Cut out the different bird descriptions.

Match the picture of the bird to the name and description.

Crow

A group is called a “murder”; caws, can

recognize human faces and hold

grudges against ones they do not like.

Wood Pecker

A TV show was geared after this type of bird

“Woody the Woodpecker”, they

use their beak to make holes in wood, over

200 different species

Ostrich

In some areas of the world people ride, and

even RACE ostriches. Many

people also eat their eggs (which are over

15cm long!).

Canadian Goose

The male is called a gander, they form flocks

to fly south for the winter in the

shape of a “V”; national bird of Canada

Chicken

Most people eat these eggs for breakfast, the

baby is called a chick, related

to the tyrannosaurus rex

Duck

Quacks, mallard is a specific type, are

omnivores (meaning they eat meat and

vegetation)

Blue Jay

Are the animal representative for Toronto’s

baseball team, are able to imitate

sound of hawks, cats and humans.

Puffin

Nicknamed “sea parrots” and sometimes

“clowns of the sea”, are carnivores

and live off small fish such as herring, hake

and sand eels.

Parrot

There are around 372 different species; most

live in tropical areas; often

brightly colored

Turkey

Female is called a hen and the male is a tom or

a gobbler; gizzard is a part of

the bird stomach

Hummingbird

Named after the sound their wings make, their

wings can flap on average

around 50 times per second

Bald Eagle

National bird of the United States of America;

eat mostly fish; the males are

smaller than the females; they don’t usually

acquire their white until 4-6 years of age

Stork

Commonly known as “the baby delivery bird,”

most live in warm tropical

areas; can build nests in trees as wide as six

feet across.

Owl

Nocturnal; a group is called a parliament; have

large eyes and a flat face;

can turn their heads as much as 270 degrees

Flamingo

Born white, they acquire their pink color from

their diet of plankton, shrimp, and

blue-green algae; their backward bending knee

is actually an ankle (the knee is out

of sight higher up on the leg)

Crow

A group is called a “murder”; caws, can

recognize human faces and hold

grudges against ones they do not like.

Wood Pecker

A TV show was geared after this type of

bird “Woody the Woodpecker”, they

use their beak to make holes in wood, over

200 different species

Ostrich

In some areas of the world people ride, and

even RACE ostriches. Many

people also eat their eggs (which are over

15cm long!).

Canadian Goose

The male is called a gander, they form

flocks to fly south for the winter in the

shape of a “V”; national bird of Canada

Chicken

Most people eat these eggs for breakfast,

the baby is called a chick, related

to the tyrannosaurus rex

Duck

Quacks, mallard is a specific type, are

omnivores (meaning they eat meat and

vegetation)

Blue Jay

Are the animal representative for Toronto’s

baseball team, are able to imitate

sound of hawks, cats and humans.

Puffin

Nicknamed “sea parrots” and sometimes

“clowns of the sea”, are carnivores

and live off small fish such as herring, hake

and sand eels.

Parrot

There are around 372 different species;

most live in tropical areas; often

brightly colored

Turkey

Female is called a hen and the male is a

tom or a gobbler; gizzard is a part of

the bird stomach

Hummingbird

Named after the sound their wings make,

their wings can flap on average

around 50 times per second

Bald Eagle

National bird of the United States of

America; eat mostly fish; the males are

smaller than the females; they don’t usually

acquire their white until 4-6 years of age

Stork

Commonly known as “the baby delivery

bird,” most live in warm tropical

areas; can build nests in trees as wide as

six feet across.

Owl

Nocturnal; a group is called a parliament;

have large eyes and a flat face;

can turn their heads as much as 270

degrees

Flamingo

Born white, they acquire their pink color

from their diet of plankton, shrimp, and

blue-green algae; their backward bending

knee is actually an ankle (the knee is out

of sight higher up on the leg)