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Two Feathers ShannonBird Bird Warm-blooded vertebrates with wings and feathers Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Bird (disambiguation), Birds (disambiguation), Aves (disambiguation), Avian (disambiguation), and Avifauna (disambiguation). Birds are a group of warm-blooded theropod dinosaurs constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the 5.5 cm (2.2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) common ostrich. There are over 11,000 living species and they are split into 44 orders. More than half are passerine or "perching" birds. Birds have wings whose development varies according to species; the only… (Source: Wikipedia)
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