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A female bird is called a “hen” and a male bird is called a “cock”
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A group of birds are called a “flock”
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Kiwis lay MASSIVE eggs. A kiwi laying an egg is the equivalent in size of a person giving birth to a two or three year old child.
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Birds have hollow bones, which makes them light for flying
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Hummingbirds can fly backwards. Some species of hummingbirds can beat their wings over 1000 times per minute.
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Scientists believe that birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs.
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In 1995, a budgerigar named Puck broke the Guinness World Record as having the largest vocabulary of any bird, at 1,728 words.
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The smartest birds in the world are from the Corvidae family —which includes birds such as crows, ravens, jackdaws, jays, nutcrackers and magpies.
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The most common bird in the world are chickens
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The most dangerous bird in the world is the Cassowary. It is found in areas of north-eastern Australia and New Guinea, and has been known to kill people with its dagger-like claw.
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Owls can rotate their heads and necks nearly 270 degrees