BIRDS

Curiosities

- Brazil: there are around 1,800 birds' species
- 55% of the 2.645 birds' species from South America.
- Threatening species: 97
- Red Data Book: Threatened Birds of the America, da International Council for Bird Preservation – ICBT
- The World Conservation Union – IUCN - 1992
- CITES – Conservation on International Trade in Endangered species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Shows the threatening species, and 134 at Brazil
- Birds' Day: October 5th is the "BIRDS'DAY" in Brazil
- October is the birds' mounth all around the world (Day: 12th )
- Siring: part of the breathing apparatus, which the birds vocalize.
- Kinds of singing: A lot of species have different kinds of singing.
- Birdwatchers: more than 80 million in the world (USA, England etc),
- Fauna: birds are part of the fauna (joint of animal species):
- Domestic birds- breed and dependent on men. Chicken, duck, geese etc.
- Sylvester birds- those that live naturally, don't depend on men.

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