Class AvesBy: Cassie Lynn Wheeler

Characteristics of the class Aves (Birds)

Birds are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterized by feathers, a beak with no teeth, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a lightweight but strong skeleton.

Detailed Characteristics of Class Aves (Birds) That Suits Them Well For Their Environments Feathers-Keep them warm, help them glide through the air. Beaks-To aid in food consumption(cracking open a seed or to

tear flesh) they can also use it to help make their nest. Eggs with shells- Helps protect the fetus from the out side

environments. Wings- Enables them to fly/ fee from predators . Talons-Aids in catching prey, roosting on branches, they are also

used to help make their nest .

Orders in the Class Aves Struthioniformes- Cassowaries, Emus,

Kiwis, Ostriches and Rheas. Tinamiformes- Tinamous . Craciformes- Chachalacas, Currasows,

Guans, Malleefowl, and Scrubfowls. Galliformes- Goruse, Guineafowl,

Quails, New World Quails, Pheasant and Turkeys.

Anseriformes- Ducks, Geese, Screamers, Swans and Whistling-Ducks.

Turniciformes- Buttonuails Piciformes- Barbets, Honeyguides,

Piculets, Woodpeckers and Wrynecks Galbuliformes- Jacamers and Puffbirds Upupiformes- Hoopoes

Trogoniformes- Trogons Coraciiformes- Bee-eaters,

Kingfishers, Motmots, Rollers and Todies

Coliiformes- Colies or Mousedbirds Cuculiformes- Anis, Coucals,

Cuckoos, Hoatzin, and Roadrunners

Psittaciformes- Mawcaws and Parrots

Apodiformes- Swifts Trochiliformes- Hermits and

Hummingbirds Musophagiformes- Plantain eaters

and Touracos Strigiformes- Nightjars, Oilbirds,

Owls, Owlet-nightjars and Potoos Columbiformes- Pigeons

Gruiformes- Bustards, Coots, Cranes, Gallinules, Kagus, limpkins, Mesites, Monias, Rails, Roatelos, Seriemas, Sunbitterns, sungrebes and Trumpeters

Ciconiiformes- Albertrosses, Anhingas, Auks, Avocets, Bitterns, Boobies, Carcacas, Cormorants, Crab-plovers, Curlews, Darters, Divers, Eagles, Egrets, Falcons, Flamingos, Frigatebirds, Gannets, Grebes, Gulls, Hammerkops, Hawks, Herons, Ibises, Jacanas, Kites, Lapwings, Loons, Oystercatchers, Paintedcoles, Pelecans, Penguins, Petrels, Phalaropes, Plains, -wanderers, Plovers, Pratincoles, Puffns, Sandprouse, Sandpipers, Secratarybirds, Seedsnipes, Shags, Shearwater, Sheathbills, Shoells, Skuas, Snipe, Spoonbills, Stils, Stroks, Thorpicbirds and Vultures.

Passeriformes- Accent, Antbirds, Asities, Babblers, Birds of Paradise, Bowerbirds, Bristlebirds, Broadbills, Bulbuls, Buntings, Bushtits, Carbinals, Catinals, Chaffinches, Chats, Cickadees, Chowchillas, Cotingas, Crossbill, Crows, Dippers, Drongas, Emuwerens, Fairy-Bluebirds, Goldfinches, Gnatcatchers, Gnateaters, Grass-warblers, Grasswrens, Greenbuls, Greenlets, Honeycreepers, Honeyeaters, Hypocilius, Jays, Kinglats, Larks, Laughingthrushers, Leafbirds, Leaf-warblers, Logrunners, Lyrebirds, Magpies, Manakins, Martins, Mockingbirds, Mynas, Northern Creepers, Nuthatches, Ovenbirds, Plamchats, Pardalotes, Peppershrikes, Pipits, Pittas,

--- Pittas, Robins, Scrub-bids, Scrubwrens, Shrikes, Shrike-vireos, Silk-flycatchers, Sparrowers, Spiderhunters, Starlings, Swallows, Sugarbirds, Sunbirds, Tapaculos, Thornbills, Tits, Tityras, Treecreepers, Thrushes, Tyarant Wattlebirds, Wag-tails, Wallscreepers, Waawing, Weavers, White-eyes, Whydahs, Woodcreepers, Woodwarblers, Wrens, Wrentits, and Vireos.

The Order I Chose: Ciconiiformes The Family: Accipitridae (Eagles) The Genus: Haliaeetus (Bald Eagles)

Raptor Characteristics

Raptor characteristics are:They are strong birdsAre very large is sizehave very sharp beakshave very sharp talonsa wide wing spanhave little claws on the bottom of the footanti glare vision they only lay 1-3 eggs per year

Characteristics of the Accipitridae Family The Accipitridae family have the bold predatory look. This family includes Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, Kites, Vultures,

etc. Their diet includes small mammals (mice, rabbits, moles, etc.),

fish, and sometimes dead animals. They all have sharp talons Sharp Beak Have excellent vision The female is usually larger than the males. They are found mostly in terrestrial habitats, but some raptors

like to stay near a water source to catch fish and to drink.

Haliaeetus leucocephalus(Bald Eagle)

Characteristics of Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Wing span : 70 - 90''(178-229 cm) Life span can last to 20 years old. Speed (diving) : 75-99 mph Conservation status : least concern (population

increasing) Higher classification: Accipitridae They can lay 1-3 eggs each year. The genus of a bald eagle is the sea Haliaeetus.

More facts about Bald Eagles

Eagles primarily eat fish, carrion, smaller birds and rodents. Eagles are also known to prey on large birds and large fish. They often eat dead deer.

Do they have predators?

Because of their size, adult Bald Eagles have very few predators. Some animals which attack eggs or nestlings include squirrels, Raccoons, Ravens, and Great Horned Owls. Crows, which don't like any raptors, will harass (bother) eagles, but rarely do any harm.

The Bald Eagles reproduction rate, as we speak is increasing . In this picture they are locking there feet together and then they go around and around. If they stay on then they receive the right to mate with the females. But if one lets go then they lose their right to mate.

The size of there eggs can get to 3 in long -2 in wide.

• What is species? how is species and other classificationdifferent.

A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus.

It is different from other classifications because it tells what kind of animal it is. For example, in the Haliaeetus genus of eagles there are multiple species including the Bald and Golden Eagles. The species tell which type of Eagle i

Web siting's

http://animals.pppst.com/birds.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/eagle www. Color full birds google images.com

http://www.defenders.org/bald-eagle/basic-facts https://www.google.com/search?q=bald+eagle+body+diagram&biw=1138&bi

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