Some birds live 50 years or more. Macaws can live 50–60 years, and even up to 80 years in a zoo. Cockatoos often live 50–70 years. Albatrosses in the wild can live more than 50 years.
240 mph
The fastest bird is the peregrine falcon—it can dive at 240 mph (386 km/h)! That is as fast as a Formula 1 🚀 speed car can drive.
20 times
Woodpeckers can peck up a tree very quickly (by the time you blink for a second, it will have pecked up to 20 times). Its brain is not injured when it knocks on wood. A woodpecker pecks so fast, it sounds like a drum.
More Fun Facts about Birds
Owls 🦉
Owls 🦉 hunt at night. An owl can see better in the dark than a cat. It is one of the best night hunters in nature. Owls can turn their heads at 270°, that is almost all the way around.
Ostriches
The ostrich is the largest non-flying bird. Ostriches have the biggest eyes 👀 of any land animal. An ostrich also lay the biggest eggs 🥚 among birds. Ostriches only “hide” their heads in cartoons.
Hummingbird
The hummingbird is the smallest bird on earth, about the size of a large bumblebee. The hummingbird eats nectar from flowers. It flies from flower to flower like a butterfly. The hummingbird flaps its wings 80 times per second and can fly backwards!
Goose group flying
Some large birds (geese, swans, cranes, cormorants) benefit from staying in a group to conserve energy during flights. They fly in a V shape to save energy. Thus, the air vortices from the wings of one bird support the wings of the next.
Emperor penguin
The largest bird of the penguin family, living in the ice of Antarctica. Penguins can’t fly, but they are excellent swimmers. They sometimes slide on their bellies like sleds. They are good parents and nurse their babies together. Due to climate change, it is predicted that more than 90% of emperor penguin colonies will almost disappear in Antarctica by the end of this century.
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Peacock 🦚 is the true king among birds! In fact, only males have a luxurious tail. Females are more modest and have brown feathers. On the tail of a peacock there are “eyes” – round patterns that help to impress and scare away enemies. A peacock can spread its tail into a huge fan. In India, a peacock is a symbol of the country and is honored as a sacred bird. Peacocks can fly, but not far.
Guess the bird
Listen to the sound and guess what bird is singing!
In Japan, a crane (or Tsuru in Japanese) is a symbol of honor, good luck, loyalty, and longevity. The Japanese believe that anyone who has the patience and determination to fold 1,000 origami cranes will receive good luck and have their wishes fulfilled.
