what is bending backward is actually its ankle. Below its ankle is an extended foot bone, leading to the toes. A bird’s real knee is

was in 2003 with a total of 6,546 raptors documented. Our average is around 5,000 birds.

Some stay with their mates for 50 years or more.

is currently vulnerable to climate change impacts such as droughts, floods, heat waves, extreme weather events and sea-level rise. 11% is about 800 million people.

There are over 9,500 species of birds in the world. Scientists typically group them into 30 categories. Birds are the most widespread of all animals

polluted approximately 1,180 miles of coastline and killed up to 100,000 seabirds.

most birds do not have bladders to store urine.

don’t sing. Instead, they will drum their beak against a tree. Other woodpeckers can identify which bird it is by the sound of the drumming.

Instead, they have extra vertebrae in their necks to allow their heads to turn further. They can turn their head around to see straight behind

often take the longest to hatch. Emu chicks, for example, take 60 days to hatch. Small songbirds take just 2 weeks.

It measures 7″ x 5″ and weighs 3 pounds. However, the biggest egg for the size of the mother is laid by the kiwi and

can hold up to 2.5 gallons of water at a time. The beak will shrink to squeeze out the water before the pelican swallows its

is the whistling swan, with up to 25,000 feathers. Hummingbirds, on the other hand, are so small that they have fewer than 1,000.