The Arctic Skua, a large seabird, has a life expectancy of 12-years. The bird, found in northern Scotland on the moorlands, only comes to land to breed. The aggressive birds seek out smaller seabirds, and steal the fish they have already caught.

The scientific name for the Tasmanian shy albatross is Thalassarche cauta cauta.

Scientific name: Actitis hypoleucos

1. Stormwing
2. Solstice
3. Oceancrest
4. Swiftwing

The Latin name for an American flamingo is Phoenicopterus rubber. The American flamingo has also been called the Caribbean flamingo, and is the only type of flamingo that inhabits North America.

Actually, an owl pellet is formed when an owl regurgitates up the things it can't digest easily, like feathers, fur, bones, and more. If you ever "dissect" one, it can honestly get quite fascinating, you know, figuring out what types of animals that particular bird had recently eaten.

All birds are vertebrates

The Great Auk is now extinct. It was a flightless bird of the North Atlantic which spent most of its time at sea, only coming in to rocky, remote islands to breed. It was hunted to extinction in the 1800s.

The Great Auk was not a penguin, but it resembled the penguin in that it was clearly adapted for life in the sea, and had a white front and a black back. It stood about 51cm high, and weighed up to 5kg. Pictures and more information can be found at the related link below.

There is no constructive proof in Hindu Mythology that a swan will be able to drink only milk leaving water in an adulterated milk. It is only an assumption.

The swan with its needle like nose, pierces the pipe like portion in the water plant

which is immersed in the water and sucks the milk like white liquid stored in the

pipe. This gives the appearance that the swan is drinking only milk leaving water.

In the modern scientific world also no such quality of the swan is proved in the laboratory after the tests.

varadharajanv

Chennai,Tamilnadu,India

24/12/2011

There are 13 species of albatross left in the world with 750,000 breeding pairs. All species of albatross are considered endangered species.

puffins use Bernoulli's Principal which is when the speed of air is high the pressure is low, and when the speed of air is low the pressure is high, and high pressure pushes against low pressure and you get lift

One black and white diving bird is an auk, which includes puffins, guillemots, and razorbills. Another black and white diving bird is a murre.

Yes, the albatross has the biggest wingspan of any animal.

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Yes, a penguin is flightless. Similar to other flightless birds like the ostrich, they lack proper flying anatomy. They have flippers that allow them to swim instead.

birds have strong chest muscles and lightweight bones, which enables them to fly. Their feathers, too, are lightweight, which helps them fly. During flight the birds feathers compress, giving it a more streamlined shape which helps it fly faster. Flight takes up a lot of energy, and birds must eat up to 30% of their body weight each day.

a puffin can fly 48 to 55mph by flapping their wings 400 times per minute.

Adult seagulls can eat 20% of their body weight daily, which means a 2 pound seagull can eat 6.4 ounces of food every day.

There are no wolves in Antarctica.

365 days - sleep occurs while drifting on the north Atlantic currents. Breeding occurs midflight and is extremely satisfying.