{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/fun-birds-world",
 "id": "fun-birds-world",
 "title": "Birds of the World",
 "category": "trivia-fun",
 "subject": "Birds",
 "levels": [
  "k-2",
  "3-5",
  "6-8"
 ],
 "description": "Amazing birds from every continent and what makes each one special.",
 "tags": [
  "birds",
  "world",
  "facts"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Bird",
 "backLabel": "Fact",
 "cards": [
  [
   "What makes a bird a bird?",
   "Feathers, a beak, two wings and eggs with hard shells"
  ],
  [
   "Ostrich",
   "The largest bird; it cannot fly but runs fast"
  ],
  [
   "Emu",
   "A big Australian bird that cannot fly"
  ],
  [
   "Kiwi",
   "A small flightless bird of New Zealand"
  ],
  [
   "Penguin",
   "A flightless swimmer of the Southern Hemisphere"
  ],
  [
   "Albatross",
   "Has the widest wingspan; glides over the ocean for hours"
  ],
  [
   "Bald eagle",
   "A sea eagle of North America"
  ],
  [
   "Golden eagle",
   "A powerful brown eagle of mountains in the Northern Hemisphere"
  ],
  [
   "Condor",
   "A giant vulture of the Andes"
  ],
  [
   "Peregrine falcon",
   "The fastest diving bird"
  ],
  [
   "Hummingbird",
   "The only birds that can fly backward"
  ],
  [
   "Owl",
   "Silent night hunter with forward-facing eyes"
  ],
  [
   "Parrot",
   "A colorful bird that can copy sounds"
  ],
  [
   "Macaw",
   "A large, brightly colored parrot"
  ],
  [
   "Cockatoo",
   "A parrot with a crest"
  ],
  [
   "Budgie (parakeet)",
   "A small parrot kept as a pet"
  ],
  [
   "Toucan",
   "A tropical bird with a huge colorful bill"
  ],
  [
   "Flamingo",
   "A pink bird that stands on one leg"
  ],
  [
   "Peacock",
   "The male fans out a huge, showy tail"
  ],
  [
   "Swan",
   "A graceful water bird"
  ],
  [
   "Goose",
   "A big water bird that flies in a V"
  ],
  [
   "Duck",
   "A swimming bird with waterproof feathers"
  ],
  [
   "Pelican",
   "Has a large throat pouch for scooping fish"
  ],
  [
   "Stork",
   "A long-legged bird with a big bill"
  ],
  [
   "Heron",
   "A tall wading bird that hunts fish"
  ],
  [
   "Crane",
   "A tall bird known for its dancing"
  ],
  [
   "Puffin",
   "A seabird with a colorful beak"
  ],
  [
   "Seagull",
   "A seabird found near coasts and cities"
  ],
  [
   "Cormorant",
   "A diving seabird that dries its wings in the sun"
  ],
  [
   "Kingfisher",
   "Dives to catch fish"
  ],
  [
   "Woodpecker",
   "Pecks wood to find insects"
  ],
  [
   "Crow",
   "A very smart black bird"
  ],
  [
   "Raven",
   "A big black bird that can solve puzzles"
  ],
  [
   "Magpie",
   "A black and white bird in the crow family"
  ],
  [
   "Robin",
   "A songbird known for its red-orange chest"
  ],
  [
   "Nightingale",
   "A bird famous for its beautiful song"
  ],
  [
   "Skylark",
   "Sings while flying high"
  ],
  [
   "Swallow",
   "A fast flyer that catches insects"
  ],
  [
   "Swift",
   "A bird that can stay in the air for months"
  ],
  [
   "Cuckoo",
   "Lays eggs in other birds' nests"
  ],
  [
   "Kookaburra",
   "An Australian bird with a laughing call"
  ],
  [
   "Lyrebird",
   "An Australian bird that copies sounds"
  ],
  [
   "Bird of paradise",
   "A bird with amazing feathers and dances of New Guinea"
  ],
  [
   "Hoatzin",
   "A South American bird with claws on its young wings"
  ],
  [
   "Secretary bird",
   "A tall African bird that stomps on snakes"
  ],
  [
   "Shoebill",
   "A huge-billed bird from African swamps"
  ],
  [
   "Cassowary",
   "A big flightless bird with a bony casque on its head"
  ],
  [
   "Rhea",
   "A flightless South American bird like an ostrich"
  ],
  [
   "Dodo",
   "A flightless bird of Mauritius that went extinct in the 1600s"
  ],
  [
   "Turkey",
   "A large bird of North America, bred for food"
  ],
  [
   "Chicken",
   "The most common domestic bird"
  ],
  [
   "Pigeon",
   "A city bird that can find its way home"
  ],
  [
   "Dove",
   "A symbol of peace"
  ],
  [
   "Snowy owl",
   "A white Arctic owl"
  ],
  [
   "Great horned owl",
   "An owl with feather tufts shaped like horns"
  ],
  [
   "Harpy eagle",
   "A rainforest eagle with big talons"
  ],
  [
   "Vulture",
   "A scavenger that eats dead animals"
  ],
  [
   "Roadrunner",
   "A fast ground bird of the Southwest"
  ],
  [
   "Tern",
   "A graceful seabird; the Arctic tern migrates the farthest"
  ],
  [
   "Sandpiper",
   "A small shorebird"
  ],
  [
   "Ibis",
   "A wading bird with a curved bill"
  ],
  [
   "Quetzal",
   "A sacred bird of Central America with long tail feathers"
  ],
  [
   "Weaver bird",
   "A bird that weaves intricate nests"
  ],
  [
   "Bowerbird",
   "A bird that decorates a stage to impress a mate"
  ],
  [
   "Hornbill",
   "A bird with a large curved bill and a casque"
  ],
  [
   "Sparrow",
   "A small brown songbird"
  ],
  [
   "Finch",
   "A small seed-eating songbird; Darwin studied Galapagos finches"
  ]
 ]
}