25+ Bird Facts That Change The Way You View The Birds | Amazing Facts- igshockingfacts

25+ Bird Facts That Change The Way You View The Birds | Amazing Facts- igshockingfacts

From brilliantly colored hummingbirds to farting thrushes, birds are among the most beautiful and bizarre creatures on Earth. With over 9000 species, our fine feathered friends inhabit almost every inch of the planet, making their homes in the frozen expanses of Antarctica, the humid rainforests of South America, and every climate in between. Here are 25 Bird facts you might not know about 25 amazing bird species.

1)Kiwi birds are blind, so they hunt by smell.

2)Many birds kept as pets, including doves, parakeets, and lovebirds, enjoy living in pairs for companionship.

3)The smallest bird egg belongs to the hummingbird and is the size of a pea.  The largest bird egg, from which the ostrich hatches, is the size of a cantaloupe.

4)A bird’s eye takes up about 50 percent of its head; our eyes take up about 5 percent of our head. 

5)The penguin is the only bird that can swim, but not fly. It is also the only bird that walks upright.

6)Owls turn their heads almost 360○ (a complete circle) but they cannot move their eyes.

7)The chicken is the closest living relative to the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

8)Chickens have over 200 distinct noises they make for communicating.

9)When it comes to birds, the males tend to have the more glamorous feather shape, coloration, songs, and dances.  Female birds choose their mate based on how attractive they find them!

10)It is estimated that one third of all bird owners turn on a radio for their pet when they leave the house.

11)According to National Geographic, scientists have an answer for the age old dispute over which came first, the chicken or the egg.  Reptiles were laying eggs thousands of years before chickens appeared.  The first chicken came from an egg laid by a bird that was not quite a chicken.  Therefore, the egg came first.

12)The first bird domesticated by humans was the goose.

13)Some breeds of chickens can lay colored eggs. The Ameraucana and Araucana can lay green or blue eggs.

14)The common phrase “eat like a bird” should mean something quite different!  Many birds eat twice their weight in food each day.  In fact, a bird requires more food in proportion to its size than a baby or a cat.

15)A group of ravens is called a murder.

16)Chickens that lay brown eggs have red ear lobes. There is a genetic link between the two.

17)Crows have the largest cerebral hemispheres (brains), relative to body size, of any avian family.

18)Mockingbirds can imitate many sounds, from a squeaking door to a cat meowing.

19)The oldest parrot in the world is 104.

20)The most common bird in the world is the chicken.

21)There are more than 350 species of parrots on earth.

22)Pelicans have a wingspan of 10 ft(3 meters) and normally weigh about 13 kg(30 lbs).

23)According to an estimate, about one billion birds die each year.

Look at his/her eyes -- you can clearly see the sadness 😔

24)The kiwi of New Zealand does not have any wings.

25)Most penguin species lay one to two eggs at a time.

26)The blue-footed booby obviously gets the first half of its name from its bright blue feet, which it shows off during mating rituals. The second half of its name is thought to come from the Spanish word "bobo," which means "stupid."

There are about a half a dozen species of boobies, and the European settlers probably thought they were all stupid when they saw them bumbling around on land, where they are least graceful.

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