Across
- 4. These provide a light but tough covering, and keep birds warm in cold conditions. They also help the birds to fly.
- 7. a bill is an external anatomical structure of birds that is used for eating, killing prey, fighting and feeding young
- 8. The forward area of a bird's upper side sandwiched between the nape and the start of the back.
- 9. The sides of a bird are located between the underside of the wings and the abdomen
- 10. the patch above the tail and low on the back
Down
- 1. This feature is found on the heads of some bird species. It is a stripe which runs from the base of the bird's beak above its eye, finishing somewhere towards the rear of the bird's head.
- 2. one of a set of feathers which, as the name implies, cover other feathers
- 3. a flap or lobe of flesh, often of a vivid colour, that hangs often from the chin or throat
- 5. The part of a bird's leg between what appears to be a backward-facing 'knee'. It is the part of the leg of a bird below the thigh.
- 6. claws or feet of birds of prey such as owls, eagles and hawks