Category: Loons, Penguins, Herons, Pelicans, Storks, etc (Aequornithes)
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African Penguin Facts – African Penguin Diet & Breeding
This article lays down some of the useful and interesting African penguin facts. These black-footed penguins belong to the family of spheniscidae, are widely available in the African sea-waters. The scientific name of these birds is Spheniscuc Demersus. For the reason that these birds have growling or bragging kind of sound that resembles with a…
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King Penguin Facts for Kids – King Penguin Diet & Reproduction
King penguin facts for kids illuminate some of the useful and rarely known insights. King penguins are certainly the second largest penguin species after the Emperor penguin. These penguins have a gorgeous look in comparison to other penguin species. These birds are also recognized as ‘Wooly Penguins’. This bird loves to live in the cooler…
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Types of Penguins – Different Types of Penguins
There are 17 different types of penguins, each of them differing slightly from each other. Here is an overview of about nine different types of penguins. I hope you enjoy it. Different Types of Penguins Emperor Penguin Among all the different types of penguins widely known, emperor penguin is the biggest of all penguin types in the…
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Where Do Penguins Live – Different Countries and Islands
Where do penguins live is quite frequently asked question but still majority of the people are unaware about where do penguins live in the wild? Well, the penguins are spread out all over the world. However when it comes to the saturation of penguins in any single region, then certainly the southern hemisphere is the…
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Penguin Facts for Kids – Amazing and Interesting
This article lays down the most amazing Penguin Facts for kids that your kid would definitely love to know. Penguin is an aquatic and flightless bird that has wings more like fins which help them to swim. Emperor penguins are the largest living penguin species belonging to the aquatic group. These flightless birds are usually found…
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Bird With Largest Wingspan – Bird Wingspan List
The “Wandering Albatross” has been declared as the bird with largest wingspan among all the living birds. Its wingspan on average ranges from 8.2 to 11.5 feet (2.51 to 3.50 meter). Read on this article for more information about: What is wingspan? Largest wingspan bird in the world Wandering Albatross Facts Second largest bird wingspan…
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Large Flightless Birds – Ostrich, Emu Bird, Cassowary Bird
Bird Facts, Emus and Cassowaries (Casuariiformes), Kiwis (Apterygiformes), Loons, Penguins, Herons, Pelicans, Storks, etc (Aequornithes), Ostriches (Struthioniformes)Get to know about the large flightless birds with pictures, descriptions and videos. A flightless bird is a bird which cannot fly and depends upon its ability to walk, run or swim. The two major differences between flying and flightless birds are that their wings are smaller in size as compared to that of flying birds and the…
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Largest Bird in the World – The Ostrich
Bird Facts, Elephant Birds (Aepyornithiformes), Emus and Cassowaries (Casuariiformes), Extinct Birds, Loons, Penguins, Herons, Pelicans, Storks, etc (Aequornithes), Ostriches (Struthioniformes)This article is going to discuss about the largest bird in the world, living and extinct both. The word small has been associated with birds for a long time but there are birds that cannot be called small, with some large enough even surpassing the size of the largest living man on earth. Birds can primarly be…
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