User blog:StaraptorEmpoleon/Easy way to ID birds

I'll try and make this as easy as possible...

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Large flightless birds
Very big birds, some taller than man, mostly with long legs and necks. Some live in open country and survive by their ability to walk or run long distances.

Includes birds such as ostriches, rheas, the Emperor Penguin, cassowaries and emus.

Smaller flightless birds
Birds from pigeon- to chicken-sized that live on the ground and hide in vegetation or in burrows; some are nocturnal.

Includes birds such as kiwis, mesites, small penguins, the Kagu, the Takahe, the Kakapo and the Weka.

Smaller runners with short bills
Ranging from pigeon- to chicken-size, these birds that spend most or all of their time on the ground, often feeding on seeds but that can fly when necessary.

Includes birds such as quails, stone-curlews, tinamous, guans, sheathbills, partridges, coursers, grouse, buttonquails, the Plains-wanderer, sandgrouse, guineafowl and seedsnipes.

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