Bird Quiz
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- What type of feathers are soft, fluffy, cover body of nesting birds for insulation?
- Down
- What enables birds to migrate to the same places year after year?
- stars and sun position, topographical landmarks, magnetic cues, air pressure and low frequency sounds
- What is the place where gastric fluids begin breaking down food called?
- Proventriculus
- What type of young have eggs incubated for long periods of time and are active when hatched?
- Precocial
- What type of feathers are specialized on the wings or tail?
- Flight
- What is the muscular organ that kneads and crushes food?
- Gizzard
- What type of young have eggs that hatch quickly-blind, naked, and helpless?
- Altricial
- What type of feathers give adult birds streamlined shape and provide color and insulation?
- Contour
- What is the enlargement of the esophagus that stores and moistens food?
- Crop
- What type of feathers are dust-filtering bristles near nostrils?
- Pin