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What is the Class: Aves

Class Aves

Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves.

What is a Northern Flicker

They are characterized by

  • feathers
  • toothless beaked jaws
  • laying of hard-shelled eggs
  • high metabolic rate
  • four-chambered heart
  • strong yet lightweight skeleton

Below are the birds aka Class Aves found in the American Southwest that we have articles on to date.

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Class Aves