Flightless Birds Vocabulary

any of a genus (Casuarius) of large ratite birds chiefly of New Guinea and northern Australia that have a horny casque on the head and are closely related to the emu

a large heavy bird unable to fly that once lived on some of the islands of the Indian Ocean

a large fast-running Australian bird that cannot fly

a crested Old World nonpasserine bird (Upupa epops of the family Upupidae) having a slender decurved bill and barred black-and-white wings and tail

a large chiefly nocturnal burrowing New Zealand parrot (Strigops habroptilus) that has green and brown barred plumage and well-developed wings with little power of flight

a grayish brown bird of New Zealand that is unable to fly

a very large bird of Africa that often weighs as much as 300 pounds (140 kilograms) and runs very fast but cannot fly

a short-legged seabird that cannot fly, uses its stiff wings for swimming, and is found in the colder regions of the southern hemisphere

a tall flightless South American bird that resembles but is smaller than the ostrich