### animal | vertebrate | bird | cassowary:

Dwarf cassowary
* Dwarf cassowaries feed on fleshy fruit
* Most dwarf cassowaries feed on fleshy fruit
  - make sound

Male cassowary
* Male cassowaries defend territory.
* Most male cassowaries defend territory.
* Some male cassowaries care for chicks.
* Some male cassowaries have appearances
  - similar appearances
  - raise chicks

Southern cassowary
* Some southern cassowaries have claws
  - sharp claws
* Southern cassowaries are among the heaviest birds on earth, second only to the ostrich
  - covered in black feathers
  - potentially dangerous to humans
  - threatened due to loss of rainforest habitat and hunting
  - inhabit the rainforest

Catbird
* are a common bird in our region, especially in backyard shrubs and gardens in town
  - primarily insectivorous, and their presence great benefit to the home gardener
  - usually around nine inches in length and common in undergrowth, brush, and gardens
* flip their tails jauntily as they navigate on the ground or in shrubs.
* return to the same neighborhood year after year to raise their families.

### animal | vertebrate | bird:

Chough
* Some choughs have black plumages
  - flight
  - long red bills
  - primary feathers
  - mate for life
* are frugivorous and insectivorous
  - the goofy clowns of the bird world
* chicks at around ten days old.
* do see dogs as a threat.
* includes air sacs
  - bird's feet
  - brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - ears
  - faces
  - flight feathers
  - heads
  - lips
  - mouths
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - quill feathers
  - rib cages
  - second joints
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - talons
  - vacuoles
  - wishbones
* largely feed on soil invertebrates.

Coastal bird
* Some coastal birds prey on ducks.
* are generally around the larger estuaries.

Common bird
* Many common birds are also sharply declining
  - can have color variations
* are the eagle and the falcon.

Conspicuous bird
* Most conspicuous birds inhabit urban areas.
* inhabit areas

### animal | vertebrate | bird | coot:

American coot
* Most american coots eat insects.
* Most american coots feed on bay grass
  - vegetation
  - have whitish bills
  - live for years
* Some american coots eat aquatic plants
  - other aquatic plants
  - obtain plant food
* are birds that live in the marshes of western North America
  - mainly gray and have a short, thick beak
  - often a favored food source for great horned owls living near wetlands
* dive for food.
  - primarily algae and other aquatic plants but also animals when available
* form flocks of all sizes from just a few birds to hundreds.
* have a whitish bill
  - ability
* nest over the water.

Caribbean coot
* Most caribbean coots have lobe toes
* Some caribbean coots have fleshy protuberances
  - prominent protuberances

Giant coot
* Most giant coots have limit ranges
* have bills

Crake
* Some crakes have broad wings
  - diets
  - omnivorous diets
  - lose ability
* are found throughout the world.
* includes air sacs
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cytoplasm
  - flight feathers
  - mouths
  - rib cages
  - second joints
  - sterna
* live in estuaries.

### animal | vertebrate | bird | crake:

Black crake
* Most black crakes live in estuaries.
* Some black crakes feed on aquatic vertebrates
* Some black crakes have broad wings
* inhabit freshwater marshy areas and swamps, needing water and vegetation for cover.