Dissection

Bird Groups

General Characteristics

Feathers

Adaptations

Miscellaneous

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The name of the organ that mechanically digests food

Gizzard

The name of the organ that stores

food

Crop

x

Pancreas

X

Lung

Name three non-feathered

structures from the bird dissection that aid in flight

Coracoid process, the keel, and the pectoral muscle, hollow bones,

air sacs.

Hawks, Falcons, and Owls

Birds of Prey

Macaws, Cockatoos and Love

Birds

Parrots

There are two large category of birds: birds that fly and

don’t. Give the name of these two categories.

Ratites (don’t fly)

and Carinates (fly)

Bonus Question (300): What do carinates possess that

ratites don’t have?

What group does this bird

belong in?

Cavity-nesting bird (woodpecker)

Give one unique

characteristic of this bird’s

group.

Flightless

Must move by running or swimming

Unlike reptiles, birds regulate their body temperature using this method

Endothermic regulation

The name and number of the

chambers of the heart

Atria and ventricle; 4 chambers

Specialized scales are also called

Feathers

First bird-like fossil

Archaeopteryx

List three things about birds that are not

found on other previously studied

organisms

1 ovary, keel, feathers,

hollow bones

Which feathers are used for flight?

Tail and flight feathers (the

first two)

What are the three types of

feathers?

Down, contour, and

powder down

What is the name of the

structure indicated by

the 1?

The vane of the feather

What is the name of the

structure indicated by

the 3?

Barb (hooks to keep feathers

together)

What would be the

predominant feather found on this bird?

Down feather

Beaks that are long and thin;

hummingbirds possess them

Nectar-feeding

The number of teeth inside a bird’s

mouth

None

Give two advantages of flight

Escape from predator, hunting and scavenging,

ability to migrate farther

This sense is sharpened in birds, while this sense has

dulled from

Sight; taste and smell

Give three examples of how the bodies of birds have been modified for flight.

Hollow bones, 1 ovary, beaks (no teeth), keel, uric acid, feathers, high metabolism, air sacs

Type of beak (diet) that is strong, sharp and hooked.

Carnivorous beaks

Waste is excreted through a

structure called

Cloaca

Name one way the

respiration of birds is different

from mammals.

Birds do not have a diaphragm, one-

way flow, air sacs

Most male birds lack this organ for

reproduction

Penis

What group does this bird

belong in?

Pelicans and relatives