It is called a flightless bird b/c although it is classified as a bird, it can not fly.
Rhea.
ostrich
Penguins are short-legged flightless aquatic birds. There are some 17 species in the penguin family.
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The scientific name for flightless birds is ratites. This group includes birds like ostriches, emus, rheas, kiwis, and cassowaries. Ratites are characterized by their lack of keel on the sternum bone, which is necessary for flight muscle attachment.
The 5 birds are ostrich, emu, cassowary, penguin and kiwi.
The scientific term for birds that cannot fly is "flightless birds." Examples include ostriches, penguins, and kiwis.
there really isn't another word. if your looking for the name of some, you can check out penguins, and peacocks. those birds are flightless. you can look for them mostly in florida, and the arctics.
the flight less birds name was the cassowary in the BC comics and it symbolises that you do not have to fly to be afriad of
Yes. The word 'kiwi' is a Maori word. It is the name the Maori use for the small flightless birds belonging to the family Apterygidae.
The rheas are species of ratites (flightless birds, with unkeeled sterna) in the genus Rhea, native to South America. There are two existing species: the Greater or American Rhea and the Lesser or Darwin's Rhea. The genus name was given in 1752 by Paul Mohring and adopted as the English common name. Mohring's reason for choosing this name, from theRhea of classical mythology, is not known.Rheas are large, flightless birds with gray-brown plumage, long legs and long necks, similar to an ostrich.
The song is called "Birds" and it's by Rob Simonsen. Check it out on Myspace!