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Features that help a bird to fly.

Light weight, boat shaped body, powerful Ostrich, kiwi and penguin
wings, hollow bones, smooth and light are some birds that
feathers help the birds to fly high in the sky. cannot fly.

Beaks

Birds have no teeth. They use their beaks to
eat. Beaks are of different types:

Strong and Hooked Beaks
* How many legs does a bird have?
A parrot has a strong and * How many types of feathers does
hooked beak to bite hard fruits a bird have?

and to open nuts easily. * Which feathers help the bird to y?

Short, Hard, Pointed Beaks
Sparrows, peacocks, pigeons have short hard and pointed beaks to eat

grains, seeds and to crack nuts.

Broad and Flat Beaks

A duck has a broad spoon-like beak to dig soft mud near a pond and to
find worms with the help of its beak.

Sharp, Strong and Pointed Beaks

A woodpecker has a chisel-like sharp beak. It makes holes in the trunk
of trees with its help and catches insects as well.

Strong, Sharp and Hooked Beaks

Birds of prey like eagles, vultures and owls have strong, sharp and

hooked beaks which help them to tear up the flesh of their prey easily.

Different Types of Beaks

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