Name five flightless bird

Answer 1

Takahe

Kakapo

Weka

Emu

Brown Kiwi

Great Tinamou

Greater Rhea

Ostrich

Southern Cassowary

Penguins

Chickens

calayan rail

Turkey

Answer 2

There are 7 families of Flightless Birds in total. They include the Kiwi, Cassowaries, Rheas, Ostriches, Tinamous, Emus and Penguins.

There are also numerous flightless birds within other groups of birds which are mostly made up of species which can fly. Rails, for example, include waterfowl such as moorhens, swamp hens and other small to medium birds which can fly but prefer not to. They cannot fly for any great distance, and within the rail family, there are numerous flightless birds, such as the Takahē and the weka of New Zealand, and the Inaccessible Island rail.

Other bird families have some members which cannot fly, even though most of the family can. Thekakapo, which lives in New Zealand, is the world's only flightless parrot. The flightless steamer duckof the Falkland Islands is another bird which is an anomaly with its family. The Giant Coot of South America is unusual, as the adult cannot fly, but the young birds can.

There are many more species of flightless birds. See the related link for a more complete list.

Extinct birds which could not fly include the Moa, dodo, elephant bird and Terror bird.

Answer 3

The most common flightless birds include emus, ostriches and penguins. Cassowaries, kiwis and the kakapo parrot are also flightless birds.

Answer 4

Im not exactly sure.. I think there are some extinct ones that lived thousands/millions of years before us, but from all i know, currently there is only the penguin.

Answer 5

Extinct birds which could not fly include the Moa, Dodo, Elephant bird, Dwarf emu, King Island emu and Terror bird.

Answer 6

ostrich,rhea,cassowary,emu,kiwi,penguins.