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ovenbird
The video thumbnail image shows a brown-speckled bird perched on a branch, singing with an open beak.
Eurasian nightingale (Erithacus megarhynchos) The origins of birds. Hear the songs of many different birds. nest diversity in songbirds(From top) Nest and young of a pair of American robins (Turdus migratorius); apartment-like nest of the African social weaver (Philetairus socius); nest of the long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus); nest and young of the common swallow (Hirundo rustica). Orange-billed nightingale thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris) Streaky seedeater (Serinus striolatus) basic body feather tracts on a generalized songbird American songbirds
For Students
songbird summary
Quizzes
Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius). Animals, mammals.
Ultimate Animals Quiz
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
pigeon. pigeon and dove. member of the order Columbiformes, family Columbidae
Ultimate Bird Trivia Quiz
Lion (panthera leo)
Deadliest Animals Quiz
Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)
Wild Words from the Animal Kingdom Vocabulary Quiz
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Prairie falcon (Falco mexicanus) in mid-flight.
11 Questions About Birds Answered
animal. Amphibian. Frog. Anura. Ranidae. Frog in grass.
Abundant Animals: The Most Numerous Organisms in the World
Common, or southern, cassowary (Casuarius casuarius).
8 Birds That Can’t Fly
Spider monkey swinging in a tree. (primate, jungle animal)
Why Do Animals Have Tails?
Hungry Pelican waiting to be fed, beak open, Australia
Why Don’t Birds Have Teeth?
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Bar graph of the United States Death Toll during major events. Infogram chart.
U.S. Death Toll During Major Events
Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution
The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)
New Seven Wonders of the World
Franklin D. Roosevelt, who formulated the Four Freedoms.
7 Alphabet Soup Agencies that Stuck Around
An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
World map. Continents. Oceans. Mendel thumb ok
Just How Many Oceans Are There?
Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

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Why don't birds have teeth?
Birds descended from dinosaurs, but they don't have their ancestors' bite.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Images

ovenbird
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus).
S. Maslowski/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Eurasian nightingale (Erithacus megarhynchos)
Eurasian nightingale (Erithacus megarhynchos).
H. Reinhard/Bruce Coleman Inc.
nest diversity in songbirds(From...
Sven-Olof Lindblad—The National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researchers
Orange-billed nightingale thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris)
Orange-billed nightingale thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris)
Peter L. Ames/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Streaky seedeater (Serinus striolatus)
A.J. Deane/Bruce Coleman Ltd.
basic body feather tracts on a generalized songbird
Basic body feather tracts on a generalized songbird. The shaded areas show the right...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
American songbirds
Distribution of songbirds in North and South America.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Interactives

The origins of birds.
Join the search for how birds evolved from Mesozoic-era dinosaurs in our interactive.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Hear the songs of many different birds.
A collection of bird songs.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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