Species of Birds

Learn about Different Species of Birds using Online Video

In this topic entitled From Cranes to Passerines from the Study of The Animal Kingdom series, you'll examine the biological characteristics of many species of birds including puffins, doves, parrots, owls, woodpeckers, larks, and other birds. Did you know that birds evolved from reptiles? These 2 online educational video titles introduce an additional 12 orders and 59 families of birds from the class Aves. Discover why cranes are noted for their elaborate courtship displays and how the California gull became the state bird of Utah. Learn about many species of birds including puffins, doves, parrots, owls, thrushes, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, orioles, and many more.

Learning Objectives:

• Survey twelve orders of birds; cite the scientific names of bird families within those orders; and identify species of birds belonging to each family.
• Gain an introduction to cranes, coots, sandpipers, puffins, gulls, terns, doves, parrots, roadrunners, owls, whip-poor-wills, swifts, hummingbirds, kingfishers, toucans, woodpeckers, larks, swallows, wrens, nuthatches, jays, crows, sparrows, and thrushes.
• Describe the habitats of selected species of birds.
• Discuss the physical, behavioral, and ecological similarities of selected species of birds within families and explain differences among bird families belonging to the same order.
• Access a text supplement that provides concise, encyclopaedic information on selected species of birds identified in the presentation.

• Biology > Study Of The Animal Kingdom > Birds Cranes To Passerines
• Birds - Cranes through Passerines Part 1 (Runtime: 15:22)
• Birds - Cranes through Passerines Part 2 (Runtime: 21:43)