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Birds (class Aves) are feathered, weenged, bipedal, endothermic (warm-bluided), egg-layin, vertebrate ainimals.

Thair banes are hollae. This maks thaim lichter an allous mony o thaim tae fly. Birds hae twa legs for ordinar kivered wi scales (wee, flet haird plates that ower-lap in the same wey as feathers). Thay hae a haird beak/neb wi nae teeth. Acause birds keep a heich bouk temperatur, thay uise muckle energy. Sae, thay need tae eat a lot o fuid compared wi thair wecht. Mair nor 9,000 different speshie o birds are kent.[1]

Birds are fund on ivery continent o the warld. Birds o different kynds can leeve in freezin cauld environments, an ithers can leeve in hot deserts. Birds leeve in forests, in meidaes, on cliff faces, in river baunks, on stany sea shores, doun mine shafts an in the ruives o hooses.

References [edit]

  1. del Hoyo, Josep, Andy Elliott & Jordi Sargatal (1992). Handbook of birds of the World. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.
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