### animal | vertebrate | bird:

Swift
* are birds
  - found over much of the world, but hummingbirds are found only in the Americas
  - insectivorous and migratory
  - most rapid fliers among living creatures
  - small birds
* are the fastest flying birds
  - most rapid fliers known among living creatures
* breed in holes of caves or hollows of trees.
* do indeed chase each other often, but for the most part during mating season
  - tend to return to the same nesting site year after year, if available
* drink, bathe, preen, collect food and nesting material all without alighting.
* generally fly in large flocks.
* have long wings and small feet and can perch only on vertical surfaces.
* make their nests in a corner between two walls.
* never land in Australia.
* often make colonies of nests on buildings, sticking the nest material together with saliva.
* prefer to breed, if possible, in colonies of sometimes several dozen couples.
* spend most of their lives in the air and only land to breed.
* stay on the wing nearly all their lives, making nests of bits of fluff they catch in the air.
* use the same nest year after year, merely adding fresh material.
+ Swift, Description: Apodiformes
  * Swifts are small birds. They can fly very well and very fast. Some swifts can fly at 514m per second. If a swift needs to fly very fast, it can fly at 60m per second for a short amount of time. When catching insects, they fly in a series of swoops, changing direction rapidly as they pursue the prey
  * Swifts make their nests in a corner between two walls. For example, near the roof of a house, or in an area between rocks in a cave

### animal | vertebrate | bird | swift:

Chimney swift
* construct an even more unusual variation of the cup nest.
* eat insects and fly close to the ground as they follow prey.

### animal | vertebrate | bird:

Tanager
* All tanagers are confined to the Americas.
* Most tanagers eat insects
  - establish territory
  - have bills
* Most tanagers inhabit areas
  - regions
  - live in pairs or in small groups of three to five individuals
* Some tanagers eat fruit.
* Some tanagers feed on bananas
* Some tanagers get feathers
  - scarlet feathers
  - select nest sites
* are a group of unusually colorful, small, perching birds
  - generally monogamous
  - known for being brightly colored
* are omnivorous , and their diet varies from genus to genus
  - diets vary from genus to genus
  - small-bodied birds
  - typically monogamous and a cup-shaped nest is built in a tree
* become a separate family.
* eat insects and seeds
* feed on insects and fruit
  - upon winged insects, caterpillars, seeds, and berries
* flap wings.
* generally migrate at night, as shown by the presence of many TV tower casualties.
* includes air sacs
  - bird's feet
  - brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - ears
  - flight feathers
  - heads
  - lips
  - mouths
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - quill feathers
  - rib cages
  - second joints
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - talons
  - vacuoles
  - wishbones
  - forests and bushes, feed on fruit and insects, and nest in trees and bushes
* sometimes join mixed-species flocks, especially at forest edges.

### animal | vertebrate | bird | tanager:

Firebird
* are software
  - worldly manifestations of creatures from the elemental plane of fire
* fall short against Seattle.

Scarlet tanager
* Most scarlet tanagers eat insects
* Some scarlet tanagers eat fruit.
* Some scarlet tanagers select nest sites
* are a common sight, as are many species of warblers.