[Animals] What is the difference between "ave" and "bird": Know the correct way to refer to these animals

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Birds are one of the groups of animals that most generate admiration for humans, who appreciate the color of their feathers and the way they fly.

Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrate animals that have unique characteristics, such as the fact that they only move or maintain themselves on their hind limbs, while the lower limbs use them to carry out one of the activities that also distinguishes the group, fly.

However, there are some birds that do not fly, so why are they in this group of vertebrates?

The answer lies in the primary characteristic that distinguishes this group of vertebrates, and that is the presence of feathers that cover their bodies. Broadly speaking, if we see birds as a puzzle, you will notice that we already mentioned the hind and lower extremities, and the characteristic plumage around their skin, but there is another anatomical component that is very peculiar to this group.

This group of animals is characterized by the absence of teeth and instead, they have a beak that is used to carry out various functions such as feeding and grooming.

They are oviparous animals (they lay eggs), and they incubate the small young inside the shell until hatching.

There is a great diversity of these animals around the world that, according to the National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO), birds represent 11 percent of the total fauna that exists on the planet.

This group of vertebrates has more than 9 thousand species and Mexico has just over a thousand in the territory.

People often call birds by their common name or in a different way, depending on the geographic region, however, the term "bird" is often used as a synonym for an organism with wings.

Something similar happens with a group of reptiles, where they usually use the word viper and snake as synonyms, despite not being the same.

It might interest you to read: What is the difference between "snake", "viper" and "snake": Know the correct way to refer to these animals.

Now it's time to explain to you what this singular difference in the group of birds refers to.

What is the difference between birds and birds?

Scientifically, like the rest of the animal suborders, birds are divided into:

families
subfamilies
genders
subgenres
species
subspecies
The term "bird" is the set of all vertebrate species that have feathers and the aforementioned characteristics.

While the word "bird" derives from the Latin passer and refers to a specific order of birds, the passerines.

Passerines are the largest order of birds, encompassing more than half of the known species.

Regarding their anatomy, passerines have four fingers: three directed forwards and one towards the back of the bird.

They are small, and have a complex system in the syrinx (vocal organ), a characteristic that allows them to elaborate more elaborate songs, compared to the rest of the birds.

So we can conclude that all birds are birds, but not all birds are birds!

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Link: https://ensedeciencia.com/2023/05/10/cual-es-la-diferencia-entre-ave-y-pajaro-conoce-la-forma-correcta-de-referirte-a-estos-animales-2/