Name Flightless birds

Answer 1

There are about 40 species living today.

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Further information:

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. The kakapo, which lives in New Zealand, is the world's only flightless parrot. The flightless steamer duck of 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 Wikipedia link for a more complete list.

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.

Answer 3

There are 40 different species of flightless birds. Some of these include penguins, ostrich, emu, kiwi, and the greater rhea.

Answer 4

There are several birds that are flightless. Some names of these birds are, penguins, emu's, rheas, kiwi, and an ostrich.

Answer 5

emu. ostrich. cassowary. kiwi. penguin. rhea. turkey, chicken, weka, takahe, kakapo.

And there are more than 10. These are a selection.

Answer 6

1,500

Answer 7

over 60