The least birdie on Earth of a humming-bird bee has the size of 5.7 cm and weight 1.6 gr. And the largest species of this bird – giant a humming-bird corresponds to the size of a sparrow. This is the only bird in the world capable to fly back.
Instruction
1. The sparrow with his numerous family of group vorobyinoobrazny is one of the most widespread birds on the globe. To these birdies the small sizes of a body to 18 cm, short legs, a small beak and mainly gray tone of plumage are characteristic.
2. The nightingale is called the feathery singer for his extraordinary trills which can enjoy in the spring and at the beginning of summer. These imperceptible birds having grayish-brown coloring and the small sizes to 17 cm live in damp dense thickets, valleys of Europe and the Western Asia.
3. The goldfinch – a small songbird of family vyyurkovy lives in forests, parks, gardens of Europe, Asia, Africa. Numerous species of goldfinches have the most various coloring. But all of them are distinguished by feature – bright red spots on a front part. These birds eat preferably seeds of trees which get by means of a strong sharp beak.
4. The little birdie a siskin up to 12 cm in length treats a genus of goldfinches and meets throughout Eurasia. Bright chartreuse or olive-green birds live in coniferous forests and the hilly terrain. They gather packs, carrying out joint search of food, namely, small insects, seeds of trees and plants. Siskins twist nests from thin branches with use of a moss and skillfully hide them from public eyes.
5. The vireo belongs to family of sparrow and has the sizes of a body from 10 to 17 cm. This greenish-brown birdie with strong legs and a beak lives in dense forests and thickets of bushes. She builds the cup-shaped nests, suspending them on branches. The main diet to food of a vireo is made by insects and fruit. The majority of these birds possesses in North and South America.
6. The canary – a small singing birdie up to 13 cm in length is widespread poultry who is supported in bondage since the 16th century for its wonderful voice. In the wild nature habitats of these birds are the dense woods and areas covered with thickets. The canary eats exclusively vegetable food – seeds of trees, fruits and berries, young escapes.
7. The least bird of family of sinitsevy – Moscow forging. Its weight about 9 g, and the body size up to 7 cm Moskovka is widespread on the Japanese islands and Northwest Africa. She chooses as the place for housing old hollows of fir-tree trees and eats larvae and various seeds. Moscow forging has a non-uniform coloring – a lurid paunch, a black head, motley gray wings and sides, a dark back.
8. Varakushka is a little bird of family of mukholovkovy lives practically throughout Europe and Asia. Despite the small size up to 15 cm this birdie is capable to long flights of a wintering to the warm countries. The body of a varakushka is covered with grayish-brown and red and also blue-black plumage with a pronounced white spot in the field of a craw. She lives in places with dense vegetation and humidity, at reservoirs on which coast she builds the nests.
9. Zaryanka or a robin treats Drozdov' family of group of sparrow. The long-legged birdie about 15 cm in size moves jumps and has a bright orange breast, a dark gray back and a white paunch. Lives in thickets of the crude woods near reservoirs where in a grass or on stumps builds nests. For the winter the zaryanka departs to the warm countries.
10. Manakin, a sea plover, a yellow wagtail, a muniya, a greenfinch, a swallow, a brambling – not the complete list of little birdies which size does not exceed sparrow.