Birds - Facts for Kids

Young finches learn to sing by practicing for up to an hour each day!

Chickens dream during sleep, just like humans and other mammals!

Quetzals can hover (stay in one place in the air) like hummingbirds when picking fruit from trees!

Quetzals have special oil-making parts that help keep their feathers waterproof (water can’t soak through) in the rainy cloud forests!

Most woodpecker types weigh between 1 and 14 ounces (38 and 529 g), which is about as light as a deck of cards to as heavy as a can of soup!