Simple Online Photographic Dictionary

Albatrosses are large sea birds. The great albatross has the largest wingspan of any bird. Albatrosses can glide for very long distances. They eat squid and fish that they dive into the water to catch.

Photo by Chrispearson72

A budgerigar, or budgie for short, is a very small parrot that many people keep as pets. They are very friendly, and like most parrots they can be taught to talk. Budgerigars are originally from central Australia, and were once only green and yellow. All the other colors have been created by people breeding them.

Photo by Thomasrdotorg

Bulbuls are a family of medium-sized songbirds. They are found in most haitats, with African bulbuls being found mainly in rainforests. Bulbuls can be found in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Indonesia and even Japan.

Photo by Lip Kee

Canaries are small songbirds closely related to finches. They eat seeds and have a pretty song. Most canaries are yellow. Wild canaries are more mottled or yellow-green than pet canaries.

Photo by Alan Manson

Cassowaries are very large flightless birds that live in tropical forests of New Guinea and northeastern Australia. The only birds bigger than the cassowary are the ostrich and emu.

Cassowaries mainly eat fruit, but will also eat new shoots, seeds and fungi, insects and small animals. Cassowaries usually travel around on their own except when it is time to find a mate and lay eggs.

The booming noise the cassowary makes is the lowest known bird call, and is so low humans can only just hear it.

Photo by Raphael Quinet

A chicken is a kind of bird that is kept as a source of food.
Chickens lay eggs which we can eat, and we can also eat chickens.
A female chicken is called a hen, male chickens are called roosters. Hens lay eggs, roosters crow when the sun rises.

Photo by Star5112

Condors are a type of vulture found in the Andes and the Californian mountains. They are one of the largest birds in the world. They can live to 50 years old in the wild, and have a wingspan of up to 3 metres.

They spend a lot of their time soaring through the air looking for large dead animals to eat.

Photo by Keven Law

Cormorants and shags are medium sized birds that live near the sea. They eat fish, including eels and sea snakes. They catch fish by diving into the water. Cormorants are related to pelicans.

Photo by Lip Kee

Cranes are tall, graceful birds with long necks and long legs. They usually live near water, and build their nests on floating platforms. Cranes can live for several decades.

There are many different kinds of crane, and they are found all over the world except Antarctica. Cranes are often the subject of origami sculptures.

Photo by Gidzy

Crows are a medium sized pure black bird related to the magpie. They are very intelligent, but are not usually kept as pets. They eat dead animals they find, and insects.

Photo by Wolfpix