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Every bird on the site. All of them lay eggs and have two legs, but not all of them fly: penguins, ostriches, emus, rheas, cassowaries, kiwi and the kākāpō can't, and the dodo is here too, though it's extinct.

"Can fly" is one of the most useful questions in the game for exactly that reason.

72 animals, A to Z.

• 🐾AlbatrossLarge seabirds of the Southern Ocean and North Pacific, among the biggest flying birds.
• 🐾Bird of paradiseForty-four species of rainforest birds, mainly from New Guinea, plus eastern Australia and the Maluku Islands.
• 🐾BlackbirdThe common blackbird, a thrush of woods and gardens.
• 🦜BudgerigarA small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot of Australia.
• 🦅BuzzardThe common buzzard is a medium-sized bird of prey found across most of Europe and east into Asia, and probably the most common daytime raptor in Europe.
• 🐦CanaryThe domestic form of the wild canary, a finch from the Macaronesian islands, which include Spain’s Canary Islands.
• 🐾CassowaryThree species of huge, flightless birds from the tropical forests of New Guinea, nearby islands and northeastern Australia.
• 🐔ChickenThe domesticated form of the red junglefowl of Southeast Asia, first tamed around 8,000 years ago.
• 🦜CockatielThe smallest member of the cockatoo family: a grey Australian parrot with a long tail and an expressive crest.
• 🦜CockatooTwenty-two species of crested parrots from the Philippines and eastern Indonesia to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia.
• 🦅CondorTwo New World vultures, the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere: the Andean condor of the Andes and the California condor of the western US and Mexico.
• 🐾CormorantAbout 40 species of dark, fish-eating water birds, including the shags.
• 🐾CraneFifteen species of tall birds with long legs and necks.
• 🐦‍⬛CrowBlack birds of the genus Corvus, which includes the ravens.
• 🐾CuckooThe common cuckoo, a slender grey bird that looks like a sparrowhawk in flight.
• 🐾DodoAn extinct flightless bird of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, in the pigeon and dove family; its closest living relative is the Nicobar pigeon.
• 🦆DuckWaterbirds of the same family as geese and swans, but generally smaller and shorter-necked.
• 🦅EagleLarge birds of prey with huge hooked beaks and powerful talons.
• 🐾EgretWhite or buff herons with long legs that grow fine, milky-white plumes in the breeding season.
• 🐾EmuA flightless bird found only in Australia, the country’s tallest native bird and the third-tallest living bird after the two ostriches.
• 🦅FalconAbout 40 species of fast birds of prey with thin, tapered wings, found on every continent except Antarctica.
• 🐾FinchThe true finches: more than 200 species of small songbirds with stout, conical bills for cracking seeds and nuts, often brightly coloured.
• 🦩FlamingoTall, long-legged filter-feeding wading birds.
• 🪿GooseLarge waterfowl, between ducks and swans in size.
• 🐾GrouseCompact, heavily built game birds of the Northern Hemisphere, from arctic tundra to pine forest, moorland and mountains.
• 🦅HawkBirds of prey of the eagle family, found on every continent except Antarctica.
• 🐾HeronAbout 75 species of long-legged, long-necked wading birds of fresh water and coasts, including the egrets and bitterns.
• 🐾HornbillA family of birds of tropical Africa, Asia and Melanesia with a long, down-curved, often colourful bill, sometimes topped by a hollow casque.
• 🐦HummingbirdThe smallest birds, about 375 species native to the Americas.
• 🐾IbisTwenty-nine species of long-legged wading birds with long, down-curved bills, which they use to probe mud for food, usually in groups.
• 🐾JackdawThe western jackdaw, a small, gregarious member of the crow family, black with a grey nape and striking pale eyes.
• 🐾KakapoA large, nocturnal, ground-dwelling parrot found only in New Zealand, with mottled moss-green feathers and an owl-like face.
• 🐾KeaA large olive-green parrot of the forests and mountains of New Zealand's South Island, with bright orange under its wings.
• 🦅KestrelThe common kestrel is a small falcon of open country across Europe, Asia and Africa, famous for hovering in one spot while it scans the ground.
• 🐾Kingfisher118 species of small to medium, brightly coloured birds with large heads and long, sharp bills.
