If you hear the word bird, most people would imagine an animal or fowl that may fly. It is for the birds, to fly is a very penging needs in order to run away from predators.
However, there are several species of birds that have evolved and lost the power of flight. They can survive because their predators are few or they have developed other ways to escape and protect themselves.
1. Penguin
Penguin into the group of birds that can not fly but can swim. Living in the south pole, Antarctica. Highly adapted to life in the water, penguins have feathers are dark colored and white, their wings have become more useful as flippers when they swim. Most penguins eat from Krill (prawns), fish, squid and other aquatic animals are captured at the time they swim. They spent half his time on land and half on water.
Although the penguin is a bird that is said to only live in the south pole, such as Antarctica. In fact, only a few species of penguin that actually live in the depths of the south. Some species can be found in the warmer regions, and one species such as the Galapagos penguins can be found close to the equator.
2. Ostrich
Ostrich. Is the largest bird in the world that can not fly. This bird is a bird native to Africa. Ostrich are in the same group with Kiwi, Emu, Rhea and Cassowary, namely Struthioniformes. This bird has the shape of the neck and long legs, can run at speeds up to 70 km / h, the largest egg spawn than other birds.
Of 5 Ostrich subspecies known, one has become extinct, 1 are threatened with extinction, three are still alive. They live in a group that continues to move, in the group containing 5 to 50 birds. When threatened, the Ostrich will lie on the ground or blurred. But if it continues cornered, he will attack with strong legs.
3. Takahe
Takahe or also known as the South Island Takahe is a native bird that can not fly in New Zealand. Ever thought to be extinct after the last four specimens were taken in 1898. But after some search effort, it was rediscovered by Geoffrey Orbell at Lake Te Anau, Muchison Mountains on 20 November 1948.
Takahe adult birds have a purplish color with dark green alloy, wherein the color purple is the dominant color. Pink colored legs. Females have smaller size. This bird is very noisy.
Takahe is entered into one of the endangered birds.
4. Cassowary
Today, there are three species of cassowary. The most common is the Southern Cassowary, the second heaviest bird and the third largest after the Camel and EMU. This bird is a bird originally native tropical forests of New Guinea, northeast Australia.
Cassowary main food go round fruits, although basically they are omnivores, which starts from the plants they eat, fruits, fungi, invertebrates and small vertebrates. Cassowaries are very shy, when disturbed they will cause very serious injuries. Perhaps it is that causes them into the list of one of the most dangerous bird in the world.
Cassowary species at first there were 4, 1 of which have become extinct and the other 3 are endangered.
5. Rhea
Rhea, a bird native to South America. There are two species are not yet extinct, namely Greater Rhea or Rhea and the Lesser Rhea Amerian or Darwin's Rhea. Rhea is a bird that can not fly, big, long legs and a long neck, resembling a camel. Unlike kebanyak birds, rheas have only three toes. They also secrete urine from different places of the cloaca.
Greater Rhea is a species that prefers the open and airy, living in meadows and near the water. While Lesser Rhea will more often be found in the bush, grassland or of the even desert.
6. EMU
Emu is the largest bird in Australia, is the second highest bird du world after the Ostrich. In Australia, there are three subspecies emu are found on mainland Australia. These birds avoid areas that have a lot of population, dense forest and arid areas.
They have a long neck and legs and not thick. EMU also can move fairly large in scope and can run up to 70 km / hour. They feed on a variety of plants and insects, but also known to not eat for a week, and rarely drink. Emu sometimes found sitting in the water and can swim, this bird is a bird that is curious, where they will follow the things that make them curious.
7. Galapagos Cormorant
Also known by other names Flightless Cormorant, is a native bird Galapagos Islands as the name suggests. Is one example of the extraordinary fauna of the island. He is the only Cormorant which has lost its ability to fly.
Like most Cormorant, this bird has beseplaput and strong legs to be at sea, he ate fish, eels, small octopus, and other small creatures. However, they were never more than 100m from the shore.
Because the numbers are only reaching about 1500 individual, he is one of the birds that are in the conservation program.
8. Kiwi
Kiwi bird can not fly
Kiwi is a bird that can not fly and is endemic to New Zealand, based on the size of the local poultry New Zealand, Kiwi is the smallest and produces the smallest egg-related upper body size Compared to the other bird species in the world. Kiwi is a symbol of New Zealand, the association of the term Kiwi is very large until he recognized worldwide.
Kiwi also entered into the list of endangered birds, this is due to ongoing habitat bekerang. But today, most of the forests they have entered into a national park and under protection.
9. Tasmanian Nativehen
Tasmanian Nativehen is one of Australia's endemic bird species on the island of Tasmania. Although most birds can not fly has a lot of stories where they became extinct at the hands of humans, this bird actually benefit from the practice Agikultural in Tasmania.
Ii bird has olive brown color with white on his chest and a darker color on the bottom. Its tail usual black color and feet, legs thick and strong with a grayish color and sharp nails. Have red eyes.
10. Kakapo
Birds are sometimes found as a pet, it is also entered into the list of birds that can not fly. Known as parrot species are large, flightless, nocturnal and is on the ground.
Combined several characters such as parrot the only one who could not fly, weight, nocturnal, hebivora, pejatannya not have a sense of kinship, low metabolism and during mating has 1 Atua 2 females, making it a unique bird.
Kakapo is now threatened with extinction.
Source : http://www.tahupedia.com/content/show/29/10-Burung-yang-Tidak-Bisa-Terbang
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