Wednesday, February 18, 2009

TYPES OF BIRDS

There are about 8,600 Species of birds of which about 1,200 Species are known to occur in India. The birds (modern) can be conveniently divided into two categories.

1)Flightless Birds: These are birds which cannot fly. They have either rudimentary or vestigial wings. The most familiar examples are Ostrich, Emu, Rheu, Cassowary , Kiwi etc.


2)Flying birds : These are the birds which can fly, can be grouped into several homogenous groups such as
· Swimming birds and diving birds
· Shore and wading birds
· Birds of prey
· Arboreal birds
· Aerial birds
· Terrestrial birds

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