Birds are bipedal, warm-blooded, oviparous vertebrates characterized primarily by feathers, forelimbs modified as wings, and hollow bones.
Birds range in size from the tiny hummingbirds to the huge Ostrich and Emu.
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Emu The Emu is the largest bird native to Australia and, after the Ostrich, the second-largest bird that survives today. Like all birds in the Ratite ... >
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Ostrich The ostrich (Struthio camelus) is a flightless bird native to Africa. It is the only living species of its family, Struthionidae, and its genus, ... >
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