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Asked by cutlerc to Christine, Edd, Jess, Nicolas, Zara on 20 Jun 2011.
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Zara Gladman answered on 16 Jun 2011:
The lyre bird! An amazing bird that can imitate any sound. If you get a chance, you have to watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y unbelievable!! The sounds it imitates at the end of the clip are quite depressing.
I also like frogmouths (google image them!) because they look crazy.
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Edward Codling answered on 16 Jun 2011:
I like the condor which lives in South America in the Andes mountains http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condor
They are very graceful birds when in the air, but on the ground they are very big and clumsy. They are very heavy and can’t take off very well – they usually just jump off a cliff!
I saw one in a zoo once and it started performing a mating dance in front of my brother in law – he was quite embarrassed!
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Nicolas Biber answered on 16 Jun 2011:
My favourite bird of all times is the cacapo :D. It’s really cute and fluffy. They live in New Zealand, and as many birds there they are flightless. They have become flightless with evolution over time because originally there were no predators. Now with the arrival of Europeans New Zealand has become infested with rats and cats. The cacapo is now highly endangered 🙁
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Jessica Chu answered on 18 Jun 2011:
I don’t know too many birds but one that I would have loved to see for myself is the Moa! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moa
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Christine Switzer answered on 20 Jun 2011:
My favourite bird is the roadrunner, though I don’t think they are as cheeky as the cartoon Roadrunner who winds up Wile E Coyote. They are fast, capable of speeds of 20mph, which is about as fast as our current world record sprinters. More about roadrunners here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geococcyx
Comments
Zara commented on :
@Edd and Nicolas, it’s funny that you should mention the condor and kakapo cos one of my old professors, David Houston, is an expert in both species! He was personally responsible for helping save the kakapo from extinction!! He developed a special diet that improved their egg production. Unfortunately he’s retired now but still graces the corridors of our zoology building (where he is very well respected!).
miren commented on :
miren is my favourite bird hehe xxoxoxoxox
miren commented on :
mine too 🙂 actually my fave bird is a ren
Zara commented on :
nice choice! I wish I had a garden, I used to love watching the birds when I lived at home
Christine commented on :
@zara, some of those noises that the lyre can make are really sad to hear…
Zara commented on :
@Christine yeah the ones at the end are really depressing 🙁