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What are birds?

Birds are warm-blooded, egg-laying, feathered vertebrates with a backbone and skeleton with some of their bones hollow to keep them light and aloft. Their forelimbs have the same bones as the human arm (highly modified to form the structure for wings).

Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle

Scientific Name: Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Blue-crowned Motmot
Blue-crowned Motmot

Scientific Name: Momotus momota

Eurasian Eagle-owl
Eurasian Eagle-owl

Scientific Name: Bubo bubo

Ostrich
Ostrich

Scientific Name: Strutheo camelus

Ringed Teal
Ringed Teal

Scientific Name: Callonetta leucophrys