Birds Kingdom
There Is A large variety of birds worldwide.Birds are often envied for their ability to fly, but not all of them can. Learn how birds can manipulate feathers, bone and wing structure to soar through the air and even dive-bomb into the water for food.
Nightingale
Nightingale Facts
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Luscinia |
| Scientific Name: | Luscinia Magarhynchos |
| Type: | Bird |
| Diet: | Omnivore |
| Size (L): | 14cm - 16.5cm (5.5in - 6.5in) |
| Wing Span: | 20cm - 22cm (7.9in - 9in) |
| Weight: | 15g - 22g (0.5oz - 0.7oz) |
| Top Speed: | 29km/h (18mph) |
| Life Span: | 1 - 3 years |
| Lifestyle: | Solitary |
| Conservation Status: | Least Concern |
| Colour: | Brown, Tan |
| Skin Type: | Feathers |
| Favourite Food: | Fruit |
| Habitat: | Open forests and thickets |
| Average Clutch Size: | 3 |
| Main Prey: | Fruit, Nuts, Seeds, Insects |
| Predators: | Rats, Cats, Lizards |
| Distinctive Features: | Small body size with no markings and thin beak |
The nightingale is a small species of bird thought to be formally members of the thrush family. The nightingale is often mistaken for the robin, as the nightingale is about the same size and the female robin is very similar in appearance to the nightingale.
The nightingale is a morning bird and the nightingale can often be heard singing it's loud song at dawn. In urban areas, the nightingale will sing even louder at dawn to make up for the extra background noise.
Albatross
Albatross, a seabird.Albatrosses live almost their entire lives at sea, coming to land only to nest. During the breeding season, the male performs an elaborate courtship dance. The female lays one white, brown-speckled egg in a shallow nest on the ground. Both parents incubate the egg for 9 to 10 weeks, until it hatches. The young remains in the nest until it can fly, about six months later. Adult albatrosses feed on fish, crustaceans, and squid, and often follow ships, feeding on discarded food. Parents feed their young by regurgitating previously digested food into their mouths.
Sailors often refer to albatrosses as “Gooney birds” because of their disregard of danger. They have long had a taboo against killing albatrosses. In his poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge tells of the misfortunes that befell a ship after a sailor defied this superstition and killed an albatross.
FLAMINGO
Flamingos breed in huge colonies, sometimes made up of several hundred thousand mated pairs. The mother flamingo lays a single egg in a shallow mud nest on the ground. Both parents care for the chick for the first week or two of life. Then, the young flamingo joins the crache, which is a large gathering of juvenile birds.
Now these birds are also facing devastating Extinction..
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