0
What else can I help you with?
How do you fly a dodo?
Dodo's are flightless birds.
What are the characteristics of flightless birds?
Flightless birds have a small keel and wings.
What do flightless birds have in common?
they can't fly, they are large and they have no wings, obviously! flightless birds include: ostrich, cassowary, emu and penguins!
What order of birds can't fly?
Sphenisciformes (Penguins) are flightless.
Why flightless birds cannot fly?
Because their wings are atrophied.
What is unusual about New Zealand's kiwi and cassowary birds?
They are flightless birds- they do not (and cannot) fly.
What kinds of birds can fly?
All except the flightless ones.
Can North Island Brown Kiwis fly?
No. There is no species of kiwi which can fly. Kiwi are flightless birds.
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.
What is the scientific name for birds that can't fly?
The scientific term for birds that cannot fly is "flightless birds." Examples include ostriches, penguins, and kiwis.
Why have flightless birds been given that name?
It is called a flightless bird b/c although it is classified as a bird, it can not fly.
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.
