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What are some of the special adaptations that flightless birds have?
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∙ 11y ago
One common feature all Flightless Birds have is to have the strong legs so that they may run on the land fast and may cover the discrepancy of not being able to flight. Also, most of them have strong physique to get protection from their enemies.
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∙ 14y ago
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoThey have long feet so they can run to escape very fast. Their bones are heavier because they don't need to fly. Also they do not have flight feathers.
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Drawings of flightless birds?
There are many different drawings of flightless birds. Some of these drawings reflect birds who naturally cannot fly such as penguins for example.
What are some flightless birds native to Alabama?
At the present time, there are no known flightless birds native to Alabama. There are ostrich and emu farms in the state, but the birds do not live in the wild.
What are 2 flightless birds?
A flightless bird is one that lacks the ability to fly and run or swim instead. Some examples of flightless birds are penguins, ostriches and kiwis.
Can flightless birds swim?
only some like penguins
What is the family name of short legged flightless aquatic birds?
Penguins are short-legged flightless aquatic birds. There are some 17 species in the penguin family.
What are some large flightless birds?
ostritches rheas cassowarys emus
What are some of the birds found in the treetops in NZ?
One of the birds found it the treetops of NZ are Kiwi's. They are flightless.
What are the different of birds that cannot fly?
Some flightless birds are the kiwi, ostrich, emu, cassowary, rhea, penguin.
What are some adaptations for lamb?
Yes there are special adaptations of a sheep.
Do all birds have long wings?
No. Some flightless birds such as the kiwi have very small, rudimentary wings. Other flightless birds such as the ostrich have larger wings, but they are still small and quite useless for flight.
What are some of the Egyptian vultures special adaptations?
Egyptian vultures are small birds that are not much bigger than crows. Its special adaptations include locating an egg, searching its surrounding ground for a suitable stone, picking up the egg with its beak and hurling the egg repeatedly.
Are birds flightless?
There are some flightless birds. 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.
