Title: Identify the characteristics of common pet birds.
Course: Small Animal Care I (18102-36) > Section: Caring for and Managing Birds

Identification should include

- common terms used with birds, including male and female internal and external anatomy
- physical characteristics
- body language
- behavioral characteristics, including normal and warning behaviors.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is a bird’s scientific classification (e.g., kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species)?
- What types of feathers do birds have? How is each type of feather important to a bird?
- What are the most common subfamilies of birds? What characteristics do these subfamilies have in common? What characteristics differ from one subfamily to another?
- What factors are essential to consider prior to selecting a pet bird?
- What type of vocalizations can be categorized as warning vocalizations?