• 🐾KiwiFive species of flightless bird found only in New Zealand, about the size of a chicken and the smallest ratites.
• 🐾KookaburraFive species of large tree kingfishers from Australia and New Guinea that rarely eat fish.
• 🐾LyrebirdTwo species of ground-dwelling Australian birds, famous for mimicking sounds around them and for the male’s huge, lyre-shaped tail, fanned out in courtship.
• 🦜MacawLarge, long-tailed and often colourful New World parrots in six genera.
• 🐾MagpieThe Eurasian magpie is a black-and-white member of the crow family found across northern Europe and Asia, and one of the most intelligent birds.
• 🦆MallardA dabbling duck that breeds across the Americas, Eurasia and North Africa and has been introduced to Australia, New Zealand, South America and South Africa.
• 🐾MockingbirdAbout 17 species of New World songbirds, known for loudly copying other birds, insects and frogs.
• 🐾NightingaleThe common nightingale, a plain brown bird with a reddish tail, famous for one of the most beautiful songs in nature.
• 🐾NuthatchSmall birds with big heads, short tails and strong bills and feet, mostly blue-grey above with a black eye stripe.
• 🦅OspreyA large, fish-eating bird of prey, brown above and white below, found near water on every continent except Antarctica.
• 🦤OstrichThe tallest and heaviest living bird, flightless and native to parts of Africa.
• 🦉OwlMore than 200 species of mostly solitary, nocturnal birds of prey, with an upright stance, a broad head, forward-facing eyes and feathers adapted for near-silent flight.
• 🦜ParrotAbout 410 species of intelligent, mostly tropical birds with strong curved beaks and grasping feet.
• 🐾PartridgeMedium-sized, ground-dwelling game birds, between quail and pheasants in size, mostly grey and brown.
• 🦚PeacockPeafowl are three species of pheasant: the Indian and green peafowl of Asia and the Congo peafowl of Central Africa.
• 🐾PelicanEight species of large water birds with a long beak and a huge throat pouch, used to scoop up fish and drain out the water before swallowing.
• 🐧PenguinFlightless seabirds of the Southern Hemisphere with flippers for swimming.
• 🐾PheasantThe common pheasant is a game bird native to Asia and the far south-east of Europe, introduced widely elsewhere for shooting.
• 🐦PigeonThe familiar city pigeon is the domestic form of the wild rock dove, native to southern Europe, North Africa and western Asia.
• 🐾PuffinThe Atlantic puffin is a small seabird of the auk family with a big red-and-black beak.
• 🐾QuailMid-sized game birds of two groups: Old World quail, related to pheasants, and New World quail in a family of their own.
• 🐾RavenThe common raven is a big, all-black crow, the heaviest songbird, found across the Northern Hemisphere.
• 🐾RheaLarge flightless birds of South American grasslands, just behind the emu in size.
• 🐾RoadrunnerThe greater roadrunner, a long-legged ground cuckoo of the deserts of the southwestern United States and Mexico.
• 🐦RobinThe European robin is a small insect-eating songbird with an orange-red breast and face, found across Europe to Western Siberia and North Africa.
• 🐦SeagullSeabirds, usually grey and white, with strong bills and webbed feet.
• 🐾SparrowThe house sparrow is a small, stocky bird that lives alongside people in towns and farms.
• 🐾StarlingA family of 128 species of glossy, often iridescent birds, famous for mimicry and for murmurations: huge flocks that twist and turn together.
• 🐾StorkTwenty species of large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with stout bills.
• 🐾SwallowAbout 90 species of small songbirds built for catching insects in the air, with long, pointed wings and often forked tails.
• 🦢SwanThe largest waterfowl, and among the largest flying birds in their range, with six living species.
• 🐾SwiftAbout 100 species of highly aerial birds that look like swallows but are closer to hummingbirds.
• 🐾ToucanOver 40 species of brightly marked birds of the American tropics with huge, often colourful bills.
• 🦃TurkeyA large North American game bird, the heaviest of the chicken-like birds.
• 🦅VultureBirds of prey that scavenge carrion.
• 🐦WoodpeckerBirds that drill into trees for insects and drum on them to communicate.
• 🐾WrenA family of 96 species of small brown songbirds with short, barred wings and tails often held upright.

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